April 15, 5-6:30 p.m. Screening and artist conversation California College of the Arts Timken Lecture Hall 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco

Part of CCA Visual and Critical Studies Forum and co-presented with / (Slash)

Image: The Land at the Bottom of the Sea, 2023, 4K video with two-channel audio, 27 minutes, 30 seconds. Courtesy of the artist, Upstream Gallery (Amsterdam), and Blindspot Gallery (Hong Kong).

Microscope is very pleased to present a solo screening of film and video works by New York-based artist Anto(n) Astudillo. The screening will take place both in person and online, with a Q&A with the artist following the screening.

In the seven works on the program, Astudillo considers the effects of two concurrent personal transitions: the gender affirming process of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and their experience as a US immigrant from Chile during the past twelve years.

Join us for a retrospective of works by Tara Najd Ahmadi, presented in partnership with Bristol Experimental and Expanded Film (BEEF).

Ahmadi is an Iranian artist and filmmaker whose recent body of work focuses on creating a panorama of rarely-heard, marginalised stories. Her playful use of the camera reveals subtle socio-political nuances beneath the everyday experience.

The following shorts that will be shown at this screening: