Paul Lyon is a NYC media artist, comic book artist, and musician. He received a BFA at Alfred University, and studied at NYU Tisch School of The Arts, working for a Masters Degree in Professional Studies.

Screening: Son of Eyeball Man, a short film about the Eyeball Man who is an experiment in atomic warfare gone wrong created by the US Government during the cold war to fight The Soviets, and Up at Lou’s Fish, a documentary about the Fulton Fish Market community, recounting their history as they prepare for relocation to Hunt’s Point in the Bronx, after 183 years on South St. & other videos.

John Knecht has been active in making experimental and avant-garde film and video since the 1970s.

His work has been screened worldwide including the Black Maria Film Festival, the European Media
Arts Festival, Osnabrück, Germany, and Viennale, Vienna International Film and Video Festival.

Screening: A selection of videos made since 2000 including UPPER, Free Dumb Rains, and a new piece currently in progress and tentatively titled Deluge: from the Esekial’s Wheel Series. All of these works are hand drawn digital animations.

Mary Jordan works mainly as a director and scriptwriter. Her documentaries are about human rights and are broadcast by stations like the BBC, ABC and PBS. Mary Jordan has lived all over the world and worked mostly in the field of film. Her work is mainly about human rights, and her first long film was an award-winning documentary about ‘Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis’ (2006).

Screening: Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, a documentary about the legendary New Yorker Jack Smith (1932-89), an artist unusually bohemian.

Linda Hattendorf has been working in the New York documentary community for more than a decade. Her editing work has aired on PBS, A&E, and The Sundance Channel as well as in theatrical venues and many festivals.

Screening: The Cats of Mirikitani, a story about eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani who survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and Linda brings him to her home, the two embark on a journey to confront Jimmy’s painful past.

Charles Bernstein is the author of 40 books, ranging from large-scale collections of poetry and essays to pamphlets, libretti, translations, and collaborations. He is the co-founder and co-editor, with Al Filreis, of PENNsound and editor, and co-founder, with Loss Pequenño Glazier, of The Electronic Poetry Center (epc.buffalo.edu).

SCREENING: Neils Plenge’s poetry video The Answer

Reading: Excerpts from his new book All the Whiskey in Heaven: Selected Poems