Free Seattle Premiere of Between The Folds Documentary November 21, 2009

SEATTLE PREMIERE OF FILM ABOUT PAPER FOLDING
AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE

Get your fold on. On Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 3:30 PM Community Cinema Seattle presents the free Seattle premiere of BETWEEN THE FOLDS directed, written and produced by Vanessa Gould at SIFF Cinema.

When you look at a piece of paper, what do you see? Blurring the mysterious lines between art, science, sculpture and math, the film is an exhilarating adventure into origami - or paperfolding - featuring works of art whose emotional expressiveness and engineering complexity defy logic. Just as Michelangelo might have seen a statue standing frozen inside a block of marble, the eccentric artists and scientists in BETWEEN THE FOLDS envision the three-dimensional possibilities of paper, and, as if by alchemy, change the mundane into the poetic and magical — all with no scissors, no tape and no glue. Ultimately, the medium of paperfolding itself — a blank, uncut square — emerges as a resounding metaphor for the creative potential of us all. Paperfolding is all around us in - among other things - air bags, microwave popcorn bags, and parachutes.

The screening will be followed by an audience Q&A with local paperfodlers and hands-on demonstrations in the lobby after the discussion. The event is open to the public and all are welcome.

The ITVS/PBS Discussion Guide (PDF, 240K) is available online at:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/between-the-folds/getinvolved.html

Give it a try!
Vintage Movie Camera Cut & Fold by Erik and Martin Demaine (PDF, 312K)
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/between-the-folds/resources/betweenthefolds_cameraorigami.pdf

Peacock by Robert J. Lang (PDF, 400K)
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/between-the-folds/resources/betweenthefolds_peacockorigami.pdf

Community Cinema Seattle is presented by KCTS9 Television Seattle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, The City of Seattle Office for Civil Rights, the Seattle International Film Festival, and the Puget Area Paper Folding Enthusiasts Roundtable (PAPER).

WHAT: Seattle premiere of BETWEEN THE FOLDS
WHEN: Saturday, November 21 at 3:30 PM
WHERE: SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer Street, Seattle, 98109
WHO: ITVS, KCTS, KBCS FM, SOCR, SIFF, & PAPER
HOW: Free. For more information visit
http://communitycinemaseattle.org/

We encourage our audience to walk, bike, and take public transportation to our events. Seattle Center IS Seattle's cultural center. Consider riding Metro or the Link Right Rail and/or the monorail. How fun?! Parking in the adjacent garage connected by the skybridge can be pricy but OH so convenient. Street parking exists within a block or 3 to the north and east.

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