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NWFF - Local Sightings-Not Recommended Usage: An Evening of Cameraless Films

For the past three years, the "Crackpot Crafters" have gathered once a week to make cameraless handmade movies directly on film leaders, boldly experimenting with materials in ways not recommended by any manufacturer. It's an informal free weekly gathering, open to all, sharing ideas and fellowship, kind of like (as one participant put it) "a quilting bee for film dorks." The group started in South Boston, MA, and then had sessions alternating weekly between Providence, RI and Waltham, MA, Devon Damonte then did a tour of 24-Hour Moviemaking Experiments across Canada and US. It came to settle into alternating weekly between Olympia Film Society and 911 Media Arts in Seattle. The group currently meets each week, rotating between homes in Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle.

This show presents the best bits from over one hundred of these sessions, as construed by the current participants. The program also includes completed works by Eric Ostrowski Golden Daisy, Devon Damonte Fuckingoofy, Jason Gutz and Stephanie Warren. There will also be the world premiere of Duct Duct Goose a new audience participation film utilizing a bad print of Devon's recent film Duct and Cover and inviting everybody there to draw on or otherwise mess with it, then we'll watch it right away. The idea is that every time Duct Duct Goose is shown that audience will alter it and watch it again. So the film will grow and transform with each screening. Crackpot Crafters' ringleaders are also available to teach more in-depth hands-on workshops in conjunction with the screening.