Manipulated Image #12: "memory" and "identity"
Friday, April 2 2010, 7:30pm
Santa Fe Complex: 632 Agua Fria Santa Fe, NM, USA, 87501
$6 suggested contribution
Manipulated Image/Santa Fe & VideoChannel Cologne proudly present an intercontinental collaboration...
Alysse Stepanian (Santa Fe) curates for VideoChannel Cologne
Simultaneous launch online on VideoChannel Cologne and in physical space of Manipulated Image at The Santa Fe Complex
Laleh Mehran (Colorado), Chris Coleman (Colorado), and Brooks Williams (New York City) will be present in person to discuss their work
As part of the 10th year celebrations of NewMediaArtProjectNetwork based in Cologne, Alysse Stepanian (curator of Manipulated Image) was invited by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne to curate a one hour compilation of experimental short videos by US artists titled "memory" and "identity." This one hour compilation will become part of the collection of VideoChannel Cologne and its online screenings. On April 2nd, additional videos by the selected artists plus work by Chris Coleman and Penny Lane will be screened at the Complex. Mr. Coleman's animation is already in the collection of Video Art Database.
12 artists from 6 us states: Lana Z. Caplan (Boston, Massachusetts), Chris Coleman (Colorado), Brian DeLevie (Denver, Colorado), Ron Diorio (Manhattan, New York), Michael Greathouse (Brooklyn, New York), Soyeon Jung (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Penny Lane (New York, New York), Laleh Mehran (Colorado), Joe Merrell (Los Angeles, California), David Montgomery (Fernandina Beach, Florida), Christine Schiavo (Staten Island, New York), Brooks Williams (New York City).
Guest artist presentations: Laleh Mehran (Colorado), Chris Coleman (Colorado), and Brooks Williams (New York City), with solo musical performance by Brooks Williams...
Laleh Mehran, Chris Coleman, and Brooks Williams will be present in person to discuss their work. Brooks Williams will also present a solo musical performance. For more than 25 years Brooks has worked in his New York studio, Harmonic Ranch, as a composer/sound-designer creating music for film, dance, television, multi-media installations, and performances. Coleman's animation "The Magnitude of the Continental Divides" was chosen by a jury including Isabella Rossellini as the Grand Prize winner of the Metropolis Art Prize. On December 17 of 2009, it was screened in Times Square NYC on three of the JumboTron screens!! Iranian born Laleh Mehran received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Electronic Time-Based Media. Currently, she is an Associate Professor and Graduate Director of the Electronic Media Arts & Design program at the University of Denver.