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Posted by: MFG member Scott MacLeod
Date Posted: March 17, 2006
Event Date: Sat. March 25th, 2006, 7:00PM
Location: 5080, rue St-Ambroise
Film night at Scott MacLeodÕs studio space at the MacAuslan
Brewery.
Presenting: La Raza - Full Circle, a 26 min. documentary about LaRaza
artist trio by Tom Tobin
Film Synopsis:
La Raza : Full Circle candidly explores the working dynamic of a
small, close-knit group of visual artists. It documents
the group at
work as well as the complex interactions between its
members. The
setting is Montreal 1995, where the impending vote on
Quebec's
potential separation from Canada is mirrored by underlying
questions
of separation within the group. The voyeuristic, cinŽma
vŽritŽ style,
captures these artists as they move from creators to
promoters to
salesmen in order to survive and succeed.
About La Raza (www.larazagroup.com):
Even
though each La Raza member has gone their own way in life, and each
continues to produce art, each still adheres to the principles of artmaking
they originally believed in. Conformity, art programs, and
museology have reduced the terrain of independent art collectives like La
Raza Group. They were open-minded, exhibited wherever they could, even in
pool halls, and internationally. They had no agent or exclusive
dealer. They were free to organize activities independently, always with
a public mind.
-
John K. Grande
About TOM TOBIN - Filmmaker
Growing up in the small town of St. Thomas, Ontario, Tobin had several local
artists as mentors. While studying fine art and photography as a teenager,
he discovered foreign cinema, awakening his perception of the potential of
film as a medium. As Tobin's love of cinema grew, so did his attraction to
the unconventional and the surreal, influenced by filmmakers Bu–uel, Godard,
Bergman, Jeunet and Gilliam. Tobin's works tend to deal with issues of the
subconscious, interconnectivity, dimension theory and perspective. He has
worked in film and television for over ten years and has been fortunate to
mentor under such talented Canadian directors as Bruce McDonald (Hardcore
Logo, Dance Me Outside) and David Wellington (Long Day's Journey Into Night,
I Love a Man in Uniform.) With a feature-length surrealist/narrative film in
development and several short projects in production, Tobin continues to
explore and experiment with the medium. La Raza : Full Circle is Tobin's
first documentary.
La Raza : Full Circle candidly explores the working dynamic of a small,
close-knit group of visual artists. It documents the group at work as well
as the complex interactions between its members. The setting is Montreal
1995, where the impending vote on Quebec's potential separation from Canada
is mirrored by underlying questions of separation within the group. The
voyeuristic, cinŽma vŽritŽ style, captures these artists as they move from
creators to promoters to salesmen in order to survive and succeed.
G.Scott MacLeod
c/o Brasserie McAuslan Brewery
5080, rue St-Ambroise
Montreal, Quebec
H4C 2G1
Canada
514.487.8766
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