Executive Director, Andrea Grober’s presentation in Concordia’s Visual Arts Building Wednesday gave the audience a history of the Aurora Picture Show.
The Aurora Picture Show is a non-profit organization, which yields its revenues mainly through donations. Grober’s objective in the creation of the organization was to provide funding for the artist of the micro-cinema movement.
Housed in a 1924 church building out of Houston, Texas, the Aurora Picture Show preaches innovation in the filming industry, and its doctrine is that of microcinema; a phenomenon that surged in the 1920’s in Paris.
“It’s the non-traditional and non-commercial film experience,” said Grober. “An intimate experience between the artist and the audience.”
Founded in June of 1998, Aurora has presented over 2,000 screenings and has overseen about 150 productions, according to Grober.
All of the films are grouped by subject. One-Eyed Bum, Fax Attack, Web Dreamer and The Morphology of Desire are just a few examples of the kinds of subjects to expect.
The artists who religiously follow the microcinema movement, are international and have aided in the acclaimed status of The Aurora Picture Show.
