Julia Oldham and Free Static at Drawn Brands

Eugene premiere of Julia Oldham’s film Fallout Dogs, and screening of her film View of the Red Forest with a live score by Free Static

Saturday February 16th, 2019
Drawn Brands
545 Monroe St, Eugene, OR

Fallout Dogs is a film guided by the movements and activities of the stray dogs that live in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster began on April 26, 1986, with an explosion in Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over 100,000 residents were quickly evacuated on buses and told to leave everything behind, including their pets. While many of the abandoned pets were shot to prevent contamination, some survived by making their way to the power plant, where workers and self settlers have been caring for them and their descendants ever since.

The second part of this event included an iteration of the video piece from Julia Oldham’s multimedia installation View of the Red Forest, featuring Free Static performing a live score for the film.

Learn more about Julia Oldham: juliaoldham.com/

Learn more about Free Static: https://freestatic.bandcamp.com/