Sunday, April 29 at 11 pm and Wednesday, May 2 at 2 pm
One hour of short video art on public access tv. By the people, for the people.

on Channel 2 of the Manhattan Neighborhood Network

With work by…

// Michael Chernoff

// Benjamin Fox

// Joshua Graver

// Katie Hickman

// Stephanie (Sticky) Hough

// Jonathon Keats

// Ben Neufeld

// Edward Ramsay-Morin

// Jean-Michel Rolland

// SR Shearer

// Lauryn Siegel

// Brittany Stanley

Curated by…

// Abbey Ozanich

Catch the program live on television in Manhattan on the MNN Lifestyle Channel (Channel 56 on Time Warner, Channel 83 on RCN, or Channel 34 on FiOS) or live online anywhere by visiting http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel. The episode—as well as descriptions of the featured work, artist bios, and more—will also be available on our website following the premiere.

For more information visit us at www.midastouchprojects.com, or like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/midasprojects.

Featuring Works By:

Alexei Dmitriev Dubus
Brittany Stanley and Joenuel Ortiz That Perfect High
Daria Baiocchi Oh! Identity
Edward Ramsay-Morin Away We Go
Jorge Catoni LadoV
Kate Shannon Whiteouts
Katie Cercone Queen Candy Bile
Liat Berdugo Switch
Michael Demers The Ghost of Vannevar Bush Hacked my Server
Ricg Forowicz Detection
Sam Sheffield and Barry Whittaker Vasari 2012 MMXII #D
Irina Danilova City Drawings
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Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) is a catalyst for innovative, interdisciplinary creative projects, advanced research and critical discourse in the arts, and for creative applications of technologies, concepts and practices found across disciplines. It is a collaborative network of faculty, students, and community members from all disciplines of the visual and performing arts in addition to other disciplines in the humanities and sciences. ICE enables all stages of creative activity, from concept and team formation through production, documentation, and dissemination of research. More information can be found at http://ice.uga.edu

We are pleased to report that Video Art & Experimental Film Festival 2011 was a huge success! Over two days, audiences gathered at Tribeca Cinemas to watch some of the best in contemporary video art and experimental film. Though the festival drew submissions from around the world, we were still lucky enough to have almost half of the twenty-five artists join us in person. Alicia Matthews flew in from the UK, Daphna Mero from Israel, and Marco and Saverio Lanza from Italy, with others travelling from around the US to be there. It was amazing, and a lot of fun, to finally meet the talented men and women behind the works.

On Friday night, panelists Kalup Linzy, Brian House, and Shelly Silver spoke to a packed house about the current state of video art, as well as its future in the digital age. The reception afterward was a buzz of excitement as artists, friends, and audience-members mingled in the lavish Varick Room. It was a reminder that the festival is only a starting point for conversations and collaborations extending beyond this year’s event. We can’t wait to see what happens next!

Thanks to all who helped us put on this wonderful event, from the Tribeca Cinemas staff to Kalup, Brian, and Shelly, to the artists of course, who made it all possible.

Enjoy the photos…and here’s to next year!

Click any of the photos below to go to the event gallery

On the second day of programming, the festival will feature a panel discussion with three luminaries from the worlds of art and new media: Kalup Linzy, a renowned performance and video artist; Brian House, a creative technologist for the The New York Times Company’s research and development lab; and Shelly Silver, associate professor at Columbia University and vastly respected artist working in video. The hour-long panel will take place December 8 at 8:40 PM, followed by a gala reception. Topics to be discussed include the globalization of video art and experimental film, the rise of online communities, and the impact of technology on art and artists. Brittany Stanley, Editor-in-Chief of Videoart.net, will moderate.

It’s rare that minds of this caliber come together. Come with your questions ready and your notebooks open. It should be a truly special evening. See you there!

KALUP LINZY

Kalup Linzy is a video and performance artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Stuckey, Florida. Linzy received his MFA from the University of South Florida. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Linzy has been the recipient of numerous awards including a grant from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship, Creative Capital Foundation grant, a Jerome Foundation Fellowship, and an Art Matters Grant. Linzy’s best-known work is a series of politically charged videos that satirize the conventions of the television soap opera. His work has been included in exhibitions Frequency at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Prospect.1 New Orleans, 30 Americans, Rubell Family Collection, MoMA PS1 Greater New York, At Home/Not At Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College. His work is in the public collections at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Whitney Museum of Art, and Museum of Modern Art. In summer 2010, Linzy appeared on the long running ABC soap opera General Hospital alongside James Franco in a storyline that incorporated performance art. In 2011, he was featured in the production Four Saints in Three Acts: An Opera Installation presented by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Yerba Beuna Center.
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BRIAN HOUSE

Brian House is a bricoleur whose work has traversed locative media, experimental music, interactive narrative, and social practice. By constructing embodied, participatory systems, he seeks to negotiate between programmed constraints and the serendipity of everyday life.

Currently, he is a member of the Research and Development lab at The New York Times and teaches at the Parsons Design and Technology MFA program. Previously, he was Creative Technologist at Local Projects, an award-winning design studio in New York. His project Yellow Arrow, a early work in social locative media that involved stickers, mobile phones, and participants in 467 cities around the world, was included in MoMA’s 2008 exhibition Design and the Elastic Mind and featured in Wired, PRAXIS, Metropolis, and The New York Times. Other work includes a series of residency projects engaging social practice at MOCA (LA) in 2009, including a reenactment of Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal from the 1986 World Cup. Brian has exhibited with Rhizome at the New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York; The Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine; Loving Berlin Festival, Berlin; and Kulturhuset, Stockholm. He holds an MSc in Innovative Design from Chalmers University in Göteborg, Sweden, and studied machine learning, electroacoustic music, and religion for his undergraduate degree at Columbia University.

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SHELLY SILVER

Shelly Silver is a New York based artist utilizing video, film and photography. Her work, which spans a wide range of subject matter and genres, explores the personal and societal relations that connect and restrict us; the indirect routes of pleasure and desire; the stories that are told about us and the stories we construct about ourselves.

She has been exhibited widely throughout the US, Europe and Asia at venues such as MoMA, the ICP, MoCA, The Yokohama Museum, The Pompidou Center, The Kyoto Museum, the London ICA, The London, Singapore, New York, Moscow and Berlin Film Festivals. Silver has received numerous fellowships and grants from organizations such as the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA, NYSCA, NYFA, the Jerome Foundation, the Japan Foundation and Anonymous was a Woman. Broadcasts include BBC/England, PBS/USA, Arte/Germany, France, Planete/Europe, RTE/Ireland, SWR/Germany, Atenor/Spain.

Silver attended Cornell University, graduating in 1980 with a B.A. in Intellectual History, and a B.F.A. in Mixed Media and subsequently attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program.

She is an associate professor in Visual Arts, School of the Arts, Columbia University.

A little taste of what’s to come: Excerpts from the 2011 Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, hosted by Videoart.net

Videoart.net is thrilled to present the 2011 Video Art and Experimental Film Festival at New York City’s iconic Tribeca Cinemas on December 8th and 9th.

The two-day festival aims to introduce New York audiences to the most arresting, provocative, and engaging of contemporary works. Drawing from hundreds of submissions, the festival will feature a diverse array of work by groundbreaking video artists and experimental filmmakers from around the world, including the USA, China, Iran, France, Italy, Israel, and the UK. A panel discussion led by distinguished academics and industry professionals will follow the screenings, as well as a gala reception with the artists and panelists at Tribeca Cinemas’ Varick Room.

Please visit http://festival.videoart.net/ for more information.

Tickets may be purchased here: tickets.tribecafilm.com/Online/default.asp?brand=cinemas2

trailer edited by Brittany Stanley

Videoart.net is thrilled to present the second annual Video Art and Experimental Film Festival at New York City’s iconic Tribeca Cinemas on December 8th and 9th.

The two-day festival aims to introduce New York audiences to the most arresting, provocative and conceptual pieces born of our era. Drawing from hundreds of submissions, the festival will feature a diverse array of work by groundbreaking video artists and experimental filmmakers from around the world, including the USA, China, Iran, France, Italy, Israel, and the UK. A panel discussion led by distinguished academics and industry professionals will follow the screenings, as well as a gourmet reception with the artists and panelists at the Tribeca Lounge.

TICKETS:
Tickets are now on sale ($12 for single screening, $8 for students, $35 for Friday’s program, and $25 student price for Friday). Click here to visit the online ticketing system and get your advanced tickets now!

FESTIVAL PASS:
The Festival offers a Pass ($45) that includes access to all screenings, panel discussion, and the Gala Reception on Friday, December 9. Click here to purchase a pass now!

When: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
and Friday, December 9, 2011, 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Where: Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St., Manhattan, Take the A, C, 1, or 2 trains to Canal St.

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FESTIVAL PROGRAM
Thursday:

7:30pm – 8:45pm screening
9:15pm – 10:30pm screening

Friday:

7:30pm – 8:30 pm screening
8:40pm – 9:30pm panel discussion
9:30pm – 11:30pm reception

open bar for wine, beer and food from 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Meet our Festival team

We hope you will join us and we look forward to seeing you all there!
for more information, please contact Brittany@videoart.net

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Festival History:

Above: Excerpts From Panel Discussion – Video Art & Experimental Film Festival 2010

Videoart.net’s first annual Video Art & Experimental Film Festival 2010 took place on May 22nd, 2010, at the Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street New York, NY. The screening included a wide spectrum of international contemporary video art and experimental films followed by a lively and dynamic panel discussion. The festival concluded with a reception party