Wigged Productions is pleased to invite you to
the first annual Festival for Art on Film which
will take place on Saturday, April 9, 2005 1-5:30
p.m. at The University of Akron's Paul A. Daum
Theatre. The festival will showcase work from
local, national and international artists and
directors. Ranging from Randall Wright's film,
David Hockney: Secret Knowledge where Hockney
argues his controversial theory that optical
devices have been secret tools for artists since
the 15th century to Cleveland-based Kristen
Baumlier's quirky short music video, Antenna,
that explores the nature of communication
technology, this festival promises to be a
one-of-a-kind gathering in the Akron area.
Hosted by the College of Fine and Applied Arts at
The University of Akron and organized by Wigged
Productions, the Festival for Art on Film is the
only known festival in the United States
dedicated to documentaries on art and artists and
media works that interpret dance, music, poetry
and visual art.
Festival jurors include: Neil Sapienza, Acting
Director of the School of Dance, Theater, and
Arts Administration and Professor of Art, The
University of Akron; Durand Pope, Associate
Professor and Coordinator of the Arts
Administration Program, The University of Akron;
Gabriel Giralt, Professor of Communication, The
University of Akron; and Seth Thompson,
Director/Producer, Wigged Productions and
Associate Lecturer, The University of Akron.
Tickets will be available for purchase one-hour
before show time at the Daum Theatre box office.
Ticket prices are: $5.00 for students and
seniors; $8.00 for general public and $20.00 for
those who would like to support future Festival
for Art on Film presentations. The Paul A. Daum
Theatre is located in Kolbe Hall at 328 Buchtel
Common on The University of Akron campus. For
more information please visit:
http://www.artonfilmfestival.org.
Festival for Art on Film Screening List
1.Kristen Baumlier
Antenna, 2003
Filmed in Germany in 2003, Antenna explores ideas
regarding communication devices, and if
technology makes us closer or farther from one
another. Cleveland, Ohio. 3 minutes.
2.Claudia J. Esslinger
Texture Mapping II, 2002
Texture Mapping II was created in response to
Yunkyung Lee's Strings II and abstractly weaves
visual and musical themes, alternating between
harmonic and dissonant relationships. Music
composed by Yungkyung Lee and performed by 21st
Century Music, Seoul, Korea. Gambier, Ohio. 9
minutes 30 seconds.
3.Mark Freeman
Lines in the Sand, 2004
Lines in the Sand is a lyrical portrait of art
and meditation. Using simple handmade tools
Encinitas artist Kirk Van Allyn creates public
art on the pacific shore. Using the beach as his
canvas, the artist paints with the elements-sand,
surf and light. Encinitas, California. 7 minutes
19 seconds.
4.Mimi Garrard
Omagbitse Suite, 2004
Omagbitse Suite is a suite of three pieces,
Prelude, Maidens in White, and Temple of Mirrors
created for dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi. New York,
New York. 11 minutes 35 seconds.
5.Arielle Javitch
No One, 2004
No One is a visual meditation on the genocides
that occurred in Bosnia and Rwanda in the 1990s
and the response of the international community.
Instead of retelling or representing the
historical events of these conflicts in the
documentarian style, No One is told through
dance. Brooklyn, New York. 14 minutes 32 seconds.
6.Deborah Kuleff
Salomon, 2003
Told through dance and film, Molly Robert's tale
is the journey of rediscovering her past in order
to face the future. Clovelly, Australia. 10
minutes.
7.Lex Middleton
Designing Dreams, 2004
Designing Dreams is a documentary that follows
the journey of a hand-painted Bollywood billboard
in Mumbai, India. Taking the viewer through the
streets and transport systems of the city,
Designing Dreams unfolds the layers of the city
and its people through the construction of the
billboard. Melbourne, Australia. 13 minutes 24
seconds.
8.Francesca N. Penzani
Donne, Citta' ed un Vestito Nero, 2002
A journey of memories, dreams and impressions
through a trilogy of short dance videos performed
by three women in three different cities wearing
the same dress. Los Angeles, California. 12
minutes 20 seconds.
9.Francesca N. Penzani
SoSTanz, 2002
Under the direction of Francesca Penzani, dancers
Barbie Brooks, Armin Moradian and Erma Morelli
engage in a playful experiment created with the
idea of a specific light position so they may be
seen in and out of darkness-redefining the
concept of space. Los Angeles, California. 4
minutes 40 seconds.
10.Regis Ferguson Collective
Gesture Lesson, 2004
Gesture Lesson explores the nature of
contemporary disembodied gestures through
physical performance, digitally synthesized sound
and algorithmic imaging. Michael Berkowski
(composer/programmer), Gregory Scranton
(video/director). Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2
minutes 50 seconds.
11.Zev Robinson
Everything is Art, 2004
Everything is Art is an experimental video
conveying ideas about art without a conventional
narrative. Music by Shar (Judy Dunaway on
balloon, Trixa Arnold drums, percussions, and
Ilja Komarov bass). London, England. 2 minutes.
12.Andy Abrahams Wilson
Returning Home, 2003
A breathtaking film in which Anna Halprin, the
renowned 80-something pioneer of postmodern dance
moves upon thresholds of earth, wind, water and
fire, finding lessons in life, loss and
liberation. Sausalito, California. 45 minutes.
13.Randall Wright
David Hockney: Secret Knowledge, 2002
Citing examples from Flemish and Italian art,
international art star David Hockney reveals
startling evidence supporting his theory that
optical devices have been a secret tool for
artists since the 15th century-a discovery that
solves century-old mysteries surrounding famous
paintings. London, England. 72 minutes.
–
Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
[email protected]
http://www.wigged.net
Festival for Art on Film invitation
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