Squaring Off

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rhythms and textures of New York City...urban ironies...protests, performances, readings and art openings ...interviews with filmmakers ... the video journal of a writer-filmmaker. See also: http://lizabearmakingbook.blogspot.com, http://communicationsupdate.blogspot.com

Episodes of Squaring Off

    • Play Occupy J29 Health Care for the 99% Speak Out Pt 1 - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      Occupy J29 Health Care for the 99% Speak Out Pt 1

      New York, Jan 29--Doctors speak out for a single-payer, universal health care system for the 99% as part of Occupy The Square in Washington Square. This working group meets on Sundays at 4pm at 60 Wall Street Atrium. @meiham For events schedule see www.nycga.net

      • Release date
        Feb 6, 2012
      • Runtime
        06:26
    • Play Occupy Wall Street: Day 8: Raising the Stakes; the Notice; Public Use of Private Space - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      Occupy Wall Street: Day 8: Raising the Stakes; t...

      New York, September 24th--At around 10 am a notice was issued by suits from the alleged owners of Zuccotti Park aka Liberty Plaza, prohibiting use of camping gear and sleeping bags--possily an ominous prelude to the police crackdown on Occupy Wall Streeters during a march near Union Square, including the ue of orange netting and pepper spray. Tension built up during the evening with police reinforcements around the perimeter of the park, but at the time of this post (4:30pm Sunday) no evacuati...

      • Release date
        Sep 25, 2011
      • Runtime
        04:51
    • Play Liberty Square: Occupy Wall Street Continues, Day 5: "Corporations Can't Cry" - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      Liberty Square: Occupy Wall Street Continues, Da...

      New York, September 21--Daily life on Zuccotti Park (a private park) aka Liberty Plaza. The occupation, a protest against corporate greed the inequity of financial policis is occurring simultaneously in a number of cities world wide. General assemblies and twice-daily marches on Wall Street to coincide with the tolling of the New York Stock Exchange bell take place daily. Today, September 24, a march originating at Liberty Square takes place at noon. See also www.livestream.com/global.

      • Release date
        Sep 24, 2011
      • Runtime
        13:26
    • Play September 17: Occupation of Zuccotti Square, Wall Street: Part 1 - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      September 17: Occupation of Zuccotti Square, Wal...

      New York, September 17--Protesters against corporate greed occupy Zuccotti Square because their original plans to occupy Wall Street were blocked by police. Throughout the day they conduct peaceful general assemblies in order to work towards a democratic movement. See www.livestream.com/globalrevolution for live coverage. This episode filmed by Liza Béar.

      • Release date
        Sep 18, 2011
      • Runtime
        09:06
    • Play Miquel Barcelo's Elefandret at Union Square - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      Miquel Barcelo's Elefandret at Union Square

      New York, September 13, 2011--At the unveiling of Elefandret in Union Square, Miquel Barcelo talks to Liza Béar. The 26-foot giant bronze sculpture, an elephant balancing on its trunk, was built from a smaller model in Eibar, Basque Country, and shipped from Bilbao, courtesy the Marlborough Gallery, who hosted the press conference with the New York City Parks Department.

      • Release date
        Sep 15, 2011
      • Runtime
        05:33
    • Play "My Girl's a Yorkshire Girl, Yorkshire Through and Through" - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      "My Girl's a Yorkshire Girl, Yorkshire Through a...

      New York, June 16--an early morning celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses, one of the many events taking place around the city on Bloomsday.

      • Release date
        Sep 7, 2011
      • Runtime
        04:43
    • Play Empty Shelves - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      Empty Shelves

      New York, August 26--No, these shelves are not in Havana, Cuba, where lack of infrastructure and oil for transportation slows down the distribution of many food products/.This is the affluent East Village. Awaiting the much prophesied "monster" hurricane irene, New Yorkers rapidly clear the shelves at Whole Foods on East Houston and Chrystie Street. WF stayed open all night for the occasion and closed at 10am on Saturday for the rest of the week-end. Employees did not get paid for the enforced...

      • Release date
        Aug 30, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:45
    • Play Gary Indiana Reads "Bella is Bella" - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      Gary Indiana Reads "Bella is Bella"

      New York, March 29 2011--Excerpts from Gary Indiana's reading of "Bella is Bella", a new short story, at St Mark's Bookshop, 31 Third Avenue, New York. His latest book is Last Seen Entering the Biltmore: Plays, Short Fiction, Poems 1975–2010, Semiotext(e), 2010. Filmed by Liza Béar, squaringoff.blip.tv From Semiotext(e): Last Seen Entering the Biltmore Plays, Short Fiction, Poems 1975–2010 Gary Indiana Before publishing his celebrated first novel, Horse Crazy, in 1987, Gary Indiana wrote and d...

      • Release date
        Apr 1, 2011
      • Runtime
        04:58
    • Play The Sheepdog and the Mayor Get their Ducks in A Row (3) - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      The Sheepdog and the Mayor Get their Ducks in A ...

      Union Square, New York, October 22, 2004--revised version photoshop titles instead of scroll and different end frames. Full description is with version one and also on the Union Docs website as this was shown there in January 2010 as part of "Argument of the Eye",

      • Release date
        Dec 30, 2010
      • Runtime
        07:15
    • Play LINES NO LINES - Squaring Off on Blip Squaring Off episodes on Blip

      LINES NO LINES

      November 4, 2008--Election day at a Bronx polling station and on the street in the East Village with first-time voters artist Nicolas Ponce de Leon Dios; filmmaker Sebastian Bear-McClard; actor Jonathan Sollis; and artist Kunle Martins. Shot and edited by Liza Béar. Length 6'42"

      • Release date
        Oct 20, 2010
      • Runtime
        06:43
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