A full theater and floor seating was the image C-47 Houston magazine saw at the Aurora Theater as the Aurora Picture Show presented "Sound Forms: UH School of Art Student Showcase",  a 45-minute program showcasing 25 engaging and expressive video/film works by University of Houston School of Arts students ranging from 23-second to 4-minute short original experimental video/films. 

Some of the films were created using video cams while others used video Ipods to express their visual art. 

Curator Ms. Mary Magsamen, of the Aurora Picture show, started the presentation. She and her husband Stephan Hillerbrand, who attended the screening, are UH School of Art professors working with video and installation. Also attending the screening from the Aurora, Ms. Rachel Blackney Tepper, Ms. Sarah Bircher, Ms. Andrea Grover, Ms. Delicia Harvey, Mr. Guy Harrison and Mr. Carlos Lama. 

C-47 Houston magazine was there to support our filmmakers. Below are some of the pictures and a list of video artists and their screened projects:

                 Mary Magsamen                 Rachel Blackney Tepper                                                                    Inside the Aurora Theater

                                              A gathering horde of fans                                                                                 Sarah Bircher          Delicia Harvey

                                          Chuck Ivy

   Christopher Pickett         Nick Bontrager                                                                                                                  Misha Burgett

                                    Jessica Ninci                                                                                                         Camilo Gonzalez

                                                                Mary Magsamen                                                          Grant MacManus

                   Delicia Harvey                                   Andrea Grover                                                                   Sarah Bircher

Video Artists Include:

Jenny Westbury: Sonogram

Nick Bontrager: Zoological Harmonizer Conversion Device #2

Christopher Pickett: The Night-Time Scene 

Tala Valabzadeh: Untitled-1

Sarah Jean Bircher: Insomnia and Bad Reception

Marian Ochoa: Blue

Kelly Quarles & Misha Burgett: Fuck Me

Kelly Quarles: iPod Genie  (Part 1, 2 and 3) 

Cody Ledvina: Ruzzianz

Alex Nguyen: Robotic Benedict and Beatrice

Grant MacManus: Psycho

Jacob Jones: Iroq

Chuck Ivy: Basic Wire and Cable

Dena Wallace: Untitled

Samantha Wiley: Only a thin Drapery and Bullets and Butterflies

Kurt Cobbley: Untitled

Jessica Ninci: Forest Love Dance Remix

Alex Nguyen and Jenny Westbury: Trampoline (True Love)

John Madji: The Rings

Camilo Gonzalez: Repetendum and,

Norberto Gomez: Swingset v2009.

For more information about the Aurora Picture Show visit: www.AuroraPictureShow.org 

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