DIY Night у місті Івано-Франківськ

Початок о 19:30 год. Event Lineup: 1. Documentary Film Screening: Walls of Sound — A Look Inside the House of Records (63 minutes, 2012, USA, Filmmaker David Gracon in person). A feature length documentary video about independent record store culture in Eugene, Oregon, USA. The film is in English with no subtitles. Webpage: https://houseofrecords.wordpress.com/ Followed by Live Music Performances by: 2. Joeage (Metal/Punk/Rock’n Roll from Ivano-Frankivsk) https://www.facebook.com/joe509age/ 3. COMPLETE! Band (Punk from Ivano-Frankivsk) https://www.facebook.com/groups/complete.punx/ 4. Raw Grip (Math-Punk from Ternopil) https://rawgrip.bandcamp.com/releases 5. Indie/Punk/Post-Punk with DJ Vareniki (music playlists by David Gracon in-between music sets) More Information: Walls of Sound — A Look Inside the House of Records Walls of Sound — A Look Inside the House of Records (2012/63 min.) is a feature length documentary video that explores the House of Records, a brick and mortar independent record store based in Eugene, Oregon. The store has been in operation since 1972 and it currently struggles to exist in the midst of digital downloading (both legal and illegal) and the practices of corporate retailers (in terms of corporate big-box and online stores and their selling practices). It also struggles against forces of nature (the roof being impaled by a giant tree, fire and flooding etc.) and thieves. The video is an ethnographic study that combines interviews with the owner and employees and various customers of the store. Their stories and observations are often imbued with a quirky sense of humor, biting intelligence and a deep admiration for the store and its culture. The video addresses the cultural significance and various folkloric narratives of the store on a number of levels. It explores how the store provides cultural diversity and alternative media, as they cater to the musical fringes and a broad range of musical styles not widely available at other retail outlets. It is argued the store is akin to a “library” and acts as an archive of obscure and out-of-print music, where the store-workers share their musical expertise with the customers (and vice versa). The video also addresses the importance of the vernacular (or handmade) design of the physical space (the store is situated in an old house) and tangible musical artifacts, especially the “resurgence” of vinyl records. Lastly, it addresses the importance of face-to-face interaction as the store acts as a community gathering space between the store-workers, customers and local music scenes — one that is ostensibly anti-corporate, fiercely local and subcultural in scope. David Gracon Bio David Gracon is an associate professor of media studies and digital production at Eastern Illinois University. His research and teaching interests include cultural studies, film studies, media literacy, alternative media, DIY cultural production, punk studies, the political economy of communication, documentary and experimental media production. His film and video works have been screened widely at venues such as the Chicago Underground Film Festival, Seattle Underground Film Festival, New Art Film Festival (Champaign) and the Centro Mexicano para la Música y Artes Sonoras (Mexican Centre for Music and Sonic Art; CMMAS by its initials in Spanish) and many others. David is currently a US Fulbright Scholar teaching media studies at the Precarpathian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. He is also the programmer and host of Hallways Microcinema based in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. He is a native of Buffalo, NY and has been invested in post-punk, indie, experimental music scenes, zine communities and college radio; as well as activist orientated experimental film, video and documentary communities and collectives since the mid 90’s. He completed his Ph.D in Communication and Society at the University of Oregon and MA and BA at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) in the Department of Media Study and Sociology.