Presented in partnership with Video Data Bank.

Exhilarating in their emotional and conceptual depth, the films of multidisciplinary artist Angelo Madsen Minax explore queer and trans desire, chosen and biological kinships, landscape, and the cosmos. Taking shape as essays, rituals, and intimate exchanges, they often draw on Minax’s background in DIY, punk, and activist communities. Scholar Jill H. Casid has fittingly described his approach as an “alter-cinema of kink, kin, and kind.” Minax will present four recent videos—Bigger On the Inside (2022), The Source Is A Hole (2017), The Eddies (2018), and Two Sons and a River of Blood (2021)—and a brief reading, followed by a discussion exploring the ideas and approaches that underpin his practice.

Biography
Angelo Madsen Minax (BFA 2005) is a multi-disciplinary artist, filmmaker, and educator. His projects consider personal and collective histories with specific attention to queer subcultures and the politics of desire. Minax is currently a Guggenheim Fellow and USA Artists Fellow and has received awards and fellowships from the Sundance Film Institute, New York State Council on the Arts, the Warhol Foundation, and the LEF Foundation, among others. His award-winning 2021 film, North by Current, aired on season 34 of POV (PBS) and is currently streaming on KANOPY. Rolling Stone called the film “a beautiful, complex wonder” and Criterion declared it “a titanic work.” An alum of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Minax is currently associate professor of Time-Based Media at the University of Vermont.

Conversations at the Edge
Conversations at the Edge is an ongoing series of screenings, performances, and talks by groundbreaking media artists organized by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in partnership with Video Data Bank and the Gene Siskel Film Center.

Tickets
Tickets are free for SAIC students, $5 for SAIC/AIC faculty and staff, $8 students and seniors, and $13 for the general public. Unless otherwise noted, SAIC student tickets are released five days prior to showtime. Tickets must be picked up in person from the Gene Siskel Film Center box office. A student ID is required.

Accessibility
CATE events are presented with real-time captions (CART). The Gene Siskel Film Center is fully ADA accessible and its theaters are equipped with hearing loops. For other accessibility requests, please visit saic.edu/access or write cate@saic.edu.

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