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SUMMARY:Artistic Differences — Masha Chernaya
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””] \nEVENT TIMING\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] \n11 am — IRL Doors at UNDO\n11:30am —  Screening begins\n(in-person & online)\n1pm —  CineClub Conversation\n(in-person & online)\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””] \nLOCATIONS\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] \nIRL @ UNIONDOCS\n352 ONDERDONK AVE\nRIDGEWOOD\, NY\nONLINE – 11:30AM\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/851422192″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]Artistic Differences\, produced by UnionDocs and hosted by Cíntia Gil\, is our cineclub that gathers online and in-person on the first Saturday of every month! Each month\, we invite you to watch a film that demands deeper discussion. Think Saturday morning cartoons\, but instead it’s visionary documentary art from across the globe\, programmed by the brilliant Cíntia Gil! \nFor March\, we’re honored to present The Shards by Masha Chernaya\, a raw and intimate chronicle of personal loss and political rupture. Shot in the spring of 2022\, as Masha prepares to leave Russia—a homeland transforming before her eyes—the film unfolds as a series of unexpected farewells. Her mother’s passing\, a lover fleeing conscription\, and the unraveling of everything she once knew push her to document her world with a fixated urgency. As grief consumes her\, she turns to the underground scene\, where a generation of young Russians seek escape in music\, rebellion\, and fleeting connection. \nA kaleidoscope of moments\, The Shards captures both the filmmaker’s own crumbling sense of self as well as the spirit of the time she is living through. \nThere are two ways to join: \nIn-person: Visit our Ridgewood space! Grab a ticket to save your spot. UNDO Members can attend for free with their Member Coupon Code at checkout. \nOnline: Stream the event live from wherever you are—just sign up! \nFollowing our screening\, we’ll gather reflections\, questions\, and insights to create a longform podcast interview with Masha Chernaya — a collective exploration of the film’s themes and creative process. Want to be part of the conversation? Join the club and add your voice to the mix![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_btn title=”Sign up for the Livestream!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#61FF00″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#61FF00″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#000000″ shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmembership.uniondocs.org%2Fprograms%2Fartistic-differences-masha-chernaya”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nThe Shards by Masha Chernaya\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]90 mins\, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]In Spring 2022 Masha prepares to leave Russia – her homeland that has changed. It turns into chain of unexpected farewells: her mom dies of cancer\, her lover flees army conscription\, everything including her own old self is falling apart. Her way to cope with the grief is to fixate everything with her camera. Her anger guides her to inner emigration to the local underground scene\, which became an escape for young Russians. This kaleidoscope of shards chronicles not only spirit of the time\, but the director’s personality crumbling against the backdrop of global turmoil.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 90 mins \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154280″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]With a multifaceted background\, Masha Chernaya works as a director and cinematographer\, editor\, text author\, photographer\, and illustrator\, blending her diverse talents to create compelling visual narratives. Her most recent feature documentary THE SHARDS (2024) has been selected for Doclisboa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”149545″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Born in Portugal\, Cíntia Gil studied at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (Lisbon Theatre and Film School) and holds a degree in Philosophy from the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Porto)\, where she has also taught seminars on aesthetics. From 2012 to 2019\, Cíntia Gil served as co-director and then director of Doclisboa\, Portugal’s most important and steadily expanding documentary film festival\, where she launched the Ibero-American lab Arché. From 2019 to 2021 she has directed Sheffield DocFest.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1737625843073-57288697-f69c-0″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/artistic-differences-masha-chernaya-2025-03-01/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artistic Differences,Screenings & Events
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SUMMARY:Caribbean Film Series — L’homme-vertige: Tales of a City
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Program: 7:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Offsite\nPeter Jay Sharp Building\nBAM Rose Cinemas\nBrooklyn\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Get tickets!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bam.org%2Ffilm%2F2025%2Fcaribbean-film-series-lhomme-vertige|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nUnionDocs is thrilled to team up with Third Horizon and The Luminal Theater for the latest edition of the Caribbean Film Series! \nThis biannual celebration of bold\, original cinema is back with a weekend of incredible films from some of the most exciting Caribbean filmmakers today. This winter’s lineup brings powerful stories from across the region and the diaspora—including work by local creators. We’re thrilled to present Malaury Eloi Paisley’s stunning debut L’homme-vertige: Tales of a City\, a haunting portrait of a disappearing Guadeloupean community. \nWe can’t wait to share this and more incredible films with you\, spark conversations\, and celebrate the depth and creativity of Caribbean cinema. Don’t miss it! \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_text_separator title=”Program” color=”custom” css=”” el_class=”h1″ accent_color=”#FFFFFF”][vc_custom_heading text=”L’homme-vertige: Tales of a City” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”93 mins\, 2024″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]In the Chanzy neighbourhood of Pointe-à-Pitre\, the economic capital of Guadeloupe\, bulldozers are pulling down condemned residential blocks. L’homme-vertige: Tales of a City\, the debut feature film by Guadeloupean artist Malaury Eloi Paisley\, follows wanderers through the city’s empty streets. In her empathetic conversations and relationships with a former freedom fighter\, a drug addict\, a fish scaler\, and others\, the director fashions a moving portrait of an endangered community and its survivors.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_text_separator title=”93 min” color=”custom” css=”” el_class=”h1″ accent_color=”#FFFFFF”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154568″ img_size=”200 x 200″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Malaury Eloi Paisley is a filmmaker and visual artist. She lives and works in Guadeloupe. She studied art history and museology at the Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III\, and fine arts at UQAM in Montreal. She returned to Guadeloupe in 2016 to take a course in documentary filmmaking at the Ateliers Varan.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/caribbean-film-series-lhomme-vertige-tales-of-a-city-2025-03-01/
LOCATION:BAM\, 30 Lafayette Ave\, BROOKLYN\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250309T193000
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SUMMARY:Nomotopowell
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Doors 7:30p\nProgram 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/GqAOaDXHpu8″ css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]We’re delighted to welcome filmmaker Brent Chesanek for an evening of cinema and conversation around his powerful feature film Nomotopowell! \nNomotopowell is an experimental documentary set in a village in Florida\, unraveling obscured histories through the legacies of two historical figures. One\, an assassin operating under aliases for pro-slavery secessionists in 1865\, contrasts with the other\, an anti-colonial freedom fighter of the 1830s who resisted the U.S. government’s land theft and violence against Native people. Their stories converge posthumously in three vanished towns\, now marked only by brown historical markers. \nStructured as a travelogue\, the film weaves landscapes\, archival texts\, and abstracted voiceovers to explore themes of deception\, displacement\, and erasure. Names and places remain shrouded\, mirroring the loss of knowledge buried in village cemeteries\, forgotten side roads\, and moonlit swamps. Nomotopowell reflects on the fragility of memory\, the violence of history\, and the lingering ghosts of erased narratives. \nBrent will be in attendance for a conversation following the screening. Don’t miss this incredible film\, come through![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nNomotopowell\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]70 mins\, 2022\, USA\, Franco-Italian\, English[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 70 mins \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154181″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Brent Chesanek is a filmmaker working around narrative\, documentary\, and experimental forms. He has screened his films at CPH:DOX\, FIDMarseille\, Seattle IFF\, RIDM\, Singapore IFF\, Big Sky\, DOXA\, Novos Cinemas Pontevedra\, FID Buenos Aires\, Denver IFF\, and more. Educated in the public school system\, he graduated from the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. He works between New York and Central Florida\, where he grew up. UnionDocs is fiscally sponsoring his next feature film\, currently in production. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1739196461444-97e15306-86de-8″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/nomotopowell-2025-03-09/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250315T120000
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SUMMARY:Livestream — They say there are no spirits
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/851422192″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Sign up / Grab a ticket!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#0000CD” outline_custom_hover_text=”#FFFFFF” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmembership.uniondocs.org%2Fprograms%2Flive-they-say-there-are-no-spirits|title:Sign%20up%20%2F%20Grab%20a%20ticket!”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nJoin us for a special livestream screening featuring a selection of UNDO Fellow Theo Jean Cuthand’s films\, presented alongside ideas and excerpts from the UNDO publication They say there are no spirits. As a filmmaker whose work spans decades\, Theo has continuously explored Queer identity\, Indigeneity\, sexuality\, madness\, and love\, offering deeply personal yet politically urgent reflections on lived experience. \nThis program offers a rare opportunity to view nine of Theo’s films\, tracing his evolving artistic and personal journey. Among them is Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees\, his most recent short film\, which intimately documents his transition over a year and nine months\, set against the backdrop of escalating anti-trans legislation. This livestream will be the final chance to see this film before it leaves our platform! \nThe films in this selection reveal his unwavering commitment to self-documentation\, from early reflections on gender and sexuality in Lessons in Baby Dyke Theory to speculative imaginings of a post-colonial future in Reclamation. Whether drawing from personal experience or envisioning alternate worlds\, Theo’s films resist fixed narratives\, instead embracing identity as fluid\, complex\, and shaped by lived reality. \nNote:\nThis is an online event\, you can join in from anywhere in the world!\nUNDO Members can tune in for free – simply sign up for the livestream below!\nIf you’re not a Member\, you can grab a ticket![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147967″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nTheo Jean Cuthand was born in Regina\, Saskatchewan\, Canada in 1978\, and grew up in Saskatoon. Since 1995 he has been making short experimental narrative videos and films about sexuality\, madness\, Queer identity and love\, and Indigeneity\, which have screened in festivals internationally\, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City\, Mix Brasil Festival of Sexual Diversity in Sao Paolo\, ImagineNATIVE in Toronto\, Ann Arbour Film Festival\, Images in Toronto\, Berlinale in Berlin\, New York Film Festival\, Outfest\,and Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. His work has also exhibited at galleries including the Remai in Saskatoon\, The National Gallery in Ottawa\, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York\, MoMA in New York\, and The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Film and Video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2005\, and his Masters of Arts in Media Production at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2015. He has made commissioned work for Urban Shaman and Videopool in Winnipeg\, Cinema Politica in Montreal\, VIMAF in Vancouver\, and Bawaadan Collective in Canada. In 2020 he completed working on a 2D video game called A Bipolar Journey based on his experience learning and dealing with his bipolar disorder. It can be found here. He has also written three feature screenplays and has performed at Live At The End Of The Century in Vancouver\, Queer City Cinema’s Performatorium in Regina\, and 7a*11d in Toronto. In 2017 he won the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s REVEAL Indigenous Art Award. He is a Whitney Biennial 2019 artist. He has made 32 videos and films and counting. Currently he has a feature film in development. He is a trans man who uses He/Him pronouns. He is of Plains Cree and Scots descent\, a member of Little Pine First Nation\, and currently resides in Toronto\, Canada. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1741697865360-511fce13-b39b-8″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/livestream-they-say-there-are-no-spirits-2025-03-15/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artistic Differences,Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250316T193000
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SUMMARY:Natural Womanhood
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Doors 7:30p\nProgram 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/FR9SMJn9xIg” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]We’re delighted to co-present an evening of cinema and conversation with Nooks & Crannies (犄角旮旯)! \nInspired by Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman\,” this carefully curated collection highlights the work of three Chinese filmmakers\, each exploring the essence of womanhood at different stages of life. There are three incredible films on offer – Manting 曼婷 by Shuyao Chen 陈力格\, Girl of Wind 吹梦无踪 by Zhiying Deng 邓芷莹 and Three Girls 三个女孩 by Xinying Lao 劳馨莹. \nThrough these three distinct yet interwoven stories\, we witness the raw and unfiltered experiences of womanhood: a young girl navigating friendship and conflict with unexpected maturity\, a woman forging her own path through unconventional work\, and an elderly couple sharing quiet moments of tenderness and devotion. \nFollowing the screening\, join us for a post-screening conversation with the filmmakers! Don’t miss it! \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nManting 曼婷 by Shuyao Chen 陈力格\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]15min\, 2023\, China/USA[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Manting (ZHANG Yijing)\, a Chinese woman in her early 60s\, reconnects with her lesbian lover (ZHANG Min) from adolescence. After a class reunion\, they spend a night together\, wandering through the city and reliving memories.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nGirl of Wind 吹梦无踪 by Zhiying Deng 邓芷莹\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]38min\, 2023\, China[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]This is a story about Yang Yang\, a lonely deaf girl who’s finding friends\, and about the director\, Yuen Nanhsi\, who meets her by chance. Their lives intertwine with each other\, revealing the difficulties the youth face and their longing for the future.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nThree Girls 三个女孩 by Xinying Lao 劳馨莹\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]12 min\, 2024\, China[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]While two girls were playing in the neighborhood\, they had a small disagreement. Their parents stepped in to help but ended up arguing themselves. Meanwhile\, the girls had already made up and were now joining forces to comfort another young girl who was struggling with her parents’ divorce.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 65 mins \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154756″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Born in Wenzhou\, Zhejiang\, Shuyao Chen 陈力格 completed her graduate studies in film at New York University. Her past short films were selected by festivals worldwide including Palm Springs ShortFest\, HollyShorts\, St. Louis International Film Festival\, Leeds International Film Festival\, etc. She currently works as a freelance screenwriter/director in China.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154757″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Zhiying Deng 邓芷莹 is an independent documentary filmmaker who works in between China and New York. She is particularly good at cross-cultural filming as she has filmed in more than 20 countries\, and her work were released on various platform such as NHK and Tencent Video\, with different awards. Her latest producing work ‘Girl Of Wind’ is officially nominated for the “Best Short Documentary” in the 60th Golden Horse Film Festival.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154755″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Xinying Lao 劳馨莹 is a director\, writer\, and editor. She is an MFA candidate in the Graduate Film program at NYU. With a background in documentary and journalism\, Xinying has been exploring diverse stories of people. Her films\, often gaze through a child’s perspective\, deconstruct the intricate layers of adulthood. Her second-year film project at NYU\, Xiaohui and His Cows was awarded Special Mention at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2023.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1741602575298-d3ee68b4-f9eb-8″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/natural-womanhood-2025-03-16/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T193000
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SUMMARY:Mix & Master — BA Parker & Avery Trufelman
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Doors 7:30p\nProgram 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/1028492414?share=copy#t=0″ css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]We’re off the charts excited to debut a new audio series of events\, Mix & Master\,  a monthly gathering that celebrates the best of the best in audio storytelling and documentary. Instigated by a dynamic duo we have been inspired by for a long time in the field of audio documentary\, Avery Trufelman and Sayre Quevedo. We are teaming up with them to bring audio lovers and practitioners a dedicated and regular space to connect around the craft\, celebrate past work\, and find inspiration together. \nOn a given Sunday each month\, we will invite a master of the form to share a bit of an inside look at their work and their journey. A dedicated host will guide us through some close listening—zooming in on selects to understand and examine special moments and tactics— with a goal to share new epiphanies and spark thought-provoking conversations. For March\, Avery will interview the brilliant BA Parker\, the Ambies Award-winning co-host of NPR’s Code Switch\, where she tells stories about race\, identity\, and culture—covering everything from the legacy of racial trauma in horror films to the myth of self-care. \nParker is a powerhouse in audio storytelling. Before joining Code Switch\, she was the co-host and lead producer of The Cut podcast with New York Magazine\, exploring the intersection of race\, pop culture\, and personal narratives. Her path in audio began with a production fellowship at This American Life\, leading to work with Invisibilia\, Heavyweight\, and Nancy. She has also guest-hosted NPR’s It’s Been a Minute. We can’t wait to hear more about Parker’s audio journey! \nFor this series\, we are partnering with the incredible folks at Hark Audio\, where mixtapes meet podcasts. Our interviewers will handpick some standout moments from across each guest’s body of work and create a custom ‘Harklist’ for you to listen to before the event and familiarize yourself with some of their most impactful output\, a kind of warm-up track\, helping to surface ideas before the conversation begins. \nOur playlist will be available HERE\, one week before the event. Peek back for it\, and grab your ticket today to add your voice to the mix![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154258″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]B.A. Parker is the Ambies Award winning co-host of NPR’s Code Switch\, reporting stories such on racial trauma in horror films\, honoring her ancestors\, and the myth behind self-care. Prior to joining Code Switch\, she was co-host and lead producer at The Cut podcast with New York Magazine. In a previous life\, Parker was a film professor at Morgan State University and Stevenson University\, where she forced 19-year-olds to watch Point Break and Wong Kar-wai films. She\, then\, found her way to a production fellowship with the radio show This American Life. She has also been a guest host of NPR’s It’s Been a Minute and has produced for NPR’s Invisibilia\, Gimlet’s Heavyweight and WNYC’s Nancy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154239″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Avery Trufelman is the host and producer of the podcast Articles of Interest\, former producer for 99% Invisible\, and hosts of the podcasts The Cut and Nice Try![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1737197871112-2af1b08b-be4a-4″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/mix-master-ba-parker-and-avery-trufelman-2025-03-23/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T193000
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SUMMARY:Surfacing:  A Night of Live Cinema
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Doors 7:30p\nProgram 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/FR9SMJn9xIg” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nWe’re delighted to invite you to an evening of live cinema that brings together four performative film works that explore the interplay of light\, sound\, and the physical act of projection itself. Through an alchemy of moving images\, overhead liquids\, dual projections\, and mirrors\, the artists embrace the unpredictable nature of film as a living\, evolving medium. From the shifting reflections of REDNOWWONDER to the elemental bodies in Elixir of Life\, each piece works within self-imposed constraints\, uncovering new forms through repetition\, phase shifting\, and improvisation. The push and pull between nature and human intervention plays out across the screen\, inviting us to question where control ends and spontaneity begins. \nFeaturing artists Genevieve HK\, Rachael Guma\, and Sarah Halpern—whose practices span film\, sound\, and live performance—this program is a testament to collaboration and experimentation. Guma and Halpern’s Invisible Scissors\, an experimental duo rooted in NYC’s underground film community\, brings together theremin\, effects\, electric guitar\, and voice\, channeling their ongoing creative partnership into sonic and visual improvisation. Meanwhile\, Genevieve HK and Guma\, working as A Clockface Orange\, craft mesmerizing liquid-light performances inspired by the ephemeral\, experiential ethos of Fluxus and 1960s expanded cinema. Whether capturing the vastness of a whale’s journey or the unseen forces shaping our daily experience\, these performances challenge the fixed frame of cinema\, embracing the act of projection as an ever-changing event. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nElixir of life by Genevieve HK\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Approx. 12min\, 2025\, overhead liquid light and video projection\, sound\, found glass[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Humans are some majority percentage of liquid – a solution of blood\, sweat\, tears\, and other bodily fluids\, plus whatever things we slather onto ourselves in an effort to retain life-giving moisture. This semi-improvisational piece explores the non-solid state of one’s evolving sense of personhood through liquid light performance\, manipulated video\, and audio recordings.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nREDNOWWONDER by Rachael Guma\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Approx. 10min\, 2016\, Super 8\, projector\, mirrors\, glass\, liquids[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]A composition in 4 movements for 2 Super 8 projectors\, mirrors and glass organ. REDNOWWONDER is a play between mirrors\, reflections\, and the elements that govern us all. \nBlue is for water\, cold\, refreshing\, still. \nPurple is for air\, clouds\, birds on window sills.  \nYellow is for flowers\, sunlight\, trees\, and earth.  \nRed is for fire\, metal\, flames\, rebirth.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nWhite Fang\, Black Tooth by Sarah Halpern \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Approx. 15min\, Double projection for 16mm and overhead projector[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]The title refers to the giant dog characters from the Soupy Sales show\, who only ever appear as huge arms\, with suggested bodies out of frame\, grunting\, gesticulating and sometimes throwing pie. This piece deals with the influence of the world outside of one’s immediate vista. What part of our daily experience might be considered ‘in’ or ‘out’ of frame? This performative piece integrates recorded images of nature in terms of wildness and domination\, with a physical performance with my hands in the room.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nW-w-A-a-V-v-E-e-S-s\nby Genevieve HK\, Rachael Guma & Sarah Halpern\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Approx. 15 min\, 2025\, 16mm dual-projection[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Dual-projection of whale watching filmed by Rachael Guma in Sheepshead Bay. Live sound by Invisible Scissors. Liquid projection by Genevieve HK.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 52 mins \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154978″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Genevieve HK is a media archivist and artist working with liquid light projection\, video\, and found footage. Her work varies in focus\, from improvisational and interpretive visual accompaniment for music and other sound to introspective experiments projecting and musing about everyday life substances. She has performed at Rockaway Film Festival’s Annex Cinema\, The Stone\, Microscope Gallery\, FourOneOne\, Orphan Film Symposium\, the Parish Museum\, The Whitney Museum of American Art: Dreamlands Expanded\, Union Pool\, Secret Project Robot\, and in vacant NYC parking lots.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154979″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Rachael Guma is a light and sound artist who works with liquid light projection\, Super 8 film\, Theremin\, turn-table manipulations\, live Foley\, collage\, and stop motion animation. Her work often explores motion studies\, deconstruction\, the interplay of sound and image\, improvisation within constraints\, and serendipitous moments\, while her fondness for stop motion animation allows her to convey unconventional narratives infused with humor and lightness. Her work has been shown at AXWFF\, Anthology Film Archives\, Ambient Church\, BRIC Arts Media\, Brooklyn Children’s Museum\, Echo Park Film Center\, Das Haus der Kulturen der Welt\, Index Festival\, The Kitchen\, Long Island Children’s Museum\, Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI)\, Microscope Gallery\, Mono No Aware\, Morbid Anatomy Museum\, Museum of Art and Design (MAD)\, Northern Flickers\, Orphans Symposium\, Participant Gallery\, Paul Klee Museum\, Planet Money Live\, RX Gallery\, Roulette Intermedium\, San Francisco Cinematheque\, Transient Visions\, UnionDocs\, Unseen Cinema\, and the Whitney Museum of American Art (in alphabetical order).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154977″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Sarah Halpern works with light\, voice\, performance\, electric guitar\, objects and paper. She is largely focused on collage as a means to explore her own thought process. Her work has been presented at Anthology Film Archives\, Experimental Intermedia\, NYFF’s Views of the Avant-Garde\, The Kitchen\, Microscope Gallery\, The Whitney Museum of American Art: Dreamlands Expanded\, The Museum of Moving Image and Centre Pompidou among others. She currently plays electric guitar as part of a duo with Rachael Guma (theremin & effects)\, called Invisible Scissors. Halpern lives in Queens\, NY.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1742213452070-32e40059-09d3-4″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/the-shape-of-light-a-night-of-live-cinema-2025-03-27/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, Ridgewood\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250330T190000
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SUMMARY:WISE: In Waves: A Night of Audiovisual Alchemy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Doors 7p\nProgram 7:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/z4bEXHe-8dI” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nUnionDocs is delighted to present WISE: In Waves\, a bi-monthly series exploring sonic and audiovisual experiments through an ever-evolving range of approaches—sound objects\, hand-built instruments\, field recordings\, analog synthesis\, digital systems\, and more. Curated by Jenn Grossman\, who helms Women Innovating Sound Experience (WISE)\, an NYC-based curatorial platform highlighting women and non-binary artists working in experimental sound and media arts\, the series brings together boundary-pushing artists for an evening of deep listening and live performance. \nThis iteration features an incredible lineup of live performances by — \nPaloma Kop – Working across analog video synthesis\, electronic media\, and print\, Kop’s work is driven by an interest in feedback loops\, recursion\, and emergent structures. Their performances generate hypnotic visual and sonic landscapes shaped by live processing and self-organizing systems. \nMelissa F. Clarke – An interdisciplinary artist merging scientific data and generative processes\, Clarke’s work explores the intersection of nature and technology. Expect immersive audiovisual compositions that translate glacial landscapes\, underwater topographies\, and environmental data into spectral\, meditative experiences. \nÉMU (Maria Takeuchi) – A composer and audiovisual artist who crafts delicate sonic poems through handmade instruments\, organic textures\, and modular synthesis. Her performances merge natural materials—water\, dry leaves\, shells—with electronic processing\, creating atmospheric and tactile soundscapes. \nThe evening also features a video screening by the amazing Rachel Efruss\, a multimedia artist working at the intersection of digital and analog technologies\, Efruss’s visuals weave together organic patterns\, technological artifacts\, and human presence to create hypnotic\, layered compositions. \nCome through for this evening of sonic exploration that bridges tactile sound\, digital systems\, and immersive visuals! WISE: In Waves invites you to listen deeply\, engage curiously\, and experience sound as a space of possibility. Don’t miss it! \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 120 mins \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147742″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] \nWatch the conversation between Presenter1\, Presenter2 and Presenter 3 on the UnionDocs’ Membership hub. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Watch” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” align=”center” css_animation=”bounceIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154734″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Paloma Kop is an experimental multimedia artist and creative technologist currently based in New Haven\, CT. Their practice incorporates electronic media\, from analog video and synthesizers to digital systems and code\, as well as drawing\, print\, and liquids. They are especially interested in feedback loops\, recursion\, self-organizing and emergent structures\, and patterns in nature. They received an MFA in Electronic Integrated Arts at Alfred University in 2020\, and a BS in Visual Arts and Computer Science from Purchase College in 2014. They have shown work and performed at spaces and events such as Ambient Church (NYC)\, Eastern Bloc (Montréal)\, and Ann Arbor Film Festival (Michigan). They have done visiting artist talks and workshops at universities such as CalArts\, NYU\, and SAIC.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154736″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Melissa F. ‘MF’ Clarke is an interdisciplinary artist whose work integrates generative and custom-programmed processes. She merges data and procedural techniques into immersive multimedia installations\, performances\, and printed works. In series such as Polar and Sila\, Clarke explores bathymetric and geophysical datasets\, studying glaciers and the underwater landscapes they have shaped. Using computer vision and generative algorithms\, she composites and extracts these datasets over time\, revealing otherworldly scenes and sounds that depict both deep time and speculative futures. Through her installations\, sound publications\, and performances\, Clarke seeks to reconnect collected data with its organic source\, incorporating glass as both a sculptural and resonant element. Her cross-disciplinary approach examines the intersection of nature and technology\, questioning how their convergence informs human experience\, scientific exploration\, and systems of knowledge. Clarke has been an artist-in-residence at The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon\, New Inc\, Clock Tower at Pioneer Works\, Works on Water\, Sanctuary Cities\, Visible Future Labs\, and Simon’s Center for Geometry and Physics. She has exhibited and performed at venues including the Center for New Music in San Francisco\, Federal Hall\, Knockdown Center\, Pioneer Works\, Eyebeam\, Issue Project Room\, and the Parrish Museum. Her work has been featured in The Wire\, A Closer Listen\, Art F City\, Creators Project\, L Magazine\, Art in America\, and Impose Magazine. Clarke holds a master’s degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and has taught interactive art\, computational art\, web art\, and physical computing as a lecturer at SUNY Stony Brook and NYU IDM. She currently teaches art and technology at NYU Steinhardt’s Curatorial Program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154735″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]ÉMU aka Maria Takeuchi\, is a multi-instrumental composer and audiovisual artist based in Brooklyn\, originally from a small town in Japan. She is a composer and audiovisual artist who creates sonic and visual poems\, merging organismic soundscapes with generative art and illuminating objects inspired by nature. Maria plays and conducts the sound objects with a delicate yet intentional focus. The subtle sound textures created by water\, dry leaves\, and shells on the handmade primitive instruments\, processed with modular synthesizers for added aesthetic atmosphere. ÉMU frequently collaborates with insomniac hotel since 2021 as MA to explore sound art\, installations\, and audiovisual performances. The duo has performed at Ars Electronica x NKB\, Pleamar Festival\, sublime frequencies\, and SIGNAL. Maria created visual programming for Petal Mori\, illuminating Yuri Shimojo’s art piece with 108 Petri dishes with Sakura petals made of torn washi paper placed on the salt mound for her exhibition Memento Mori at Praise Shadows Art Gallery in 2021. ENN (2023) is an interactive dome installation; the bio-inspired texture and motion-tracked particles of the audience were projected\, along with the spatialized composition for 157 speakers at the Satosphere dome as a result of the SAT artist residency. Maria developed the motion tracking piece to the theatrical piece membrane | 虚実皮膜 (kyojitsu himaku) in 2024 at Mabou Mines SUITE/Space 2023-24 collaborated with Yoko Murakami. She continues to decode the beauty of patterns and sounds discovered in nature into cross-disciplinary creations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”154737″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Rachel Efruss is an artist and designer based in New York City. She uses digital and analog technology to create multimedia art\, video\, and live visuals. Her work focuses on patterns between technology\, humanity\, and nature. Her design and art work has been shown internationally at venues and events including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts\, New York Fashion Week\, Austin City Limits at the Moody Theater\, dadaLab\, Anthology Film Archives\, Millennium Film Workshop\, The Cinematheque\, The Cinema Museum\, and the Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art. She also teaches art workshops and helps organize DIY events to support accessible arts education\, community building\, and creative experimentation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_separator][vc_column_text] \nFrom the Event \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_media_grid style=”pagination” items_per_page=”1″ element_width=”12″ arrows_design=”vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left” arrows_position=”outside” arrows_color=”white” loop=”yes” item=”136647″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1743357257111-a23aab39-90e1-1″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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