VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS: Dissenting Soundscapes and Songs of G.W.'s America THE ABSTRACTIONS: Novo Navigatio THE ABSTRACTIONS: Ars Vivende MUCK: roc
Marjorie Sturm
- The Films Of Marjorie Sturm vol.1 - PR90266DVD
In the present collection of her short films (six films - Smoke the Pipe Dream, Voice or No Voice, Honey and Eggs (the end of fantasy), Treehouse, The Relief - from the six years between 1998-2004), Bay Area filmmaker Marjorie Sturm
explores different aspects of the tension between Nature and Culture in contemporary American society.
video clips.
press:
Meow Power,
Altar Magazine,
Eye Candy,
Tooth and Nail,
Bejeezus,
kitty magik
reviews:
"While Sturm's films are primarily about artistic expression, the imagery and dialogue is frequently profound and accurate. . .
As a connoisseur of pornography, I most appreciated Sturm¹s fresh take on human sexuality in Voice or No Voice.
At just under ten minutes, the film expressed more about the soul, human condition, and erotica than one would
find in thousands of mainstream pornographic flicks, combined."--Kerri Provost, Meow Power
"Sturm's eye for details (whether the shiny surfaces in a supermarket or dark interiors of homes and the psyche) is matched by a blunt narrative
aesthetic that confronts psychological clichés and conjures new configurations of the psychic and the social. . . Sturm's fresh vision is a welcome
relief from the world of commercial film and video.
--Amy Villarejo, Altar Magazine
"...As a highly socially
aware feminist, she is peeling off, laying bare and questioning the
ideological givens underlying various layers of our daily social
environment. In her poetically intense quest for ways to redefine both,
Nature, and Culture, she creates women-empowering visuals accompanied
by piercing verbal articulations of possibilities for women to access
their Nature and in this way actively affect the Culture. Marjorie
Sturm therefore constructs a fresh point of view on female
subjectivity, one that is capable of embracing the irreconcilable
fissure between the natural depth of the individual psyche and the
culturally pervasive consumerist consciousness without giving in to
collective social apathy."--Maja Manojlovic, Candidate of Philosophy, UCLA
STOP THE WAR! Created out of the anxiety & disillusionment of Bush's reelection on November 3, 2004. This CD of 26 artists transcends music genres & ideologies with the common purpose of dissent towards the Bush regime. END THE WAR IN IRAQ! "Perfect reminder that we must not forget this madness" Tom Sekowski, Gaz-Eta 
2004 CD release of West Coast subtle, psychedelia-improv to experimental songs. sinking commentary on the disillusioned atmosphere of George W. Bush's America. "Sounds like Leonard Cohen deconstructed to some really nice abstract noise." --Vital Weekly
2003 release, this San Francisco collective continues to explore music in all its forms. post-rock, jazz, electroacoustic improv, & noise. "Ars Vivende takes their art much further than before." --Francois Couture, All Music Guide
Despite claims otherwise, Muck is Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Matt Davignon & Marjorie Sturm. The "Roc" cd includes textural, slow motion, surrealistic rock music made from samples, acoustic instruments and assorted detritus.
"The strangest, most disconcerting take on any kind of so-called post-rock I have heard to this day." Francois Couture, All Music Guide
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