programming the programs

Elijah Hasan, Chris Freeman, and Hannah Piper Burns at the BHMC

Here at the Boathouse Microcinema, we’re more interested in community than curation.  Make no mistake, we’re showing some fantastic work, but instead of curating shows of work, we are curating artists, and giving them carte blanche to build the program anyway they see fit.  This might mean showing some early 16mm work, as Rose Bond did a couple weeks ago, or foregoing a traditional screening and instead performing a communal metaphysical skin care regime like Hannah Piper Burns did this past week.  Either way, the reason why many of the program notes on the BHMC’s calendar are so vague is because we ourselves often don’t know what’s going to happen until the night of the show.  This keeps things interesting, but also allows artists to take risks and steer away from the traditional film screening routine.  What’s going to happen next?  We’ll find out!!!