Summer Breeze Recap

Written by justin. Posted on July 20, 2010. Filed under Contests. 1 Comment.

In May, Fire Escape was fortunate enough to be part of MAB’s amazing Summer Breeze Festival where we handed out new merchandise and treated the crowd to live student made projections to warm them up for headliners Nas & Damian Marley.  If you weren’t able to make it, don’t worry.  For a limited time we’re providing the 20 minute long visual extravaganza below as it was shown during the show.  Enjoy everything from dancing Legos to the Cool Kids in this seizure-enduing wrap up of projects from the last few years.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Human Condition

Written by justin. Posted on June 22, 2010. Filed under Call for Entries. 1 Comment.

Our friends at the Chicago International Film Festival are hosting a 60-second film that examines who and what we are.  What causes people to start a war? Grow a flower? Create art? Advance technology? Pollute the environment? Seek knowledge? What is our place in the world? A program of finalists will be screened during the 46th Chicago International Film Festival and online, and the top three films will receive some hefty cash prizes.  Visit here to enter or find out more!

FIRE ESCAPE Presents DIE HARD

Written by justin. Posted on May 24, 2010. Filed under Contests. 1 Comment.

When Jack Lawrence Mayer directs the stage adaptation of one of the best films of all time, it seems like a good time for Fire Escape to step in.  Come out to University Church for any of the three shows June 3rd-5th at 8pm to witness our collaboration with University Theater and Off Off for the most thrilling play of the year!

Fire Escape Meeting, Wednesday May 19 at 6:00 p.m.

Written by rebecca. Posted on May 17, 2010. Filed under Contests. 2 Comments.

Harper 148 at 6:00 p.m.
Talk about the Spring Festival
Pay dues/Sign a contract
Discuss upcoming workshops
Enjoy some pizza

FIRE ESCAPE at SUMMER BREEZE

Written by justin. Posted on May 2, 2010. Filed under Video. 2 Comments.

We’re extremely pleased to announce our first annual collaboration with MAB to bring you Fire Escape video projections on the main stage of the Summer Breeze Music Festival in Hutch Courtyard.  With support from the awesome Simple AV, we’ll be providing fun, student made visuals from 8pm-8:45pm with musical accompaniment from Chicago’s own OCD Automatic.  Come out and enjoy the epic night, we’ve got some presents in store for everyone to thank you for a great year!

FIRE ESCAPE WORKSHOP: Sergio Dow

Written by justin. Posted on April 27, 2010. Filed under Workshop. 1 Comment.

This quarter’s workshop will feature acclaimed Colombian writer, director, and producer Sergio Dow.  Here, Sergio will talk about the art of visual storytelling and his experience in the international film industry. Come on out to Harper 148 on Wed. May 5th at 6pm to participate and meet the legend himself.

Free pizza will be provided while supplies last.

SPRING FILM FESTIVAL: Call For Entries

Written by justin. Posted on April 26, 2010. Filed under Call for Entries. 1 Comment.

Every year Fire Escape hosts a Spring Film Festival in the Film Studies Center made up of productions made under a certain theme.  This year’s theme is International Film.  This can be interpreted to encompass a wide variety of film styles, check a few suggestions below if you’re in need of a little inspiration:

  • Italian Neo-realism: “You live and you suffer.” (Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica)
  • French New Wave: “A virginal heartbeat has its own juvenile logic.” (Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Jacques Rivette)
  • German Expressionism:  (The Cabinet of Caligari, Metropolis)
  • The Western: “Every gun makes its own tune.”
  • Bollywood
  • Film Noir (The Big Sleep, The Big Heat, and The Big Combo!)
Get together with a group of friends this May and make a quick ode to your favorite international genre.  Or e-mail the committee at fecommittee@uchicago.edu if you’d like to be put in a group.  The deadline for entries is Monday, May 31st.

FIREBREAD III LAUNCH PARTY

Written by justin. Posted on April 25, 2010. Filed under Contests. 1 Comment.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Firebread DVD.  Come out and enjoy the launch party Monday, May 10th at 7pm in Hutch Courtyard inside the epic FOTA tent.  The party comes complete with live music by Lakesigns, free food and t-shirts, a free copy of the brand new Sliced Bread Magazine, and of course, a screening of some great new Fire Escape films.

FE Meeting Tonight

Written by Ivan. Posted on April 21, 2010. Filed under meeting. 2 Comments.

Harper 148, 6pm.

Bring 10 bucks for dues.  Sign a contract.

The Opportunity Shop: Call for Artists

Written by Ivan. Posted on April 16, 2010. Filed under Call for Entries. No comments.

The Opportunity Shop is a transitory, experimental project space for contemporary art in Hyde Park.  The current iteration is at the old Hollywood Video at 1530 E. 53rd Street. The OpShop bills itself as a place “where local, national and international artists come together to creatively facilitate conversation and community interaction in a dynamic art environment.”

Fire Escape members have shown their films there before.  Check out the Call for Artists page if you’re interested.

Also, don’t miss out on an upcoming event at the OpShop, a live historical reenactment of Geraldo Rivera’s infamous televised search for Al Capone’s vault.