The New Talkies

An evening-long program of seven "neo-benshi" performances, with poets and writers providing and performing new narrations to existing films. An homage to and riff on the work of Asian benshi actors who, in lieu of textual translations, performed live narrations to foreign films, with the audience drawn to the skills of the actor, this gathering of performances is presented under the rubric The New Talkies. Organized by Konrad Steiner and Anuj Vaidya, this program of seven détournements, parodies, critiques, and celebrations of cinema took place at Artists' Television Access (ATA), on Valencia (more)

The New Talkies — Anuj Vaidya: September 22, 2017

The Poetry Center in collaboration with Artists' Television Access co-presents a program of seven...

Date: 2017-09-22

The New Talkies — Douglas Kearney and Nicole McJamerson: September 22, 2017

The Poetry Center in collaboration with Artists' Television Access co-presents a program of seven...

Date: 2017-09-22

The New Talkies — Jaime Cortez: September 22, 2017

The Poetry Center in collaboration with Artists' Television Access co-presents a program of seven...

Date: 2017-09-22

The New Talkies — Konrad Steiner: September 22, 2017

The Poetry Center in collaboration with Artists' Television Access co-presents a program of seven...

Date: 2017-09-22

The New Talkies — Stalina Villareal: September 22, 2017

The Poetry Center in collaboration with Artists' Television Access co-presents a program of seven...

Date: 2017-09-22

The New Talkies — Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: September 22, 2017

The Poetry Center in collaboration with Artists' Television Access co-presents a program of seven...

Date: 2017-09-22

The New Talkies — Konrad Steiner: September 22, 2017

The Poetry Center in collaboration with Artists' Television Access co-presents a program of seven...

Date: 2017-09-22