[ out of sync ] -
Expanded Notes from 2nd Floor Projects Archive

Opening: Friday 18 February – Saturday 2 April, 2022

As of late . . .
“I remember everything, so I try to limit what I see”
—from the film Memoria, 2021; directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Screening: Saturday, 2 April 2022, at sundown
Les photos d'Alix
Director: Jean Eustache, 1980. 35-mm color. 18 min. w/English subtitles

Alix Cléo-Roubaud shows her photographs to a young man (Eustache’s 20-year-old son Boris). As they work their way through a stack of black-and-white prints, the young man asks brief questions and Roubaud tells him where and how each photograph was made, what her intentions were, and what interested her about the images. The photographs often feature double exposures and other darkroom techniques (solarizing, masking, dodging, burning). About halfway through the film, something strange begins to happen.

Plus, a surprise short !

Artist and independent curator Margaret Tedesco has presented and collaborated with artists, writers, choreographers, and filmmakers for more than three decades. From 1999–2006, Tedesco was a curatorial member of the now historic New Langton Arts; and simultaneously cofounded Moving Target Series, a roaming venue in San Francisco. In 2007, 2nd Floor Projects an artist-run exhibition and publishing imprint was established and received the Southern Exposure Alternative Exposure Award. 2nd Floor Projects has participated in Printed Matter’s New York & Los Angeles Art Book Fairs, San Francisco Art Book Fairs, Berlin Art Book Fairs, and SFMOMA’s Printed Publics exhibition. She has also been a contributor to SFMOMA’s Open Space, and Visual AIDS online exhibitions. As an artist, Tedesco has exhibited nationally and internationally. (projects2ndfloor.blogspot.com)