[NEohioPAL]2005 Ingenuity Fest: Naked & Raw Video Salon Invite

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Hello All!

Please come out, relax, have a drink (of ingenuity :) and support me at the Ingenuity Festival 2005 this weekend in Cleveland, where I was able to wrangle a last-minute spot in the Galleria to premiere a  digital movie I shot in 2003!  My movie will be screened along with four others as listed below -the sum total of which is AMAZING - You gotta see this!!!  If you come to the party at Sausalito's [see below], folks there will be moving down to the Erieview Room at Galleria at 7:30PM to see our mix of film/video projects.  It's going to be a blast off!!!!!

Best,

Mike Norton
Writer.Director.Webhead

Cool Cleveland Ingenuity Bash!

Want two great events for the price of one? How about a great Cool Cleveland party that begins at 5:30PM on Fri 9/2, but continues all weekend long? If you buy a ticket for the CC Ingenuity Bash, you'll also receive an All Weekend All Access pass to Cleveland's Festival of Art and Technolgy. The ticket for the Fest alone is $25, but the experience is priceless. Still not convinced? You won't want to miss:

* The Deep-Fried Beef Stuffed Ravioli from Cafe Sausilito at The Galleria at Erieview
* Complimentary docent walking tours of exhibits Ingenuity art-tech exhibits
* A T-shirt for adding your idea to the Civic Innovation Lab's Urban Scrawl Wall... at no additional charge
* A full, cash bar that includes Sangria, Pina Coladas and Strawberry Daiquiris and wine and beer.
* An all-weekend all-access Ingenuity pass ($25 value) to see it all: HyperMix, the Cavani String Quartet, Verb Ballets, The Cleveland Irish Roots, Ohio Ballet, Cherry Monroe... you decide!
* Complimentary underground parking at the Galleria
Score your $16.50 tix by midnight Thu 9/1 here

<VideoSalon>2005 Naked & Raw Ingenuity Videos
@ Galleria's Erieview Room on widescreen digital

<Runtime>7:30-10PM Friday, 9.02.2005</Runtime>

5.<Title>iNTO OBSCURiTY" (2003)</Title>

<Director>Mike Norton</Director>

Produced by Dan Wiedl; starring Dan Wiedl, Mike Norton, Lauren Gale, Mary Clark, Mike Smrekar, and Steve Widner as the Narrator.

<Runtime>59 Minutes</Runtime>

<Tag>"It's not about why we went to Mars. It's about how we're headed into obscurity."</Tag>

<Story>A quiet man, John McCarthy, begins a relocation from Chicago to Phoenix in a Penske truck alone, but before long he picks up another strange man, the Vagabond. After filling the silence of the nighttime road with some small talk, the Vagabond expresses his worry that they are being followed by an intimidating man. Then it comes to his attention that McCarthy is transporting a mysterious box packed behind them, without knowing its contents. This sets the vagabond--and eventually McCarthy himself--into a paranoid odyssey that lands them not in Phoenix, but on Mars and with ghostly visions of "fembots" and Navajo women to fill the emptiness that they begin to feel on landscape after landscape....Just as Aesop once wrote allegories featuring animals to cloak the true meaning of his expression, so does "Into Obscurity" which will certainly leave viewers stupefied, mystified, or maybe just plain confused (overall, the narrator's voice is that of a bumbling drunkard): it is in the
 context of current events that will challenge the viewer to comprehend the journey into the subconsciousness of these opposing characters.</Story>

4.<Title>"GUYS" (2005)</Title>

<Director>Written, Produced & Directed by Joe Ostrica</Director>

<Runtime>27 Minutes</Runtime>

<Tag>What do best friends do after one of their buddies gets engaged? In the case of these guys, it's a reunion they'll never forget!</Tag>

<Story>Meet the "GUYS" in this multi award-winning comedy (including the 2005

Indie Gathering Viewers Choice Award) from Cleveland's 216 Films. After Brian (Josh Lewis) gets engaged, his single friends, Matt (Bryan Jalovec) and Ed (Trevor Read), are ready to throw a bachelor party. Not before the wedding, mind you, but the day AFTER he gets engaged. Meanwhile, Steve (Paul Shiban), the only married guy in the bunch, wants to have the gang over to his place to celebrate Brian's engagement. Steve's idea of spending the night drinking and hanging out at his place is immediately shot down by the two single guys, who are ready to party NOW and that means hitting the bars.

Married guys. Single guys. Mature guys. Crazy guys. With these guys, it's a great and hilarious night out on the town!</Story>

3.<Title>"Spencer Tunick: Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland June 26,

2004" (2004)</Title>

<Director>MOCA, Spencer Tunick and Andrew Einhorn</Director>

<Runtime>20 Minutes</Runtime>

<Story>This fascinating documentary gives viewers a rare look at the making of a brilliant artistic statement. In 2004, artist Spencer Tunick set to work creating his public installation: an event that brought together thousands of residents from the city of Cleveland and its environs who were willing to undress for the sake of art. The location: the East 9th Pier, set against an urban backdrop of buildings and warehouses juxtaposed against Lake Erie.</Story>

2.<Title>"Days in Dub" (2003)</Title>

<Director>Jude Goergen</Director>

<Runtime>30 Minutes</Runtime>

<Story>A plethora of theme music from the TV Soap "Days of Our

Lives". Remixed, "Days" is a cornucopia of synched and chopped up video components from the show. Shown to a delighted audience at MOCA in December of 2003.</Story> 

1.<Title>Lo Que Pasa</Title>

<Director>Bernadette Gilotta</Director>

<Runtime>7 minutes</Runtime>

<Story>Using Language and music for atmosphere, lo que pasa is a lyrical glimpse at a young woman’s visit back to her old elementary school. While much of the interior of the school remains unchanged, outside on the playground and beyond – time has left its mark in an unusual way. The film is intended to be viewed in Spanish without subtitles leaving it open to every individual’s interpretation, and to be more cinematic than literal.</Story> 

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"Political stability, the rule of the law, the virtues of political enfranchisement, the preservation of learning and the arts, and respect for other cultures and religions: These are some of the better legacies left to us by the Romans."
~Michael A. Babcock

"There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting." 
~David Letterman

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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT style="COLOR: red" color=#000000 size=3>Hello All!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT size=3>Please come out, relax, have a drink (of ingenuity :) and support me at the Ingenuity Festival 2005 this weekend in Cleveland, where I was able to wrangle a last-minute spot in the Galleria to premiere a  digital movie I shot in 2003!  My movie will be screened along with four others as listed below -the sum total of which is AMAZING - You gotta see this!!!  If you come to the party at Sausalito's [see below], folks there will be moving down to the Erieview Room at Galleria at 7:30PM to see our mix of film/video projects.  It's going to be a blast off!!!!!<BR><BR>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT size=3>Mike Norton</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT size=3>Writer.Director.Webhead</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><STRONG><FONT style="COLOR: red" size=+3><EM>Cool Cleveland</EM> Ingenuity Bash!</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<P>Want two great events for the price of one? How about a great <EM>Cool Cleveland</EM> party that begins at 5:30PM on <STRONG>Fri 9/2</STRONG>, but continues all weekend long? If you buy a ticket for the <EM>CC</EM> Ingenuity Bash, you'll also receive an All Weekend All Access pass to Cleveland's Festival of Art and Technolgy. The ticket for the Fest alone is $25, but the experience is priceless. Still not convinced? You won't want to miss:</P>
<P><STRONG>*</STRONG> The Deep-Fried Beef Stuffed Ravioli from <STRONG>Cafe Sausilito at The Galleria at Erieview</STRONG><BR clear=all><STRONG>*</STRONG> Complimentary docent walking tours of exhibits <STRONG>Ingenuity art-tech exhibits</STRONG><BR clear=all><STRONG>*</STRONG> A <STRONG>T-shirt</STRONG> for adding your idea to the Civic Innovation Lab's Urban Scrawl Wall... at no additional charge<BR clear=all><STRONG>*</STRONG> A <STRONG>full, cash bar</STRONG> that includes Sangria, Pina Coladas and Strawberry Daiquiris and wine and beer.<BR clear=all><STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>An all-weekend all-access Ingenuity pass</STRONG> ($25 value) to see it all: HyperMix, the Cavani String Quartet, Verb Ballets, The Cleveland Irish Roots, Ohio Ballet, Cherry Monroe... you decide!<BR clear=all><STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>Complimentary underground parking</STRONG> at the Galleria<BR clear=all><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A style="COLOR: black"
 href="http://r.pm0.net/s/c?3gv.dr0a.11.adb4.2ne" target=_blank>Score your $16.50 tix by midnight Thu 9/1 here</A></SPAN></STRONG></P><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face=Arial color=#810000 size=5>
<P align=left><STRONG><VideoSalon>2005 </STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#810000 size=5><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Naked & Raw Ingenuity Videos<BR>@ Galleria's Erieview Room on widescreen digital</STRONG></FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#810000 size=5>
<P align=left><STRONG><Runtime></STRONG></FONT><I><FONT color=#810000 size=5><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>7:30-10PM Friday, 9.02.2005</STRONG></FONT></I></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#810000 size=5><STRONG></Runtime></STRONG></P></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#810000>
<P align=left><STRONG>5.</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><Title></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#810000>iNTO OBSCURiTY" (2003)</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1></Title></P></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1>
<P align=left><STRONG><Director></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Mike Norton</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1></Director></P></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#818181>
<P align=left><STRONG>Produced by Dan Wiedl; starring Dan Wiedl, Mike Norton, </STRONG><STRONG>Lauren Gale, Mary Clark, Mike Smrekar, and Steve Widner </STRONG><STRONG>as the Narrator.</STRONG></P></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1>
<P align=left><STRONG><Runtime></STRONG></FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>59 Minutes</STRONG></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Runtime></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Tag></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#818181><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>"It's not about why we went to Mars. It's about how </STRONG></FONT><STRONG>we're headed into obscurity."</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Tag></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Story></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#818181><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>A quiet man, John McCarthy, begins a relocation from Chicago to Phoenix in </STRONG></FONT><STRONG>a Penske truck alone, but before long he picks up another strange man, the Vagabond. </STRONG><STRONG>After filling the silence of the nighttime road with some small talk, the Vagabond </STRONG><STRONG>expresses his worry that they are being followed by an intimidating man. Then it </STRONG><STRONG>comes to his attention that McCarthy is transporting a mysterious box packed behind </STRONG><STRONG>them, without knowing its contents. This sets the vagabond--and eventually McCarthy </STRONG><STRONG>himself--into a paranoid odyssey that lands them not in Phoenix, but on Mars and with </STRONG><STRONG>ghostly visions of "fembots" and Navajo women to fill the emptiness that they begin </STRONG><STRONG>to feel on landscape after landscape....Just as Aesop once
 wrote allegories featuring </STRONG><STRONG>animals to cloak the true meaning of his expression, so does "Into Obscurity" which </STRONG><STRONG>will certainly leave viewers stupefied, mystified, or maybe just plain confused </STRONG><STRONG>(overall, the narrator's voice is that of a bumbling drunkard): it is in the context of </STRONG><STRONG>current events that will challenge the viewer to comprehend the journey into the </STRONG><STRONG>subconsciousness of these opposing characters.</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Story></STRONG></P></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#810000>
<P align=left><STRONG>4.</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><Title></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT color=#810000>"GUYS" (2005)</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1></Title></P></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1>
<P align=left><STRONG><Director></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Written, Produced & Directed by Joe Ostrica</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Director></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Runtime></STRONG></FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>27 Minutes</STRONG></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Runtime></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Tag></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#818181><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>What do best friends do after one of their buddies gets engaged? In the case of </STRONG></FONT><STRONG>these guys, it's a reunion they'll never forget!</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Tag></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Story></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#818181><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Meet the "GUYS" in this multi award-winning comedy (including the 2005</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P align=left><STRONG>Indie Gathering Viewers Choice Award) from Cleveland's 216 Films. After Brian </STRONG><STRONG>(Josh Lewis) gets engaged, his single friends, Matt (Bryan Jalovec) and Ed (Trevor </STRONG><STRONG>Read), are ready to throw a bachelor party. Not before the wedding, mind you, but the </STRONG><STRONG>day AFTER he gets engaged. Meanwhile, Steve (Paul Shiban), the only married guy </STRONG><STRONG>in the bunch, wants to have the gang over to his place to celebrate Brian's engagement. </STRONG><STRONG>Steve's idea of spending the night drinking and hanging out at his place is immediately </STRONG><STRONG>shot down by the two single guys, who are ready to party NOW and that means hitting </STRONG><STRONG>the bars.</STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG>Married guys. Single guys. Mature guys. Crazy guys. With these guys, </STRONG><STRONG>it's a great and hilarious night out on the town!</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Story></STRONG></FONT></P><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><FONT face=Arial color=#810000>
<P align=left><STRONG>3.</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG><Title></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT color=#810000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>"Spencer Tunick: Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland June 26,</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P align=left><STRONG>2004" (2004)</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Title></STRONG></P></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1>
<P align=left><STRONG><Director></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><STRONG>MOCA, Spencer Tunick and Andrew Einhorn</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Director></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Runtime></STRONG></FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><STRONG>20 Minutes</STRONG></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Runtime></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Story></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#818181><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>This fascinating documentary gives viewers a rare look at the making of a </STRONG></FONT><STRONG>brilliant artistic statement. In 2004, artist Spencer Tunick set to work creating his </STRONG><STRONG>public installation: an event that brought together thousands of residents from the city </STRONG><STRONG>of Cleveland and its environs who were </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT color=#818181><STRONG>willing </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#818181><STRONG>to undress for the sake of art. The </STRONG><STRONG>location: the East 9th Pier, set against an </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT color=#818181><STRONG>urban </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#818181><STRONG>backdrop of buildings and </STRONG><STRONG>warehouses juxtaposed against Lake </STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT
 face=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT color=#818181>Erie.</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1></Story></P></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#810000>
<P align=left><STRONG>2.</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><Title></FONT><FONT color=#810000><FONT face="Times New Roman">"Days in Dub" (2003)</FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1></Title></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Director></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>Jude Goergen</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1></Director></P></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1>
<P align=left><STRONG><Runtime></STRONG></FONT><I><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>30 Minutes</FONT></STRONG></I><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Runtime></STRONG></P></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1>
<P align=left><STRONG><Story></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#818181>A plethora of theme mu</FONT><FONT color=#818181>sic from the TV </FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=ArialMT color=#818181><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Soap "Days of Our</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG>Lives". Remixed, "Days" is a cor</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial-BoldMT color=#818181><STRONG>nucopia of </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=ArialMT color=#818181><STRONG>synched and chopped up video </STRONG><STRONG>components from the show. Shown to a delighted audience at MOCA in </STRONG><STRONG>December of 2003.</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Story> </STRONG></P></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#810000>
<P align=left><STRONG>1.</STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><Title></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#810000>Lo Que Pasa</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1></Title></P></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1>
<P align=left><STRONG><Director></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><STRONG>Bernadette Gilotta</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Director></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Runtime></STRONG></FONT><I><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>7 minutes</FONT></STRONG></I><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Runtime></STRONG></P>
<P align=left><STRONG><Story></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#818181><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Using Language and music for atmosphere, lo que pasa is a lyrical glimpse at </FONT></STRONG><STRONG>a young woman’s visit back to her old elementary school. While much of the interior </STRONG><STRONG>of the school remains unchanged, outside on the playground and beyond – time has </STRONG><STRONG>left its mark in an unusual way. The film is intended to be viewed in Spanish without </STRONG><STRONG>subtitles leaving it open to every individual’s interpretation, and to be more cinematic </STRONG><STRONG>than literal.</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#c1c1c1><STRONG></Story> </STRONG></P></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT color=#810000>
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