Fata Morgana

Join us during the first week in October for Fata Morgana, three days of music, film, literature, and conversation.

Fata Morgana, a name for a type of mirage, explores the ways in which we imagine and experience the modern world–our aspirations, our fears, our technologies, our institutions.

With 15 music performances and 18 films across four galleries, there is plenty to explore.

Our lineup of performers includes

• Onyx Ashanti, self-described “cyborg” musician, inventor, and programmer who builds prosthetic synthesizers that create music in response to his movements. His posthuman, kinesthetic compositions are at the cutting edge of experimental art.

• Aurie Hsu, a composer, pianist, and dancer, who will be performing in collaboration with composer Steven Kemper will present a fusion of movement, sound, and technology using musical, dancing robots.

• CandyStations, an interdisciplinary artist, who has partnered with musicians such as Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent, and Bang On A Can with performances at Coachella, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Museum of Modern Art, Madison Square Garden, and more, will improvise video compositions each evening.

Films explore issues of race, gender, sexuality, surveillance, colonialism, and more. They include

• Pariah, directed by Dee Rees, tells the story of Alike (Adepero Oduye), a 17-year-old African American embracing her identity as a lesbian.

• The Feeling of Being Watched, directed by Assia Boundaouim, is documentary film that takes an insider’s look at a Muslim American community that has been under FBI surveillance since the 1990s.

• Hale County, This Morning, This Evening, directed by RaMell Ross, is an intimate journey through the world of Hale County, Alabama, offering viewers an emotive impression of the Historic South — trumpeting the beauty of life and the consequences of racism — while simultaneously offering a testament to dreaming, despite the odds.

For those of you who are early risers, join us at 9am on Saturday, October 5, for “Glazed and Confused” — a breakfast of free doughnuts and coffee that features works by Werner Herzog and David Lynch.

All events will be held at the Eskenazi Fine Arts Center on 1410 Indiana Avenue. Parking is free.

Fata Morgana is a collaboration between the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute, the Donald Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center, the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, City State, and the IUPUI Herron School of Art and Design.

Schedule

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3

FILM

12 Je, Tu, Il, Elle (1974)
Chantal Akerman, Dir.

2 Tongues Untied (1989)
Marlon Riggs, Dir.

3 Film Discussion

4 Blue
Derek Jarman, Dir.

5 Pariah (2011)
Dee Rees, Dir.

6.30 Film Discussion

MUSIC

Live Video throughout by CandyStations

7 Music Discussion

7.30 Forward Motion

8 Aurie Hsu & Steven Kemper

8.30 Music Discussion

9 Scott Deal

9.30 Onyx Ashanti

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

FILM

11 Hale County, This Morning, This Evening (2018)
RaMell Ross, Dir.

1 Film Discussion

1.30 The Feeling of Being Watched (2018)
Assia Boundaoui, Dir.

3.30 Film Discussion

4.15 El Mar La Mar (2017)
Joshua Bonnetta & J.P. Sniadecki, Dir.

6:15 Film Discussion

MUSIC

Live Video throughout by CandyStations

7 Music Discussion

7.30 Forward Motion / Aurie Hsu & Steven Kemper

8 Music Discussion

8.30 Margaret Lancaster / Scott Deal

9 Onyx Ashanti

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5

FILM

9 Fata Morgana (1971)
Werner Herzog, Dir.

10.45 Rabbits (2002)
David Lynch, Dir.

11.15 Film Discussion

11.45 Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, Dir.

12 The House is Black (1963)
Forugh Farrokhzad Dir.

1 Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen (1983)
Trinh T. Minh-ha, Dir.

2 Short Films of Akosua
Adoma Awusu

3 Film Discussion

3.30 Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Ciro Guerra, Dir.

MUSIC

Live Video throughout by CandyStations

7 Music Discussion

7.30 Forward Motion / Margaret Lancaster / Steven Kemper and Aurie Hsu

8 Music Discussion

8.30 Margaret Lancaster / Scott Deal /Steven Kemper and Aurie Hsu