George Kuchar

In conjunction with PMMNLS, PSU presents The Films of George Kuchar selected by George Kuchar at the New Video Gallery. A "legend of independent filmmaking," Kuchar began making B-style mini-epics in the 1950s and later turned to video in the 1980s, creating a massive collection of video diaries. "In Kuchar's video universe, nothing is safe from the camera expanding his oeuvre to exploiting his morbid interests and notorious insecurities with his token razor-sharp sense of humor in classics like The Mongreloid and The Weather Diaries.--Kuchar's friendships, lusts, anxieties, fears, and bodily functions are all addressed onscreen, often accompanied by his outrageously funny commentary. And yet below the witty surface lie profound and moving meditations on human existence."

You can view his selections at the New Video Gallery and from the street, dusk til dawn, February 1-26, 2010. Kuchar will also be lecturing this Monday for PMMNLS, and the NW Film Center is hosting "An evening with George Kuchar" on Tuesday.

Video exhibition opening reception • 4-6pm • February 1
New Video Gallery • Lobby PSU Art Building • 2000 SW 5th Ave
Artist lecture • 7:30pm • February 1
PMMNLS @ PSU • Shattuck Hall Annex • 1914 SW Park Rm 198
Special screening • 7pm • February 2
NW Film Center • Whitsell Auditorium • 1219 SW Park