Bookmarks tagged with Filmmakers
Constant
Constant works in-between media and art and is interested in the culture and ethics of the World Wide Web. The artistic practice of Constant is inspired by the way that technological infrastructures, data-exchange and software determine our daily life. Free software, copyright alternatives and (cyber)feminism are important threads running through the activities of Constant.
Auguste Orts
Auguste Orts is founded by Herman Asselberghs, Sven Augustijnen, Manon de Boer and Anouk De Clercq.
Light Industry
Light Industry is a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York. Developed and overseen by Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, the project has evolved into a series of weekly events, each organized by a different artist, critic, or curator. Through a regular program of screenings, performances, and lectures, its goal is to explore new models for the presentation of time-based media.
The Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is a nexus where art intersects science, architecture & activism - an incubator for thought & experimentation for artists & innovators who seek out and foster areas of collaboration to engage in the central issues of our time.
khalil joreige / Joana Hadjithomas
Both born in Beirut, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige have worked together as artists as well as filmmakers, shooting fiction films and documentaries.
THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA
THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the viewer on an exhilarating ride through some of the greatest movies ever made. Serving as presenter and guide is the charismatic Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst. With his engaging and passionate approach to thinking, Zizek delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncovering what movies can tell us about ourselves.
Raqs media collective
Raqs Media Collective has been variously described as artists, media practitioners, curators, researchers, editors and catalysts of cultural processes. Their work, which has been exhibited widely in major international spaces and events, locates them squarely along the intersections of contemporary art, historical enquiry, philosophical speculation, research and theory - often taking the form of installations, online and offline media objects, performances and encounters. They live and work in Delhi, based at Sarai, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, an initiative they co-founded in 2000. They are members of the editorial collective of the Sarai Reader series.
Julia Meltzer and David Thorne
Los Angeles-based artists Julia Meltzer and David Thorne produce videos, photographs, installations, and published texts. From 1999 to 2003, their projects centered on state secrecy and the production of the past. Current works focus on the ways in which visions of the future are imagined, claimed and realized, specifically in relation to faith and global politics.
PeterWatkins_Home
A detailed description of each of Watkins' films, with extracts from reviews of the films, and information on their current availability.
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THE END OF SUBURBIA
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American consciousness.
A Crude Awakening
A Crude Awakening, produced and directed by award-winning European journalists and filmmakers Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack, tells the story of how our civilization’s addiction to oil puts it on a collision course with geology. Compelling, intelligent, and highly entertaining, the film visits with the world’s top experts and comes to a startling, but logical conclusion – our industrial society, built on cheap and readily available oil, must be completely re-imagined and overhauled.
no.w.here
no.w.here.lab is a new centre for artists film production in London run by the artist filmmakers Karen Mirza and Brad Butler. Creating a cultural centre for the artists filmmaking community no.w.here.org provides public access to a unique set of film facilities at low cost. no.where also runs workshops to educate a new generation of artist filmmakers, convenes ccritical debates investigating experimental film's dialogue with contemporary culture, and programmes screenings and exhibitions. Through all of its activities no.w.here opens a space for the meeting of practice and theory expanding, extending and examining the place of film within contemporary artistic production.
exposed
EXPOSED is a film about Katherine, a 35 year old dancer and writer who suffers from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, a chronic condition caused by exposure to synthetic chemicals in consumer products, pesticides, building materials, exhaust, tabacco smoke, perfume, cleaning agents, food additives and others. While skeptics, particularly in the traditional medical field and the chemical industry, still question its legitimacy, for Katherine it is a debilitating everyday reality, forcing her to live outside of the norms of her society.
MIRANDA JULY
Miranda July is a filmmaker, performing artist and writer. She grew up in Berkeley, California where she began her career by writing plays and staging them at an all-ages club.
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