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Expanded Cinema

Presented by Aurora Picture Show and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium

May 14, 2011

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Aurora Picture Show, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and Houston Museum of Natural Science present Expanded Cinema, Saturday, May 14, 8PM, at HMNS - Burke Baker Planetarium. Free Admission.

In the 1960s, many film artists set out to break down dominant media traditions and create new visual languages and immersive art experiences. This new “expanded cinema” embraced multiplicity, combined art...

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Aurora Picture Show, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and Houston Museum of Natural Science present Expanded Cinema, Saturday, May 14, 8PM, at HMNS - Burke Baker Planetarium. Free Admission.

Presented in conjunction with CAMH’s exhibition, Stan VanDerBeek: The Culture Intercom, this special planetarium event brings a selection of pioneering experimental media works, world’s fair films and light shows of the era into the sphere.

The program includes rarely seen, mind-expanding films made in the 60s and early 70s by media art pioneers including Stan VanDerBeek, John Whitney, and Nam Jun Paik.

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Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium

5555 Hermann Park Drive
Houston, TX 77030

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Tickets:

Free Admsission.

Times:

8:00 p.m.

Phone: 713-868-2101 or (713) 639-4629

Parking:

Paking available in the Houston Museum of Natural Science garage.

Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.