Bed (2009) by Toshi Takeuchi
by Toshi Takeuchi.
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[STREET_TEAM]
9 April, 2012 by Andrew Rosinski
FRANCOISE GAMMA ON JEAN TANGUEY, TATE MODERN, LONDON, UK, 2012
[STREET_TEAM] is a curatorial project by Alfredo Salazar-Caro in which animated .gifs and short video loops were guerrilla installed in museums and art institutions in five different countries. These institutions included the Tate Modern in London; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam; BOZAR in Belgium; and the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City; among others.
Featuring the works of:
A Bill Miller
Jon Cates
Jeremiah Johnson
Francoise Gamma
Eric Fleischauer
Lori Felker
Brian Khek
Till Wittwer
David Cox
Theodore Darst
Andrew Rosinski
Rosa Menkman
Patrick Quinn
Alfredo Salazar-Caro
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Undergrowth (2011) by Robert Todd
4 April, 2012 by Andrew RosinskiUndergrowth
by Robert Todd
2011, 12 min, 16mm, color & b/w, sound
Feathers, foliage, flowers, tree bark. Through the eyes of a blind owl, Robert Todd’s Undergrowth (2011) saunters through the woods, craws under brush, climbs trees and branches, and channels the Great sentient Spirit of the woods.
Undergrowth played in one of the best programs at the 50th AAFF: Films in Competition 4. Undergrowth won the Kodak/Colorlab Award for Best Cinematography at the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival.
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Photos from the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival
4 April, 2012 by Andrew Rosinski
People in the Michigan Theater Lobby
Program Director David Dinnell with filmmakers Robert Todd & Jodie Mack
Michigan Theater Marquee
Michael Robinson speaks
Candles
Sunny at the merch booth
35mm Clear Leader
Jesse Malmad (Bad At Sports) & Tom Colley (Video Data Bank) chillin'
American Falls signage
Phil Solomon's American Falls
Phil Solomon's American Falls
Phil Solomon's American Falls
Phil Solomon's American Falls
Leighton Pierce Threshold Of Peripheral Induction signage
Leighton Pierce's Threshold Of Peripheral Induction
Leighton Pierce's Threshold Of Peripheral Induction
Leighton Pierce artist talk at the Threshold Of Peripheral Induction installation
Some photographed moments from the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Feel free to share and use.
There are plenty more photos by Abby Rose here.
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(Photos by Theodore Darst)
2012 (50th) Ann Arbor Film Festival Award Winners
2 April, 2012 by Andrew Rosinski |
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Ann Arbor Film Festival
50th Festival Award Winners
“The 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival is proud to announce this year’s award winning films as chosen by our esteemed jury: Michael Robinson, Kathy Geritz and Peter Rose.”
Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival
Lack of Evidence (Manque de Preuves) (Hayoun KWON)
The Stan Brakhage Film at Wit’s End Award
Voluptuous Sleep (Betzy Bromberg)
Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film
Palaces of Pity (Daniel Schmidt, Gabriel Abrantes)
Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film
Guañape Sur (János Richter)
Award for Best International Film
Untitled (Neil Beloufa)
Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film
Vexed (Telcosystems)
\aut\FILM Award for Best LGBT Film
The Evil Eyes (Bobby Abate)
Award for Best Sound Design
Remote (Jesse McLean)
Kodak/Colorlab Award for Best Cinematography
Undergrowth (Robert Todd)
Within (Robert Todd)
The No Violence Award
If the War Continues (Jonathan Schwartz)
Gus Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film
Sounding Glass (Sylvia Schedelbauer)
Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film
It’s such a beautiful day (Don Hertzfeldt)
Traces (Scott Stark)
The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for Emerging
Experimental Video Artist
Ceibas: The Epilogue – The Well of Representation
(Evan Meaney)
Prix DeVarti for Funniest Film
Walt Disney’s “Taxi Driver” (Bryan Boyce)
Shadow Cuts (Martin Arnold)
Pluto Declaration (Travis Wilkerson)
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker
The Strawberry Tree (Simone Rapisarda Casanova)
George Manupelli Founder’s Spirit Award
By Foot-Candle Light (Mary Helena Clark)
Art & Science Award
20Hz (Semiconductor)
The Eileen Maitland Award
Irma (Charles Fairbanks)
Award for Best Music Video
Go Outside by Cults (Isaiah Seret)
JURY AWARDS:
As Above, So Below (Sarah J. Christman)
Tin Pressed (Dani Leventhal)
Curious Light (Charlotte Pryce)
Landfill 16 (Jennifer Reeves)
August Song (Jodie Mack, Emily Kuehn)
A Lax Riddle Unit (Laida Lertxundi)
Quest (Cautare) (Ionuţ Piturescu)
The House (Das Haus) (David Buob)
Envelop by Julianna Barwick (Cam Archer)
Ann Arbor Film Festival Animated .gifs Part 4 (Zoetrope by Jodie Mack and more)
1 April, 2012 by Andrew Rosinski
peddle-powered Zoetrope by Jodie Mack
Another collection of animated .gifs capturing moments in or around the 50th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival.
More:
AAFF 50th Annual AAFF Schedule.
(animated .gifs by Theodore Darst.)
Ann Arbor Film Festival Animated .gifs Part 3 (Threshold of Peripheral Induction by Leighton Pierce)
31 March, 2012 by Andrew Rosinski
Threshold of Peripheral Induction
Leighton Pierce
2012 | 4 Channel Video, 8 Channel Audio
UM Slusser Gallery (map)
March 26 – April 2
Here is some short-form documentation of Leighton’s Pierce’s four channel video installation Threshold of Peripheral Induction, which is on view at the University of Michigan’s Slusser Gallery until Monday, April 2, 2012. The installation features four channels of visceral imagery projected onto a ‘U’ shaped object, which embodies an exterior/interior function for the images.
The forth .gif features Leighton Pierce during his artist talk wherein he discussed his creative process, his instinctive shooting process, and the implications of physically installing the four channels, architecture, sound, and projectors.
If you’re in the area, check this out today.
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AAFF: Threshold of Peripheral Induction
(animated .gifs compiled by Theodore Darst.)
Ann Arbor Film Festival Animated .gifs Part 2 (American Falls by Phil Solomon)
30 March, 2012 by Andrew Rosinski
AMERICAN FALLS
Phil Solomon, US, 2010, 56 min, three channels, color, sound
March 25 – April 2, 2012
Work Gallery | 306 State Street | Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (map)
Here are a few glimpses of the beautiful installation of Phil Solomon’s American Falls at the Work Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as part of the 50th annual AAFF.
If you’re in the area, surely don’t miss American Falls at the Work Gallery, which runs until Monday, April 2.
Tonight — March 30, 2012 — Phil Solomon will present and discuss a program dedicated to his films at 9:15pm at the Michigan Theater.
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(animated .gifs compiled by Theodore Darst.)
Ann Arbor Film Festival Animated .gifs Part 1
29 March, 2012 by Andrew Rosinski
“Exquisite Motion Corpse” by Martin Thoburn & Chris Sandon at the Michigan Theater
clear leader through an ipad moviescope at the Michigan Theater
“Ann Arbor Stripped Bare by Her Film Festival, Even' ” by Gary Schwartz at Silvio's Organic Pizza
“your cadence” by Collin McRae at the Work Gallery
A collection of animated .gifs capturing moments in or around the 50th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival.
View the schedule of the AAFF here.
(animated .gifs compiled by Theodore Darst.)
349 (for Sol LeWitt) by Chris Kennedy
29 March, 2012 by Andrew Rosinski
Canada, 2011, 1 min, video, silent
Chris Kennedy digitally animates Sol Lewitt’s Wall Drawing #349 in a scintillating short sequence that enchants the viewer with its primary color palette and bold geometric diction. In one thoughtful minute, the sequential dance of shape cuts the frame into pieces of eye-candy; frame-by-frame, the flux of color creates a lurid, fluorescent flicker, fostering a graphic environment with a cinematic sparkle that’s sure to dazzle the viewer.
349 (for Sol LeWitt) played at the AAFF on Tuesday, March 28, 2012, as part of the Films in Competition 2 program.
The 50 annual Ann Arbor Film Festival continues. View the list of events here.
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AAFF 50 Screens schedule & overview
DINCA Coverage of the 50th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival
27 March, 2012 by Andrew Rosinski |
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DINCA will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from 3.28–4.1, reporting on the 2012 Ann Arbor Film Festival.
Today is the first day of the 50th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival. The AAFF has a superlative lineup of events this year, with over 200 independent and experimental works, including new work by Deborah Stratman, Ben Rivers, Ben Russell, Michael Robinson, David Gatten, Laida Lertxundi, Kerry Laitala, Scott Stark, Mary Helena Clark, Fern Silva, Bobby Abate, Jodie Mack, Evan Meaney, and many more, plus some very special treasures and gems from avant-garde cinema.
If you’re in midwest, this is a week of events worth road-trippin’ to; if you’re not in the midwest, this is a week of events worth road-trippin’ to.
The 50th AAFF will include special programs of work by Peter Rose, Robert Nelson, Barbara Hammer, Michael Robinson, a juror presentation by Kathy Geritz, Phil Solomon, Paul Clipson, a Leighton Pierce gallery walkthrough, and three Bruce Baille retrospectives.
As part of the AAFF’s 50 Screen initiative, Phil Solomon has installed his “American Falls” installation at the Work Gallery; Leighton Pierce has installed his “Threshold of Peripheral Induction” at the University of Michigan’s Slusser Gallery; and the Michigan Theater installations, the Gallery Project exhibition, the Nickels Arcade exhibition feature plenty more treats.
More on the AAFF’s 50 Screen Initiative:
The 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival presents 50 SCREENS, a city-wide series of free film, video and moving image installations. Throughout film festival week local, national and international artists will illuminate more than fifty screens in galleries, theaters, shops, outdoor locations and non-traditional screening spaces in Ann Arbor. The intention of this expansion beyond traditional cinema screenings is to more widely engage the public with film as an art form in celebration of the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival, taking place March 27 – April 1, 2012.
As aforementioned, DINCA will be in Ann Arbor reporting on the AAFF from Wednesday, March 28 – Sunday, April 1, 2012. Andrew Rosinski and Theodore Darst will be representing DINCA; if you, too, are at the AAFF, let us know.
This week on dinca.org is AAFF week, so stayed tuned for some interesting coverage of the festival — also checkout our twitter profile for some menial updates — dinca.org, dedicated to disseminating Sacred Visions 2 U.
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AAFF 50 Screens schedule & overview
