AN EVENING WITH LAWRENCE JOHNSON
Presented by Northwest Film Center
This Film Screening is a Public event and
is Ticketed, starting at $8.
date, time and location
October 3, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Whitsell Auditorium
Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
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This year’s recipient of the Regional Arts and Culture Council’s Individual Artist
Fellowship, Portland filmmaker Lawrence Johnson—STUFF (2011), HANDGAME
(2001)—is known for his sensitive treatment of history and Native American cultures.
Tonight Johnson will present a program of his shorter works, made over the course of
25 years, including pieces made for the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, and
other Oregon and Washington history museums; THREE POSSIBLE SCENES (2002),
an experimental film starring Portland actors Ted Roisum and Sarah Lucht; and a live
performance by Thringst, a performance art group Johnson helped found that blends live
music, video, drama, and general mayhem on an aquatic theme. “Larry’s work evokes
a trickster’s sensibility,” says filmmaker Sue Arbuthnot, “guiding us with humor and
patience to a better understanding of our world.” (120 mins.)
