This fourth annual celebration of experimental art–four weekends of exhibits, performances, tours, and screenings–takes as its stage the “underused urban geography” of Bridgeport, or as the organizers, who also produce Lumpen magazine, call it, “the Community of the Future.” Programs are scheduled at a number of venues, mainly Texas Ballroom and Hey Cadets!, both at 3012 S. Archer, and Iron Studios, 3636 S. Iron. Performance and video programs cost $8 each, $5 for students; a festival pass runs $25. Performances can be viewed as they happen at selectmediafestival.org. SMF continues through November 13; for a complete schedule see the festival Web site or www.chicagoreader.com or call 773-837-0145.
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Community of the Future Experimental Culture Zone
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At Texas Ballroom: Paul Loyd Sargent’s The Logos Project: Blood and Basketball and S. Amaro’s Qualia Shop Drop, about a campaign that involved distributing alternative media disks by attaching them, ostensibly as free bonus material, to Sony products in stores (8 PM); Karim Patwa’s Spaceship (9:30 PM); and “I Am Freaking Out,” featuring Cremaster Caraoke by C and C Caraoke Factory, plus “surreal and psychedelic” shorts by Paper Rad, Derraindrop, Ghost Zane, and others (11 PM).
1-8 PM, with a presentation on DIY publications by Gutters media workshop at 5 PM at Quimby’s outpost, 3201 S. Morgan. See Fri 11/4 listing.
