A Semiotic Square for Violent Bear (US/Canada, Derek Jenkins and Eugenia Zuroski, 2025, 13:00, color)

ERC presents: The Festival of (In)appropriation #14

Drive-thrus, a violent bear, and queer joy:

The Festival of (In)appropriation is back in Austin!

Like a Monster: a video poem in 5 parts (US, Krista Leigh Steinke, 2026, 4:57, color)
Like a Monster: a video poem in 5 parts (US, Krista Leigh Steinke, 2026, 4:57, color)

The Festival of (In)appropriation #14

Friday, November 20, 2026

6:30pm doors, 7:00pm screening

dadaLab, 2008 Alexander Ave, Austin, TX 78722 [map]

$7 admission, FREE with student ID

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Peru is a place to die (Peru, Victor Augusto Mendivil, 2026, 12:13, color)
Peru is a place to die (Peru, Victor Augusto Mendivil, 2026, 12:13, color)

This is a 90-minute program of experimental shorts, curated by Jaimie Baron, Jennifer Proctor, and Zachariah Anderson.

What is (in)appropriation? You might know it as collage, found footage, remix, or recycled cinema, détournement, pastiche, mash-up and more…

Whatever you call it, all the moving images in this program are pre-existing media, edited together in a new context.

The result is something its original makers never saw coming.

Thick and Sweet (US, Yinan Wang, 2025, 14:54, color)
Thick and Sweet (US, Yinan Wang, 2025, 14:54, color)

The Festival of (In)appropriation has been going strong since 2009.

We go way back together: curator Jaimie Baron wrote the 2014 program notes for our screening of Gregg Biermann’s work, and ERC hosted the festival for the first time in 2016.

Swing Swish Sway (US, TT Takemoto, 2026, 6:55, color)
Swing Swish Sway (US, TT Takemoto, 2026, 6:55, color)

Reunited, and it feels so good!

Join us next Friday night!

Love,

ERC

This project is supported in part by a Nexus Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.

Header image: A Semiotic Square for Violent Bear (US/Canada, Derek Jenkins and Eugenia Zuroski, 2025, 13:00, color)