NOTHINGBEING Symposium – April 16, 2022 by Roland Dahwen

I’ll be presenting a short film I made with Takahiro Yamamoto at the NOTHINGBEING Symposium on April 16.

Information on the symposium here and tickets here

Thanks to Sam Hamilton and Edward P. Davee for production support. Funded in part by PICA and the PNCA Faculty Development Fund.

Borrufa selected to the 16mm Harkat Film Festival in Mumbai by Roland Dahwen

Thank you to the 16mm Harkat Film Festival (Mumbai, India) for selecting Borrufa for their festival. A celluloid film-only festival, Harkat is virtual this year.

Borrufa is scheduled to screen online on December 19, 2020.

For information and tickets: https://16mm.harkat.in/

BORRUFA PREMIERE AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL by Roland Dahwen

After many years, Borrufa will premiere tomorrow at the Portland International Film Festival. One of eight films that are finalists for the Future/Future competition, Borrufa screens on March 7 and March 12, at the Whitsell Auditorium, inside the Portland Art Museum.

Thank you to the hundreds of people, near and far, who have given time, ideas, resources, houses, food, equipment, criticism, encouragement, and belief to make this film possible.

Thank you to Portland Monthly for selecting Borrufa as one of their five Top Picks for PIFF2020, as well as for profiling me in their April issue.

Poster design by Heldáy de la Cruz

Poster design by Heldáy de la Cruz

Notes – Upcoming events by Roland Dahwen

Screening of TRAVELER’S ODE
(music and words by Dao Strom; directed by Roland Dahwen; d.p. Edward Pack Davee)
at Winter Poetry Festival
5p, Sat Jan 11, 2020
PNCA
INFO

Visiting artist lecture – Roland Dahwen
at KSMoCA
10.20a, Thu Jan 23, 2020
KSMoCA
INFO

Screening of RIOS SUELTOS
(music video for Y La Bamba; co-directed by Luz Elena Mendoza and Roland Dahwen; d.p. Edward Pack Davee)
at Reel Music Film Festival’s NW Music Video Showcase
7p, Wed Feb 12, 2020
Jupiter Next
INFO

Performance of PROPERTY OF OPAQUENESS
(Takahiro Yamamoto’s show, with Rana San and Roland Dahwen)
at Center for Contemporary Art and Culture
7p, Thu, Mar 19, 2020
PNCA
INFO

Notes – Property of Opaqueness by Roland Dahwen

Thank you to Takahiro Yamamoto for including me in his performance Property of Opaqueness, made possible by the Henry Art Gallery and performed at Velocity Dance Center in Seattle, WA. Thanks to all the staff of the Henry, Velocity, Nina, Ian, Erin, Rana, and Taka.

Notes – the Overseas Banquet at TBA Festival by Roland Dahwen

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported The Overseas Banquet at TBA Festival. Special thanks to Mekong Bistro, the Cooley Gallery and staff, PICA and PICA staff, Stephanie Snyder, Ella Marra-Ketelaar, and performers Nazli Rahmanian and Shao Way Wu. Audio contributions from: d.a. carter, Intisar Abioto, Craig Epplin, Sahra Brahim. Photography: Alexander Pomper.

Notes – TBA event on Sept 10 by Roland Dahwen

THE OVERSEAS BANQUET
Installation and performance
Sept 10, 2019
6.30pm
Mekong Bistro, 82nd and NE Siskiyou
Free – reservations required through the TBA site:

Link to PICA’s TBA festival event page

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Notes – ARENA – VIDEO AND BEYOND (CORTONA ON THE MOVE FESTIVAL) by Roland Dahwen

July 11 opening.

INFO

Cantonese translation and voiceover: Shao Way Wu
Italian translation: Valentina Scaramella
Curator: Liza Faktor
Supported by the Regional Arts & Culture Council

Short excerpt

Notes – video festival in Italy by Roland Dahwen

Excited to show a video piece in the upcoming festival Cortona on the Move (section: Arena – Video and Beyond) in Cortona, Italy. The work will be exhibited for the duration of the festival: July – September, 2019. Many thanks to Liza Faktor for curation.

LINK TO INFO

Notes – Screening at Boathouse Microcinema by Roland Dahwen

On Sunday, April 14, THERE ARE NO BIRDS IN THE NESTS OF YESTERDAY is screening at Boathouse Microcinema, alongside work by Pam Minty and Julia Oldham.

Doors at 7.30pm, showing at 8pm. $8 at the door – no advance tickets.

INFO HERE

Notes – Upcoming screenings and exhibitions by Roland Dahwen

UPCOMING SCREENINGS AND EXHIBITIONS

TRAVELER’S ODE
April 4, 2019
Performance video
Cadence Video Poetry Festival – Seattle, USA

THERE ARE NO BIRDS IN THE NESTS OF YESTERDAY
April 14, 2019
Documentary short
Boathouse Microcinema – Portland, USA

MAY 35 (short)
April 22 – 29, 2019
Video installation
Festival Internacional de Videoarte de Camagüey – Camagüey, Cuba

MAY 35 (expanded)
July 11 – September 29, 2019
Video installation
Cortona on the Move Festival (ARENA) – Cortona, Italy

Notes – Screening at White Noise Project by Roland Dahwen

Thanks to Jake and Ryan for inviting us to show our short film THREE MOONS (made with Stephanie Adams-Santos, Kazumi and Rikuku Heshiki, Alma García, and Amanda Consuelo García) at their White Noise Project reading series. The event was their two year anniversary of the reading series. Thanks to everyone who attended.

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