Video From The Borough
Screening
Sydney Screening
Saturday 21st November 2009
Venue: Paddinton Town Hall Oxford Street
Event: This screening will party of the Anode Art Party
with performances, DJ's and pop-up bar
Tickets: BUY TICKETS HERE
Saturday 21st November 2009
Venue: Paddinton Town Hall Oxford Street
Event: This screening will party of the Anode Art Party
with performances, DJ's and pop-up bar
Tickets: BUY TICKETS HERE
'From The Outside Looking Inside Out'
VIDEO FROM THE BOROUGH
MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE NODE OF BROOKLYN NEW YORK, USA WITH THOSE OF SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Five video artists based in Brooklyn New York will be selected to exhibit works in a video curation project as part of the Anode Festival 2009 in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
From the Outside looking Inside Out, curated by Sydney based artist and performer Robyn Wilson, will make reference to ideas of perception in relation to contextual perspective. The coming from and going to of the moment in which we position judgement. The fleeting nature of what our eyes see and what ears hear at any moment in time, dependent on one’s own place of stance.
The video works will be projected onto designated external wall spaces in laneways in Sydney and Melbourne throughout the duration of the festival. The works may be previously produced or created specifically for the project.
MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE NODE OF BROOKLYN NEW YORK, USA WITH THOSE OF SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Five video artists based in Brooklyn New York will be selected to exhibit works in a video curation project as part of the Anode Festival 2009 in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
From the Outside looking Inside Out, curated by Sydney based artist and performer Robyn Wilson, will make reference to ideas of perception in relation to contextual perspective. The coming from and going to of the moment in which we position judgement. The fleeting nature of what our eyes see and what ears hear at any moment in time, dependent on one’s own place of stance.
The video works will be projected onto designated external wall spaces in laneways in Sydney and Melbourne throughout the duration of the festival. The works may be previously produced or created specifically for the project.
The Curator
Robyn Wilson is a Sydney based audio visual artist working across the platforms of live music and movement performances, costuming, new media and graphics. Many of her projects are produced under the wing of View of Courage Studios, her creative studio. Robyn’s practice is consistently rich in aesthetic and emotive value with motifs relating to extremities and contrast often evident in her work. She also manages one of Sydney’s most active creative entities, NG Art Gallery, in which she works closely with many of Australia’s most high profile artists, academics and cultural figures. Robyn Wilson was nominated for Best Visual Artist in the 2008 Sydney Music Art and Culture Awards.
This particular curation project was conceived upon her return from a recent trip to New York City, spending most of her time in Brooklyn, playing shows and completing projects, in which she grew extremely fond of the neighbourhood and several of its creative individuals.
Website: View Of Courage
Blog: View Of Courage Studios
This particular curation project was conceived upon her return from a recent trip to New York City, spending most of her time in Brooklyn, playing shows and completing projects, in which she grew extremely fond of the neighbourhood and several of its creative individuals.
Website: View Of Courage
Blog: View Of Courage Studios
Scott Kiernan
SCOTT KIERNAN
b. 1980
Lives and works in New York City
Title: "Garbage from the Gap"
Year: 2008
Format: HD digital video
Cinematogrpahy by Paris Mancini and Scott Kirenan
Shot in NYC, New Mexico, Maine; Spring/Summer 2008
Website: Scott Kiernan
Watch: Video
b. 1980
Lives and works in New York City
Title: "Garbage from the Gap"
Year: 2008
Format: HD digital video
Cinematogrpahy by Paris Mancini and Scott Kirenan
Shot in NYC, New Mexico, Maine; Spring/Summer 2008
Website: Scott Kiernan
Watch: Video
Jake Lodwick
Jake Lodwick Lives and works in Willamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City
Title: "Skip"
Year: 2009
Format: DH digital video
Shot in NYC
Website: Jake Lodwick
Watch: Video
Biography
Equal parts weird and hi-tech, Jake Lodwick has been experimenting with video since 1988, when he orchestrated intricate stop-motion shorts with his mother's VHS camcorder. In 1999 he created some of the earliest viral videos; in 2004 he launched the artsy video sharing site Vimeo as a personal project. His current ambition is "to create entertaining movies on an international scale", now setting his sights beyond the shortform world of web video. He lives in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood with his girlfriend, a modern dancer.
Project Overview
Finding himself in a creative slump, Lodwick created a structured "creativity framework" in July of this year. For 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, he would focus exclusively on video. The result was an equally rigid video project: Odwick.com, where he released an HD video every Wednesday for ten consecutive weeks. The heavy constraints forced him to act quickly; he could not afford to refine or overthink. "Skip" is one of the ten videos, number 7 in the series, reflecting both the innovation and the stubborn DIY mentality of his home borough.
Equal parts weird and hi-tech, Jake Lodwick has been experimenting with video since 1988, when he orchestrated intricate stop-motion shorts with his mother's VHS camcorder. In 1999 he created some of the earliest viral videos; in 2004 he launched the artsy video sharing site Vimeo as a personal project. His current ambition is "to create entertaining movies on an international scale", now setting his sights beyond the shortform world of web video. He lives in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood with his girlfriend, a modern dancer.
Project Overview
Finding himself in a creative slump, Lodwick created a structured "creativity framework" in July of this year. For 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, he would focus exclusively on video. The result was an equally rigid video project: Odwick.com, where he released an HD video every Wednesday for ten consecutive weeks. The heavy constraints forced him to act quickly; he could not afford to refine or overthink. "Skip" is one of the ten videos, number 7 in the series, reflecting both the innovation and the stubborn DIY mentality of his home borough.
Jordan Fish
Jordan Fish lives and works in New York City
Title: "The Fountain of Youth"
Shot at McCarren Pool Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, New York City
Website: Jordan Fish
BOY CRISIS is limited liability corporation that produces "highly license-able" proto-post popular music for lovemaking, dancing, shopping, aiding cinematic narrative and other means of consumption. They are confused about their roles in their own lives and the lives of others but ultimately wish only to love and be loved.
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH is their third single released in the UK and is a loose and only half-sarcastic musical adaptation of the second and third chapters of Guy Debord's Society of Spectacle.
JORDAN FISH is an old friend of theirs who directed the video for The Fountain of Youth, which is about a group of women capturing the band, performing various rituals on them, having them perform music and then sacrificing them to an illegitimate likeness of the Bohemian Club's ceremonial owl effigy. Jordan Fish has also directed music videos for Das Racist and Kate Ferencz and has worked on music videos for MGMT, The Killers, Devendra Banhart and The Cool Kids. His work can be found here
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH is their third single released in the UK and is a loose and only half-sarcastic musical adaptation of the second and third chapters of Guy Debord's Society of Spectacle.
JORDAN FISH is an old friend of theirs who directed the video for The Fountain of Youth, which is about a group of women capturing the band, performing various rituals on them, having them perform music and then sacrificing them to an illegitimate likeness of the Bohemian Club's ceremonial owl effigy. Jordan Fish has also directed music videos for Das Racist and Kate Ferencz and has worked on music videos for MGMT, The Killers, Devendra Banhart and The Cool Kids. His work can be found here
Ethan Miller
Ethan Miller lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Title: "7:15p - 7:16"
Shot in Willamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City
Website: Ethan Miller
Title: "7:15p - 7:16"
Shot in Willamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City
Website: Ethan Miller
Biography
Ethan Miller studied video and time-based art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Working primarily in video, he uses custom software to manipulate footage and challenge experiences of perception. His work deals with themes of persona and the effects of time on the nature of the self.
On 7:15p - 7:16
This piece is one in a series of long-format portraits after classical paintings. The film is processed using custom software which aggregates frames over time so the image slowly builds until it's an simultaneous accumulation of all the moments in its creation. It addresses questions concerning the nature of the portrait and the limits of creating a visual representation of a multifaceted person.
Ethan Miller studied video and time-based art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Working primarily in video, he uses custom software to manipulate footage and challenge experiences of perception. His work deals with themes of persona and the effects of time on the nature of the self.
On 7:15p - 7:16
This piece is one in a series of long-format portraits after classical paintings. The film is processed using custom software which aggregates frames over time so the image slowly builds until it's an simultaneous accumulation of all the moments in its creation. It addresses questions concerning the nature of the portrait and the limits of creating a visual representation of a multifaceted person.
Matthew Lessner
Matthew Lessner lives and works between Los Angeles and Brooklyn, New York City
Title: "Surprise Hotel" for the band Fool's Gold Director: Matthew Lessner
Cinematographer: Wyatt Garfield
Producers: Brian Davila and Tim Clark
Website: Matthew Lessner
Watch: Video
Title: "Surprise Hotel" for the band Fool's Gold Director: Matthew Lessner
Cinematographer: Wyatt Garfield
Producers: Brian Davila and Tim Clark
Website: Matthew Lessner
Watch: Video
Biography
Matthew Lessner is a writer/ director/ musician/ amateur geologist originally from the small town of Roseburg, OR -USA. His films have screened and won awards at numerous film festivals worldwide, including Sundance, SXSW and Clermont-Ferrand. His work has been featured on Wholphin DVD Magazine, Canal +, PBS, iTunes, and MTV. He has directed content for a diverse roster of clients including Universal, JWT, Domino Records, Vice, Secretly Canadian and the BBC. He has released two musical projects on Stunned Records and collects rare gemstones. Matthew lives and works between Los Angeles and Brooklyn and is currently in post-production on his first feature film, The Woods.
On Surprise Hotel
"It's been a while since my Yashiva days, so my Hebrew is kind of rusty, but when I heard Surprise Hotel it reminded me of those pool parties where you invite your grandfather's friends from AA and maybe some girls you meet outside an Albertons or Baha Fresh. - A strict no-pants policy is enforced for the older gentlemen and the ladies all wear high-cut neon bikinis. - After some ribs and orange soda you let the reptiles and pure breds loose and just see what happens. - That's pretty much where the video came from, those innocent days of summer, just being proud and strong and free and soakin' up the rays."
"It's been a while since my Yashiva days, so my Hebrew is kind of rusty, but when I heard Surprise Hotel it reminded me of those pool parties where you invite your grandfather's friends from AA and maybe some girls you meet outside an Albertons or Baha Fresh. - A strict no-pants policy is enforced for the older gentlemen and the ladies all wear high-cut neon bikinis. - After some ribs and orange soda you let the reptiles and pure breds loose and just see what happens. - That's pretty much where the video came from, those innocent days of summer, just being proud and strong and free and soakin' up the rays."
