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Shapeshifters Cinema
567 5th St.
Oakland CA   

Shapeshifters Cinema is an experimental microcinema located in Oakland, CA. Our mission is to provide a venue and support for contemporary artists working with experimental and artist-made film, video, sound, music and other types of mediated performance. We host regular, live events, we offer workshops on experimental moving image and sound production, and we operate a storefront shop specializing in print publications, sound recordings and other artist-made media.
http://www.shapeshifterscinema.com

Upcoming Events:
Thursday, August 6 2026 7:00 PM
The Do-Over Music Series at Shapeshifters Cinema, organized by Lisa Mezzacappa and Jordan Glenn, is a monthly series of sound performances presented by a rotating cast of local luminaries and special guests. The first set features performances of creative - improvised - composed - electronic - acoustic - music. The second set opens up to a live improvised collaboration of sound and visuals made using images culled from the Shapeshifters 16mm film collection.

Set 1: 7pm sound performance by
Saki Minamimoto - voice
David Katz - voice
Jordan Glenn - drums

Set 2: 8pm expanded cinema +
the above with
Sudhu Tewari - homemade instruments
David James - guitar
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Saturday, August 8 2026 7:00 PM
it could be infinite
August 8 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm PDT
$12 – $120

Suki O'Kane will be joining the fray on Jurassic electronics and hand-held projection in support of the beloved Shapeshifters Cinema. It Could Be debuted at ATA and features live drawing by the inimitable Michael Wertz, audio collage with Andy Cowitt, Michael Zelner, and Super 8 by Nat Swope.

Opening set by the inimitable dyemark.

It is likely you will be handed a small projector oozing liquid light.
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