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SUMMARY:Summer Lab Pitch Bingo & Chill
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_btn title=”RSVP!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#ADADCC” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” css_animation=”bounceIn” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fluma.com%2Fc4g5oh5n|title:RSVP|target:_blank”][/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://vimeo.com/851422192″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”164232″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]You’re invited to UnionDocs’ Summer Lab Pitch Bingo Night. Come through to catch a sneak peek from our brilliant Summer Doc Lab artists as they take a moment to practice their project pitches with a supportive audience. Here you will have plenty of time to mingle and meet in the wider UNDO community. \nFolks often ask what exactly goes on in these labs at UNDO? Here’s your chance to find out what’s going on inside. Each artist and project was selected from an incredibly competitive pool of applicants\, and participants are joining us from around the world — from China to London to Australia\, Berlin\, New Zealand\, Italy\, Marseilles and some from right here in NYC! \nAfter weeks of deep focus and work\, we’re inviting you to meet and celebrate this incredible group for how far they’ve come. \nPitching a doc is usually a scary\, competitive business\, but does it have to be? To make things extra fun\, we decided to turn the tables just a little: Grab a bingo card at the bar to engage in a friendly competition with fellow audience members. We’ll see who can listen along keenly enough to circle their way to Bingo stardom and win some grand prizes! \nCome on out to learn about this work and get the chance for a first look at a group of documentary projects in early phases of development that span continents\, histories\, forms and modes of inquiry. Through personal archives\, overlooked memorials\, endangered ecosystems\, underground networks of care\, experimental music\, family histories\, aging bodies\, and rapidly transforming urban landscapes\, these filmmakers investigate the forces that shape memory\, identity\, health\, migration\, belonging and beyond! \nThese folks are looking for supporters\, team members and more\, so it may be the start of a beautiful collaboration. \nDoors open at 7:30\, show starts ~8:00 with celebratory festivities to follow![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 80 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 css=””] \nMeet the Summer Lab! \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=”164242″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nVeronica Ciceri(she/her) \nVeronica Ciceri is an award-winning filmmaker and creative director working across documentary\, art direction\, and design. Her work explores the relationship between humans and the natural world through a visually driven and research-led approach. Her short films The Last Skiers and Emme | A Wolf’s Odyssey have screened internationally and received multiple awards. In 2025\, she founded The Cuddly Pets of Komodo\, a Milan-based creative studio dedicated to exploring new forms of storytelling.\n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”164243″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nBremen Donovan(she/her) \nBremen Donovan is a filmmaker\, photographer\, and researcher. Her first feature documentary is a collaboration with journalists\, activists\, and lawyers in the Republic of Guinea. A 2025 Fejos Fellow\, Bremen has conducted visual reporting and engaged documentary projects internationally for years\, including recent work on policing and the production of visual evidence in France. Bremen holds an interdisciplinary B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Anthropology. She lives in Marseille.\n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”164244″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nMelinda Jackson(she/her) \nMelinda Jackson is a New Zealand-born filmmaker based in Brooklyn. She brings over a decade of experience producing and editing films\, documentaries\, music videos\, and commercials. Melinda holds a background in Philosophy from the University of Auckland and an MA in Animal Studies from NYU. She aims to make documentaries that reimagine our relationship with the beyond-human world and wild spaces. Melinda is also a programmer for the Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival\, now in its fourth year. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”164245″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nMax Kerkhoff(he/him) \nMax Kerkhoff is an Austrian–German–American filmmaker & editor based between Berlin & Santiago. His short A Day’s Work screened at 30+ festivals like Clermont-Ferrand\, Tampere\, PÖFF\, and FIPADOC. He produced the animated short RECORDARI\, screened at Cannes Marché du Film and 40+ festivals. He has participated in international programs and labs including ESoDoc\, IDFAcademy\, Austrian ScriptLabDocu\, and the Robert Bosch “Crossing Borders” program. His work explores how global structures become visible in everyday spaces. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”164246″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nLucie McMahon\n(she/her) \nLucie McMahon is a producer based in Melbourne\, Australia. Lucie is currently producing several documentary projects including feature documentaries Trade Secret and Mosquitoes which recently won the Docplay Indie Booster Pitch at AIDC and documentary short Slow Hours (working title) commissioned by NITV and Vic Screen\, and working as an associate producer on Mosquittoes Notable producing credits include the feature documentary Things Will Be Different and Jeanette is the Dog. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”164247″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nAlexis Kyle Mitchell\n(she/her) \nAlexis Kyle Mitchell is an artist whose work foregrounds how embodied knowledge interrupts narratives of history\, health and personhood. Exhibitions and screenings include JOAN\, LA; Peer\, London; Glasgow International; MOCA Triennial\, Toronto; Henry Art Gallery\, Seattle; International Film Festival Rotterdam\, RIDM Documentary Festival\, Montreal\, and IndieLisboa. Mitchell was a postdoctoral fellow at Center for Disability Studies (NYU) and has an upcoming solo exhibition at Site\, Sheffield. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”164248″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nEric Schuman\n(he/him) \nEric Schuman is an Emmy-winning director and editor. His shorts have screened internationally – including at TIFF Kids\, Palm Springs ShortsFest\, Montclair\, Woodstock\, and Filmfort. As an editor\, his award-winning documentary work has played at festivals around the world such as Venice\, Cannes\, CPH:DOX\, True/False\, and Sundance. He is a third-generation Holocaust survivor\, his paternal grandmother having survived Auschwitz\, and a former member of the Tree of Life synagogue. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”164249″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nLinda Wei\n(she/they) \nLinda is a Chinese-American filmmaker and artist who had seven different names by the age of seven\, given and imposed across families and institutions. This early instability informs her focus on narrative agency\, memory\, and authorship. Her work shifts across forms and between personal and collective worldbuilding. She holds an MFA in Film Directing from CalArts and a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown. She is a 2025-2026 VC Archives Artist-in-Residence and a 2024 Flaherty Film Fellow. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”163609″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nPriya Woods\n(she/her) \nPriya is a 28-year-old Indian-Scottish\, first-time feature director from London. Still\, life\, the 7-minute short\, won Best Short at DocsBarcelona 2024. In June 2025\, she pitched a feature-length extension of this short at the Edinburgh Pitch and won £2\,000. Priya is the founder of Take2\, an all-female-identifying collective of creatives. She volunteers as the UK ambassador for the non-profit ShareDoc\, and she is a full-time carer for her dad\, who is the subject of her upcoming feature. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”164250″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nDexter Chuang\n(he/him) \nDexter Chuang (Chuang Xu) is an award winning film director and producer hailing from China. Chuang is deeply committed to delving into the complex motivations behind human behavior. His storytelling approach seamlessly combines fanciful elements\, nostalgic themes\, and an intimate hybrid of styles\, resulting in captivating and thought-provoking narratives. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”164251″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nMika Yatsuhashi\n(she/her) \nMika Yatsuhashi is an American filmmaker and editor based in Montréal\, Canada. In 2021\, her short film\, An Uninterrupted View of the Sea\, screened at HotDocs and the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art\, among others. She’s edited films shown at Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen and Images Film Festival. Her directorial work explores archives and family history\, with multiple projects in development. She works in post-production at Cinema Politica\, and holds a BFA in Film Production from Concordia University. \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:1785494765685-a6d06435-f503-6″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/summer-lab-pitch-bingo-chill/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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SUMMARY:UNDO Holiday Party  at the Dekalb Tavern
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”FREE RSVP” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#ADADCC” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000CD” shape=”round” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fluma.com%2Fauivu1r5″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”161089″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nYou’re invited! Join us in Ridgewood for this year’s UnionDocs Holiday Party — a speakeasy-inspired evening honoring the secret past of 352 Onderdonk Ave. \n​This winter\, we’re taking our cues from a remarkable piece of history uncovered by friend-of-UNDO Nathan Kensinger (huge thanks\, Nathan!). After spotting our archival photo of the Dekalb Tavern\, he dug deeper and discovered that our building once operated as a Prohibition-era speakeasy\, run by Amelia and Walter Sinus — who advertised “VYNAS\, LIKERIAI\, ALUS”(“wine\, liqueur\, ale”) in the Lithuanian newspapers of the 1930s and ’40s. \n​It’s a lineage too good not to celebrate! And honestly\, if you’ve visited UnionDocs recently\, you might’ve already gotten the full speakeasy experience… finding the entrance on Dekalb Ave has become its own adventure amid construction. \nSo this year’s holiday party leans into that atmosphere: intimate\, low-lit\, a little tucked away\, and rooted in the building’s storied past. We’ll have some holiday treats\, and a full bar\, plus a first round of festive drinks free for UNDO Members or Gift Registry Supporters. (Now’s the perfect time to grab an item!) \n​Come raise a glass with us in a space undergoing transformation\, inside a building that has clearly seen nearly a century of gatherings and celebration. Let’s honor its past\, revel in the present\, and look toward the future we’re building together. Step inside — if you can find the door. 🍸✨ \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”161110″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Doors 7:30p\nShow 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”FREE RSVP” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#ADADCC” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000CD” shape=”round” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fluma.com%2F5zhnf799″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””]UnionDocs is thrilled to present a showcase of live\, audio-driven performance pieces from the exceptionally talented cohort of our first-ever Audio & Performance Lab. Across six collaboratively produced works\, the group explores and transmutes original and archival sounds that illuminate the self\, our loved ones\, and our political consciousness. \nSince mid-September\, the Lab has brought together a multidisciplinary group of seven audio artists\, whose backgrounds range from audio production\, oral history\, and instrumentation to improvisation\, dance\, and new media. Together\, they’ve pitched\, conceived\, researched\, and created a series of audio-first experimentations\, with the rigorous guidance of program director Aaron Edwards\, mentors Jazmine T. Green and Lisa Schonberg\, and an inspiring roster of guest artists with diverse approaches to how sound can be experienced in physical space.  \nThe resulting pieces take on a range of voices and subjectivities\, drawing from personal and public material\, recorded testimonies\, and moments of quiet introspection\, grief\, and play. What does it mean to reshape echoes and fragments of what’s absent or amorphous? How can movement\, presence\, and adaptation help us make sense of memory\, longing\, and political identity? \nWe hope you’ll join us for this remarkable show and help celebrate the deeply talented artists of the inaugural Audio & Performance Lab! \nDoors open at 7:30pm\, show starts at 8:00pm. Hope to see you there![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nto act like it is not there by Ahmed Ashour\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]To pretend that what is broken is actually being fixed. To feign belief that the actions you take have a reaction. To live in denial in the face of complete and utter existential threat. To conceal hopelessness. To question the validity of your hopelessness. To hope that what is there will cease to exist. To hope that what is not there will someday come.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nArtemio’s Birthday Mix by Jonah N. Buchanan & Audrey Chou\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Is an imagined memory worth the same as a real one? Can we hear moments we were not present for? How do we miss someone fully if we only knew them in part? Blending archival mixed media with illusory soundscapes\, this piece explores the confines of recollection within the family\, in loving memory of Artemio Mondala Nebrida. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nSequential Disclosure by Warner Meadows\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Sequential Disclosure is an audiovisual performance exploring the transitory moments within the grieving process that are rarely accounted for\, even to ourselves. The project pushes against exploitation and commodification of grief and suffering that has become a touchpoint of the internet age. S.D. features a live musical improvisation responding to an accompanying graphic score and video piece.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nWe’re all in this greenhouse together by Reid Jenkins\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Carl Sagan testified before Congress on December 10\, 1985\, about the science of the greenhouse effect and the importance of addressing climate change. Clearly\, something didn’t work. Perhaps the nature of the problem is too complex to solve\, or perhaps our political systems are too balkanized to confront an issue on such a global scale. Or maybe Carl Sagan was… kind of boring.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nAdministrative error by Valeria Perez\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Administrative error traces the body’s encounter with the sonic infrastructure of the surveillance state\, using sound and movement to explore how these hidden systems pursue\, infiltrate\, and codify the body. Using telephone mics to expose the hidden frequencies of surveillance systems\, the piece is composed alongside analytical sources\, lived testimonies\, and our sonic interpretations of voyeuristic policing tools to offer a critical meditation on state monitoring. The piece responds to the state’s desire to treat the body as a dataset\, composed of biometric information\, digital footprints\, to maintain control amid waning sovereignty.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nIn her Absence by Hannah Rehak\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]What does a person sound like when they no longer have a body? in her absence is an attempt to surface an answer and communicate a response through effort and audio manipulation. All organic sounds in this piece have been composed through archival audio of Mary Elizabeth Keys Buttitta.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”161069″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Ahmed Ashour (he/him) is a Bahraini-Egyptian anti-disciplinary artist and journalist based in Brooklyn\, NY. His work focuses on using sound and live performance to trouble dominant narratives of Arab and/or Muslim communities. Select work has been featured on Kerning Cultures\, Sparkler Learning (2023 Signal Award)\, Sowt\, and Al Riwaq Arts Space. For his work\, Ahmed was named one of 50 Young Arab Media Leaders in 2024. He is currently pursuing an MA in Audio Journalism at New York University.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”161072″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Born and raised in San Diego\, California\, Jonah N. Buchanan is an audio producer and oral history practitioner based in Queens\, New York. His work explores self-archiving\, shared experience\, and memory work in audio and mixed media forms. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”161070″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Audrey Chou is an Audio-Visual Artist and Performer. She works across mediums of sound\, light\, and immersive performances that challenge and question the perception of audience in space and time. She is interested in the research of questioning how an experience will make people feel and engage with culture\, technology\, nature\, as well as navigating the globalization of hybrid digital and physical identities.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”161075″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Warner Meadows is a pianist\, musician and composer based out of Harlem\, NY. After graduating from Brown University in 2019 with a BA in Music\, Warner moved back to NYC where he’s been working on his solo musical career\, composing music for podcasts\, short films and audiobooks\, and producing for other artists. Warner is currently pursuing his MFA in Sonic Arts from Brooklyn College. He also teaches piano and production classes\, and is an artist mentor at Recess Art in Brooklyn.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”161073″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Reid Jenkins is a New York City based violinist and songwriter. Having an extensive background in classical and jazz traditions\, his eclectic violin playing incorporates elements of bluegrass\, American old time\, rock\, and pop. As a solo artist\, he has released an EP “A Beautiful Start” (2021) and an LP “Hall of Gems” (2023)\, both forays into a blend of confessional bedroom folk-pop songwriting adorned with lush acoustic-electric orchestrations.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”161074″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Valeria Perez-Pijuan (they/them) is a Puerto Rican experimental filmmaker and mixed-media animator based in New York. Their practice draws on personal memory\, embodied history\, and societal taboos\, employing visual languages rooted in material and audiovisual deconstruction. Weaving fragmented memories and marginalized histories throughout their work\, they invite communal reflection on identity\, resilience\, and collective experience.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”161071″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Hannah Rehak is a performer and storyteller based in Brooklyn. She is the Executive Producer/Co-Founder of Witch\, Please Productions — the folks behind beloved scholarly culture podcast\, Material Girls. She is a teacher and performer at The Second City and the co-producer of Fuck It Film Fest\, a bi-monthly show featuring DIY films. Hannah is currently in post-production for her film\, A Perfect Pair. Other work can be found on her website: hannarehak.com.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/live-frequency-a-night-of-audio-driven-performances-2025-12-11/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134318Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Lab Pitch Bingo & Chill
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_btn title=”RSVP!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” css_animation=”bounceIn” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Flu.ma%2Fzvf20ido|target:_blank”][/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://vimeo.com/851422192″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”156894″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]You’re invited to UnionDocs’ Summer Lab Pitch Bingo Night. Come through to catch a sneak peek from our brilliant Summer Doc Lab artists as they take a moment to practice their project pitches with a supportive audience. Here you will have plenty of time to mingle and meet in the wider UNDO community. \nFolks often ask what exactly goes on in these labs at UNDO? Here’s your chance to find out what’s going on inside. Each artist and project was selected from an incredibly competitive pool of applicants\, and participants are joining us from around the world — Bogotá\, Seoul\, Florence\, Taipei\, London\, Quito\, and some from right here in NYC! \nAfter weeks of deep focus and work\, we’re inviting you to meet and celebrate this incredible group for how far they’ve come. \nPitching a doc is usually a scary\, competitive business\, but does it have to be? To make things extra fun\, we decided to turn the tables just a little: Grab a bingo card at the bar to engage in a friendly competition with fellow audience members. We’ll see who can listen along keenly enough to circle their way to Bingo stardom and win some grand prizes! \nCome on out to learn about this work while it’s in early phases of development. These folks are looking for supporters\, team members and more\, so it may be the start of a beautiful collaboration.\nDoors open at 7:30\, show starts ~8:00 with celebratory festivities to follow![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 80 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 css=””] \nMeet the Summer Lab! \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=”156901″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nNadia Acevedo\n(she/her) \nBorn in Quito\, Ecuador\, Nadia began her career as an actor in the 2012 film No Robarás (A Menos Que Sea Necesario). She later moved to France to study film at Université Paris 8\, deepening her knowledge and craft. In 2016\, she worked as an assistant director on the feature film Solo es Una Más. Currently based in Lisbon\, Portugal\, she serves as Head of Filmmaker Engagement at the documentary virtual event platform Show&Tell\, now in its fifth year.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”156902″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nEmily Graves\n(she/her) \nEmily Graves is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her short documentary ‘The Goats of Monesiglio’ (2022) screened internationally (DOC NYC\, SIFF\, Sebastopol) and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary. She is currently in development on her first feature documentary ‘Becoming a Landscape’ (working title)\, which was selected to participate in the DOC Institute’s Breakthrough Development Lab in 2022 and the Hot Docs-Netflix Incubator 2024/25. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”156903″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nMinji MA\n(they/them) \nMinji Ma is a Korean director and essayist based in Seoul whose work merges research-based practice with a queer\, feminist\, and class-conscious lens. Their films resist binary categorizations\, instead weaving together personal and political narratives to expose the layered complexities of identity and history. Their storytelling uncovers the nuances often overlooked in dominant discourse by intertwining micro-histories with broader social structures. \nTheir debut feature documentary\, Family in the Bubble (South Korea/Finland)\, received awards at the EBS International Documentary Festival and an honorable mention at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. The film was also broadcast on Yle and NHK World. They are an alum of IDFAcademy and Chicken & Egg Pictures.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”156904″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nCyrille Phipps\n(she/her) \nCyrille Phipps\, a NYC based media educator/filmmaker with 30yrs of production experience\, working on short films\, documentaries and collaborating on projects that aired on PBS and HBO. A co-founder of Black Planet Productions\, which produced the award-winning series Not Channel Zero- the revolution\, televised. Currently\, an Associate Professor of Communication Arts at Marymount Manhattan College\, who recently\, wrote/directed the short\, Mama Duke\, which premiered at the Pan African Film Festival.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”156905″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nEugenio Pizzorno\n(he/him) \nEugenio Pizzorno studied Philosophy in Florence\, and Media Studies in London\, where he had his first forays into sound and video art. He now works for universities in NYC\, translating academic content into short documentary formats. In his independent work\, his main areas of interest are grassroots politics and urban anthropology. His recent films are Only Dark From The Outside\, a Super8 poetry film\, and Comida Gratis\, a medium-length documentary on mutual aid\, forthcoming in late 2025. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”156906″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nLouisa Rechenbach\n(she/her) \nLouisa is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work explores the intersection of art and social commentary through intimate\, character-driven storytelling. She is drawn to narratives that challenge the status quo and offer new ways of thinking about identity\, community\, and the shape of contemporary life. An active member of a housing co-op in central London\, Louisa’s own experience of communal living deeply informs her filmmaking practice and her focus on collective models of living and support. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”156907″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nHanz Rippe\n(he/him) \nHanz Rippe is a Colombian director\, producer\, and cinematographer based in Bogotá. As a partner at Páramo Films\, he collaborates on social\, cultural\, political\, and environmental documentaries\, focusing on remote communities in Colombia and Latin America. His work is marked by a strong aesthetic exploration tailored to each story’s unique universe. His films\, Unless We Dance and Páramo\, La Siembra del Agua\, have won awards at festivals like Oberhausen\, Bogoshorts\, and São Paulo Curta Kinoforum. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”156908″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nGaby Sant’Anna\n(she/her) \nGaby Sant’Anna is a filmmaker and theatre director based in Brooklyn. Previous directing work has been presented by Lauren Records\, Victory Gardens Theater\, the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival\, and Northwestern University. Her work as a producer and 1st AD has been featured at Queer Fear Film Festival\, Queens World Film Festival\, NYLON\, Vulture\, and NoBudge. Gaby was a 2024 Spring Guest Resident at Woodward Residency and a member of the 2019 SDCF Observership Cohort. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”156909″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nChloe Taylor\n(she/her) \nA storyteller at heart\, Chloe is driven by a curiosity about human connections in our rapidly changing world. Her documentaries explore how technology and social dynamics reshape personal narratives. Born in Australia and currently based in New York\, she brings a global perspective to her work\, seeking to uncover the nuanced stories that often go untold. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”156910″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nJ Triangular\n(he/him/they/them) \n I am a gender-expansive creator\, experimental filmmaker\, multimedia poet\, and spiritual artivist\, crafting spaces for trans liberation and collective healing through film\, new media\, and activism. Born in Colombia and split between Taiwan and Medellín\, my work weaves together queer collective creation\, mental health advocacy\, and the fight against HIV stigma. For me\, cinema is a sacred act of resistance—a transformative space for amplifying marginalized voices. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nEmmanuele Allamani\n(he/they) \n I am a film industry professional\, trained anthropologist\, and community organizer raised between Italy and the Bay Area. I move through queer\, multiple\, and ever-shifting identities shaped by life across borders. I seek to work on projects that challenge reductive understandings of the world and delve into the complexity of our social realities\, finding universal meaning through the layers\, nuances\, and contradictions that shape all stories. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \nStevie Ann DePaola\n(they/them) \nStevie Ann DePaola is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles. With a background in community and text-based projects\, her work explores the evolution of queer language within multiple lineages. She is interested in how language both reveals and conceals\, shaping identify and belonging. Through film\, she continues her inquiry into the ways words carry history\, resistance\, and transformation. \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:1753191658978-05c0c395-5c9f-3″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/summer-lab-pitch-bingo-chill-2025/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241217T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241217T230000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
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SUMMARY:Wreck the Halls: UnionDocs Holiday Party!
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”FREE RSVP” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#ADADCC” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000CD” shape=”round” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpartiful.com%2Fe%2Fz3nPxLDHd42LPeXXTP3j”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””]You’re invited! We’re inviting allll the merry mischief makers to Ridgewood for our annual holiday party! \nIt’s an excuse to gather\, and see friendly faces to celebrate the end of the year and toast each other for all the hard work we have all accomplished. By popular demand we are bringing back the “Wrap Battle” to see if anyone can top last years winners of our speed and style rounds. Prizes will be awarded in each category and we will continue another annual tradition\, the holiday raffle for exclusive UNDO goodies. \nSo\, join us for a night of festive folly —it’s a classic UNDO holiday party abundant with cheer. We’ll have some snacks\, and treats on offer and our cash bar will be available though speciality holiday beverages will be free for all UNDO members until 10PM. Support our community and sign up for an annual membership today! Let’s make merry and spread enough joy to soar us in the best of spirits into 2025![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/wreck-the-halls-uniondocs-holiday-party-2024-12-17/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T230000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
CREATED:20240915T145508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T132646Z
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SUMMARY:A Night of Live Storytelling with the Pod-Pod
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Doors 7:30p\nShow 8:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]UnionDocs\n352 Onderdonk Ave\nRidgewood\, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”FREE RSVP” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#FFFFFF” outline_custom_hover_background=”#ADADCC” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000CD” shape=”round” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpartiful.com%2Fe%2FDG1naDUENhddnxudvUtU”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text css=””]UnionDocs is thrilled to present a night of live storytelling from the deeply talented artists in the Pod-Pod\, our annual Lab for audio makers\, presented in partnership with Gilded Audio. In 6 brand new\, collaboratively produced audio pieces\, the Pod-Pod cohort explores different corners of UNDO’s current home of Ridgewood\, Queens through an adventurous blend of recorded tape and stage performance. \nSince mid-September\, the Pod-Pod has brought together a bold cohort of makers from a diverse set of practices and backgrounds to workshop independent audio projects of their own\, while simultaneously collaborating on a slate of new work – conceived\, researched\, produced\, and presented together from a blank canvas. The Pod-Pod participants have been honing their projects through the guidance and feedback of lead instructor Emmanuel Dzotzi\, program mentors John DeLore\, B.A. Parker\, and a roster of amazing guest artsts representing a broad spectrum of approaches to the medium. \nCarrying on UnionDocs’ overarching project of supporting and presenting new works grounded in our immediate neighbordhood\, these new pieces will spotlight a handful of the stories\, communities\, geographies\, and soundscapes that comprise our world along the Ridgewood / Bushwick border. What does it sound like when we and our neighbors dream\, grieve\, or offer simple gestures of care? How can we syncopate our everyday rhythms by just stopping to listen? And how can we transform what we hear by experiencing those sounds together? \nWe hope you’ll join us to celebrate a truly remarkable collection of place-based audio from this adventurous cohort of artists. \nDoors open at 7:30pm\, show starts at 8:00pm! Come through![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Meet the Pod!” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:45|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Londrina%20Solid%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”appear”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153705″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Waverly Colville is an Emmy Award-winning producer and writer whose stories have been featured on CNBC\, Reuters\, HBO\, and The New Yorker. Her work has delved into topics such as the aftermath of the 2022 Buffalo shooting\, DACA\, psychedelic drugs\, and sexual assault. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri with degrees in investigative journalism and international peace studies. She was born in China\, grew up in Buffalo\, NY\, and currently lives in Brooklyn with her partner and dog\, Tati.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153712″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Esther de Rothschild is an educator and storyteller. She teaches filmmaking in high schools and runs story circles with elders. She’s directed and produced narrative and documentary films\, developed a mobilization platform called The Love Vote\, and taught Humanities to 7th-12th grade public school students. Her work is story-based and heart-centered. She recently delved into audio storytelling\, creating an intergenerational podcast called All I Can Tell You Is…[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153708″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Pam Keleigh is a nonfiction director and creative producer. She has directed a feature-length documentary\, short docs\, and branded content series. Her superpower is on-camera interviewing: She loves using the interview as a stage to explore big ideas and big feelings. She brings thoughtful insight with a friendly\, deeply curious\, and approachable style to every project. She holds an MFA in Documentary Media from Northwestern University and a BA in Cultural Studies from McGill University.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153707″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Born in India\, Swati Khurana is a New York-based writer\, artist\, arts organizer & Tarot reader. She edits flash fiction at the Asian American Writers Workshop and has received fellowships from NYFA\, Center for Fiction\, Vermont Studio Center\, Center for Book Arts & Jerome Foundation. Her art has been shown at the Brooklyn Museum\, DUMBO Arts Festival\, National Gallery of Warsaw & Smithsonian. Swati’s writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Good Girls Marry Doctors & Pete’s Candy Store.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153710″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Kae Bara Kratcha is a librarian and oral historian based in Queens. Their audio work focuses on queer and trans oral histories of the recent past and explores themes of mutual aid\, work\, anti-capitalism\, the internet and digital technologies\, and speculative futures. Kae is conducting an ongoing oral history of Dave’s Lesbian Bar and the music and mutual aid communities that sustain it. They received their MLS from Queens College (CUNY) and their Masters in Oral History from Columbia University.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153715″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Amanda Kari McHugh is the first double master’s recipient from the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY\, where she focused on engagement and multimedia journalism. Her work includes viral content\, such as a TikTok video on the Dobbs opinion leak with 140k views\, and award-winning audio projects like “Street Name Stories.” With bylines in The Texas Standard\, StoryCorps\, and more\, McHugh blends her film industry background with journalism\, focusing on arts\, culture\, and social issues[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153714″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Anja Nilsson is an international freelance audio producer\, reporter\, and writer. She tells stories through audio and print with a focus on immigration\, climate change\, and motherhood. Her work has also been featured on Reuters and NPR’s Planet Money. She studied audio documentary work at the Salt Institute and under Daniel Alarcón at the Columbia Journalism School.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153709″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Laurie Townshend is a filmmaker and educator. Raised by a Jamaican mother—the family’s eloquent griot—Laurie learned early that we shape stories; thereafter stories shape us. Her films include dramatic short The Railpath Hero\, Human Frequency Streetdocs\, and Charley. Her feature documentary\, A Mother Apart (‘24) won Audience Top 3 award at HotDocs and continues its extensive festival run. Laurie is thrilled to be taking her storytelling practice to the world of podcasts with That One Teacher.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”153713″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]David Traynor hails from Dublin\, Ireland and has been living in NYC since 2016\, working as a Middle School Spanish and French Teacher. He started his audio journey in his teens working on a friend’s pirate radio station back in Ireland\, later working in college campus radio at Trinity College Dublin serving as the station’s Current Affairs Director. David has a passion for story-telling\, social history and how the narratives of individuals contribute to the greater news stories of our times.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/a-night-of-live-storytelling-with-the-pod-pod/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240921T183000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
CREATED:20240827T161218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T144822Z
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SUMMARY:New Windows: Demystifying Independent Film Distribution
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: This workshop will be held in UnionDocs’ new space in Ridgewood!\nWe’re now at: 352 Onderdonk Ave\, Ridgewood\,  NY – 11385[/vc_message][vc_column_text css=””]A film only exists the moment it is shared. How do independent filmmakers find platforms and audiences to expand the life of their films? \nUnionDocs is thrilled to welcome María Vera to lead a two day workshop about the ins and outs of distribution and finding the perfect platforms for your film projects! María is based in Lisbon and is the founder of the incredible Kino Rebelde\, a Festival Distribution and Sales Agency that focuses on documentary\, experimental and hybrid narratives. Their catalogue represents a breadth of exciting artists such as Lynne Sachs\, Naomi Uman\, Mike Hoolboom\, Trương Minh Quý\, Marko Grba Singh\, Alexandra Cuesta\, Agustina Comedi and Dimitris Athiridis\, among others. \nIndependent cinema commits itself to non-commercial creative gestures. It embraces inventive documentary modes\, and hybrid or experimental filmmaking styles. The films that emerge from this commitment to creative freedom may find a home in an art-house cinema\, a museum\, or a gallery. They may also be programmed at film festivals seeking out work that doesn’t shy away from existing between genres. \nBut for any of this to happen\, thinking through the distribution of a film is a crucial step that determines its place in the world after it is created. The how\, when\, where and why are questions that filmmakers must tussle with while the film is being conceived. The tricky part is to keep working on your film while also asking yourself questions like — \nWho do we want to tell our story to and how can we be strategic in reaching them?\nWhat is the best time for a premiere and where would it have the best impact? \nThis is a crucial yet underestimated part of the production process and this workshop hopes to help filmmakers tune their attention to this part of the filmmaking process. We exist in a moment of a huge proliferation of new windows\, platforms\, and digital possibilities. This also creates the crisis of overproduction and the inability to stand out in a crowd. \nFaced with a panorama where the audience’s demand is diverse\, voracious and constantly mutating\, independent cinema pursues the same objective – to carve out a place\, to be an alternative and to feed a type of audience that values and needs non-hegemonic narratives\, stories and visions. \nThis workshop aims to provide the tools for a theoretical and practical foundation that allows filmmakers to understand the current context of independent film distribution\, its challenges and the many ways there are to navigate this landscape. \nWe’ll address a range of concepts and considerations such as potential audiences\, funding and festival logic\, budgeting for a distribution plan\, the importance of a good teaser and trailer\, sales channels or platforms that can further extend the life of a film\, parallel distribution possibilities\, local and international markets\, and the more niche and alternative windows that may make sense for your project. \nWe hope this two day intensive will shed some much needed light on an aspect of the filmmaking process that is systematically opaque. Our hope is that you leave with a foundational sense of the many maps of distribution that could give your film the reception it deserves![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1477608256488-ac7d3d1a-ae9084d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text css=””]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, and media artists looking to learn the ins and outs of independent film distribution![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1477608256642-4c32d845-e84384d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text css=””]$250 early bird registration by Sep 13th\, 2024 at 11:59PM. \n$300 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  living with disabilities\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by Sep 13\, 2024.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1477608441051-60d28267-92bf84d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text css=””]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until Sep 13. After Sep 13\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1477608488046-a8fa4720-501684d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1477612055387-51381642-d1c784d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text css=””]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of Sep 13th\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, Sep 20″ font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text css=””]10:00am – 10:30am: Warm-up\, inspiring references\, and case studies\n10:30am – 12:30pm: Introduction to the field\, distribution from development stages\n12:30pm – 2:00pm: Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm: Approaching sales agents & festivals\n4:00pm – 4:30pm: Wrap-Up Discussion\,  Additional exercises[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, Sep 21″ font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text css=””]10:00am – 10:30am: Warm-up\, inspiring references\, case study\, eye training\n10:30am – 12:30pm: Case study with Christine Kecher (Senior Commissioning Editor for Op-Docs\, the New York Times’ award-winning series of short documentaries from independent filmmakers)\n12:30pm – 2:00pm: Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm: Work-in-progress from participants\n4:00pm – 4:15pm: Break\n4:15pm – 5:30pm: Wrap-Up Discussion\n5:30pm – 6:30pm: Happy Hour [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:30a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]First Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]12:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Lunch[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]2:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Second Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]4:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Wrap Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”152694″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]María Vera is a Festival Distributor and Sales Agent based in Lisbon and founder of Kino Rebelde. She specializes in crafting festival strategies and implementing creative distribution techniques for independent and author-driven non-fiction/hybrid films. With a background in producing socio-political and human rights content\, as well as curating films\, María has been supporting emerging and established filmmakers since 2017 through her agency. Her catalog features a diverse selection of non-fiction\, hybrid\, and experimental films that have gained recognition at renowned festivals worldwide\, including Berlinale\, Locarno\, IFFR Rotterdam\, IDFA\, and Visions du Réel. Through Kino Rebelde\, María bridges the gap between artists and audiences\, empowering a space for bold narratives and underrepresented voices.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”152896″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Christine Kecher is the Senior Commissioning Editor for Op-Docs\, the New York Times’ award-winning series of short documentaries from independent filmmakers\, where she has received multiple Emmy nominations (and one win) for her work on the series. Recent Op-Docs include Lynne Sach’s Contractions\, 2024 Oscar nominee Island in Between\, IDFA winners Away and Ramboy\, and 2022 Oscar winner The Queen of Basketball. Prior to joining Op-Docs in 2021\, Christine worked on the development\, production and distribution of features and shorts for A&E IndieFilms\, where she worked on a wide range of projects including Carol Dysinger’s Oscar-winning short Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you’re a girl)\, Roger Ross Williams’ Life\, Animated\, Werner Herzog’s Meeting Gorbachev\, Blair Foster and Alex Gibney’s The Clinton Affair\, and more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/new-windows-demystifying-independent-film-distribution/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Labs
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SUMMARY:Summer Lab Pitch Bingo & Chill
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_btn title=”RSVP!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#adadcc” outline_custom_hover_text=”#0000cd” shape=”round” css_animation=”bounceIn” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpartiful.com%2Fe%2FaX9ULjF4nNePJ8cjOpy1|target:_blank”][/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://vimeo.com/851422192″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”151965″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]You’re invited to UnionDocs’ Summer Lab Pitch Bingo Night. Come through to catch a sneak peek from our brilliant Summer Doc Lab artists as they take a moment to practice their project pitches with a supportive audience. Here you will have plenty of time to mingle and meet in the wider UNDO community. \nFolks often ask what exactly goes on in these labs at UNDO? Here’s your chance to find out what’s going on inside. Each artist and project was selected from an incredibly competitive pool of applicants\, and participants are joining us from around the world — Bogotá\, Seoul\, Florence\, Taipei\, London\, Quito\, and some from right here in NYC! \nAfter weeks of deep focus and work\, we’re inviting you to meet and celebrate this incredible group for how far they’ve come.\nPitching a doc is usually a scary\, competitive business\, but does it have to be? To make things extra fun\, we decided to turn the tables just a little: Grab a bingo card at the bar to engage in a friendly competition with fellow audience members. We’ll see who can listen along keenly enough to circle their way to Bingo stardom and win some grand prizes!\nCome on out to learn about this work while it’s in early phases of development. These folks are looking for supporters\, team members and more\, so it may be the start of a beautiful collaboration.\nDoors open at 7:30\, show starts ~8:00 with celebratory festivities to follow![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 80 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 css=””] \nMeet the Summer Lab! \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=”151936″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Tobi Akinde\n(he/him) \nBorn in Abeokuta\, Tobi studied Law and German at the University of Ibadan. His short documentary and video work premiered and exhibited at the IRepresent Documentary Film Festival and Museum Brot & Kunst\, Germany\, respectively. His most recent documentary work as a cinematographer and leading character\, Coconut Head Generation (2023)\, won the Jury Grand Prix at Cinema du Reel (2023) and has screened at Film at Lincoln Center\, MoMA\, BlackStar Film Festival\, and Arles Photo Festival.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151939″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Jessica Bishopp\n(she/her) \nJessica Bishopp is fascinated by subcultures\, myth and our connection to place. She was selected from over 3\,000 applications to represent the UK as a documentary director at Berlinale Talents 2020. Her latest documentary short ‘Puffling’\, a coming-of-age story about two young Icelandic women and the puffins they rescue\, funded by Rooftop Films and Field of Vision\, had its World Premiere at SXSW 2023 and won the Oscar-Qualifying Jury Award for Documentary at Aspen Shortsfest.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151940″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Ruoyun Chen\n(she/her) \nRuoyun Chen is an independent filmmaker. She is a fellow at the MIT Open Documentary Lab. She did her Master of Science and PhD at Cornell University\, majoring in System Engineering. Her most recent short sci-fi film “珊瑚 Eve\, Eve” (2022) has been showcased and nominated in various international film festivals. Ruoyun is currently working on a feature-length documentary titled “We Swim Among Oceans\,” which delves into the lives of young Chinese poets in diaspora.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151941″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Nadia Ghanem\n(she/her) \nNadia Ghanem\, Egyptian filmmaker\, had her short “Three Disappearances And A Song” showcased at Cairo Int’l Film Fest\, Images Fest Canada\, and Cinema Árabe Feminino Brazil. It won Best Short at Gabes Cinema Fen Tunisia and audience/Jury awards at Manassat Film Fest Egypt. Now\, she’s developing her first feature “Looking for Spiderman\,” backed by grants from A Kiss in the Desert\, Rawiyat film collective\, and Two Stories Production\, part of Studio Seen program. Nadia pursues her studies at la fémis.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151942″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Elena Kairytė\n(she/her) \nElena Kairytė is a film director\, writer and cinematographer based in Lithuania\, completed her master’s degree in documentary filmmaking. With her films she mostly explores the documentary forms and its possibilities within the trans-disciplinary field. Her works\, which blend her signature quirky sense of humor and a search for beauty in the moments of everyday life\, have been competing at prestigious film festivals all around Europe. Elena’s debut feature film premiered at Hot Docs ’23.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151944″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Ana Mariz\n(she/her) \nAna has studied cinema\, with a focus on cinematography in ESTC (Lisbon)\, FAMU (Prague) and ESCAC (Barcelona) with the support of Gulbenkian Foundation and Erasmus + Program. She directed the short-documentary “Vigil” (2016) and the shor fiction-film “Matilde Looks Back” (2021)\, and is now preparing a documentary feature film: “All the Roses” . Besides her work as a director (not only in cinema but also in the visual arts and music)\, Ana works as a director of photography.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151943″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Argyro Nicolaou\n(she/her) \nArgyro Nicolaou is a filmmaker and researcher based in New York. Her work deals with the representation of history\, displacement\, and intergenerational memory in post-conflict\, postcolonial societies\, like her home country of Cyprus. She is currently working on Unsettled\, her first documentary feature\, and Excavators\, a feature fiction script in development\, which was awarded the Connecting Cottbus Award at the 2023 Karlovy Vary IFF Industry Section.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151945″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Gabriel Páez\n(he/him) \nGabriel is an Ecuadorian filmmaker deeply passionate about memory and identity research. His journey through fiction\, non-fiction\, shorts\, serials\, and feature lengths\, reflects a commitment to diverse narratives. Winner of several awards and recognitions globally\, including Best Ecuadorian Documentary Award (Colibrí Award 2020)\, Best Documentary Feature (Festival de Las Alturas – Argentina 2019) for “Sacachún” 2018\, and Best Ibero-American Documentary for “Maura” 2023 at the 18Shorts México.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151946″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Tudor Platon\n(he/him) \nTudor Platon is a Romanian documentary director. He made his debut with House of Dolls which premiered in 2020 in Sarajevo Film Festival and was selected for Transylvania IFF\, Zagreb Dox\, Astra IFF\, and Biografilm FF. His second film\, An Almost Perfect Family\, continues an extensive series of very personal works related to his own family. \nHe also works as a director of photography for fiction and documentary films\, some of which having premiered at Festival de Cannes\, Locarno or Toronto.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151949″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Oana Tenter\n(she/her) \nOana Tenter is a Romanian documentary-maker and graduate of UCSC’s MFA in Social Documentation\, where she studied on a Fulbright scholarship. Oana’s short The Pastor’s Women (2019)\, screened at Open City Docs London and at the UN Conference on Statelessness in the Hague. Her visual work has been displayed at PSNY\, at IAS Santa Cruz\, in the NYT while her writing can be found in The Guardian\, The Evening Standard\, Internazionale. She is working on her first feature\, Yesterday Ended Last Night.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151948″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Denali Tiller\n(she/her) \nDenali Tiller is an award-winning documentary director and producer dedicated to collaborative\, compassionate and human-centered storytelling. Her work has been seen on PBS/Independent Lens\, Hulu\, Nat Geo\, Netflix\, Lifetime and at film festivals around the world. Denali is also a painter and sculptor and lives and works in Queens\, NY.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151947″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Yifei “Yash” Zhang\n(he/they) \nYifei “Yash” Zhang\, a filmmaker and multi-disciplianry artist originally from Tengzhou\, China\, is currently basing in London\, pursuing a Creative Documentary Master of Fine Arts at University College London. Their cinematic storytelling delves into topics of queerness\, fluidity\, mental health\, post-humanism\, and trauma-healings.[/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:1753191254808-ba7a203b-7917-10″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/summer-lab-pitch-bingo-chill-2024-07-25/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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SUMMARY:Skin Thorn Loss
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_column_text css=””]We’re thrilled to bring back the ever-curious and fascinating\, Tin Dirdamal\, for a special live performance and screening of SKIN THORN LOSS\, a film that only happens once. \nDirdamal is an unorthodox editor\,  known for being able to edit “impossible films.” He measures the success of his films by how much of himself he was able to abandon in the process. Also self- taught in psychology and architecture\, his most useful tools are doubt and contradiction. \nBorn 165 kilometers south of the US-Mexico border\, Dirdamal self-identifies as a gypsy and a nomad\, he lives in places with the understanding he will soon abandon them. He has lived for prolonged periods of his life in Arizona\, Bolivia\, the North of India\, the South of Mexico\, the North of Vietnam\, the West of Turkey\, the North of Albania and Rwanda. \nHe directs\, produces\, acts\, writes\, does camera and sound\, composes music\, edits\, and designs the sound for his own films. At 22 years old he grabbed a camera for the first time in his life and made his first accidental and feature length film that won him the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. He has made 4 feature films thus far and has worked as an editor on 4 feature films of other filmmakers. \nWe’re delighted to have him back to UnionDocs after sharing his feature Death In Arizona almost exactly 8 years ago to the date for this forthcoming program where he first introduced us to his dazzling pursuit of questioning through filmmaking.  We’re thrilled to bring him back and bring folks to this latest singular work. One time only! See you there![/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=””] \nSKIN THORN LOSS\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]2024\, 80 mins[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\nA man walks an empty street knowing he lost that which he does not remember. If he does not find it back\, he will cease to exist. All he knows is he must go to the foot of the Texas Ash Tree. He must go alone. He mustn’t arrive late\, nor early. Hands that cannot grasp\, eyes that can’t see. \n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nProgram Duration: 80 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=”151729″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\nTin Dirdamal is an advocate of plagiarism and is a great ignorant of world affairs. He believes that lies can be an instrument to approach truth. It takes him on average 5.5555 years to complete a film. He knows how to find underground water\, until recently he had never read a book in his life and he has never voted in an election of any kind. He is convinced he can document the future and has attempted this numerous times\, failing thus far. \nHis films have been shown and awarded at some of the most important art venues and film festivals around the world including: The Venice Biennale\, Sundance\, Visions du Reél\, IDFA\, DOCNY\, L’Alternativa\, La Mostra de São Paulo\, Jihlava\, Torino\, Mar del Plata\, BAFICI\, FICUNAM\, Ambulante\, DokuFest. \n\n\n\n\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:1719622359743-936d2ebc-f074-7″ include=”147747\,147746\,147745″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/tin-dirdamal-2024-07-12/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240517T100000
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SUMMARY:Embodied Acoustics: Orality\, Sound\, Rhythm in NonFiction Art Practices
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: This workshop will be held in UnionDocs’ new space in Ridgewood!\nWe’re now at: 352 Onderdonk Ave\, Ridgewood\,  NY – 11385[/vc_message][vc_column_text]Join us for a three-day workshop with filmmaker\, cinematographer and editor Pablo Álvarez-Mesa to explore the acoustic\, the musical\, and the oral realm in nonfiction storytelling.  Discover how sound\, music\, vocal performance and rhythm can act as openings to new knowledge and accessing personal\, historical and collective narratives. \nThroughout the workshop\, we’ll bring in a variety of practitioners to present a kaleidoscopic vantage into questions on listening and understanding vocalization\, gesture\, performance\, orality and all things tapping into the acoustic in your work. \nWe’ll look at how voice\, gesture\, song and sound as they function and are observed in the world or can be employed through direct performance. \nSome grounding questions will be: Where do other forms of knowledge exist beyond writing? How can music help us understand time and history? How do our surroundings shape our perception of nature\, community\, and self? And how can gestures and vocal performances transmit knowledge? We’ll think of building new historial avenues via the embodied\, kinetic\, and performed to depart from the most standard modes of story and narrative. \nPablo Álvarez-Mesa will discuss his ongoing work on Simón Bolívar (Bicentenario\, La Laguna del soldado)\, exploring the themes of orality and place\, with a particular focus on “The Musical”. This discussion will feature audiovisual samples and research materials. \nArtist and composer Samita Sinha will explore the intersection of orality and the body in music and voice\, as well as the invisible aspects manifested through nonverbal communication\, performance\, and presence. \nFilmmaker and choreographer Lucy Kerr will explore archives and repertoire through the body and movements\, uncovering narratives in gestures and choreography. \nThis workshop is open to filmmakers\, film producers\, journalists\, media artists\, scholars and anyone who’d like to delve into the potential of musicality and there will be space given for participants to share a work-in-progress and receive feedback from the group. \nSeats are limited\, so sign up today! \nNOTE: This workshop will require in-person participation from all participants. Each participant must present proof of vaccination. Any and all questions\, please reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/928897850″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1477608256488-ac7d3d1a-ae9084d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, choreographers\, dancers\, performance and media artists looking to develop the cinematic languages with which they can represent and incorporate movement.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1477608256642-4c32d845-e84384d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]$350 early bird registration by May 10th\, 2024 at 11:59PM. \n$400 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  living with disabilities\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by April 24th\, 2024.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1477608441051-60d28267-92bf84d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text css=””]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until April 30th. After May 10th\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1477608488046-a8fa4720-501684d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1477612055387-51381642-d1c784d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of May 10th\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, May 17″ font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros\n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro session with Pablo Álvarez-Mesa\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Paula Gaitán \n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, May 18″ font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case studies\n10:30am – 12:30pm Work-in-progress with lead instructor\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Samita Sinha\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, May 19″ font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, eye training.\n10:30am – 12:30pm Session with  Konstantine Vlasis (Zoom)\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Lucy Kerr\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:30a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]First Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]12:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Lunch[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]2:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Second Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]4:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Wrap Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”150420″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Pablo Álvarez-Mesa is a filmmaker\, cinematographer and editor working mainly in non fiction\, whose films have played and earned awards at international film festivals including Berlinale\, IFFR\, Viennale\, MoMA\, Visions du Réel\, and RIDM. His work in cinema lies in the relationship between fact and fiction; between what is recalled and what is inevitably constructed. Pablo is Sundance Doc Fund grantee\, an affiliate member of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University\, and a Berlinale Talents\, Banff Centre for the Arts and Canadian Film Centre alumnus.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”150421″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Artist and composer Samita Sinha creates multidisciplinary performance works that unravel Indian vocal traditions through the body to create a decolonized\, multivalent language of voice and vibration. Sinha’s works have been commissioned by Asia Society\, Performance Space\, Danspace\, Rubin Museum\, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council\, Queens Museum\, Gibney Dance\, and Western Front\, and presented by The Kitchen\, Wexner Center for the Arts\, REDCAT\, PICA\, National Sawdust and others. She has received awards from National Endowment for the Arts\, Fulbright Foundation\, National Performance Network\, and New York State Council on the Arts.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”150427″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Lucy Kerr (b. Houston\, Texas 1990) is a filmmaker\, artist\, choreographer\, and educator. Her work is rooted in questions of image-making and performance and how both of these are tied up with ritual and transformation. Kerr received and MFA in Film/Video and Art from California Institute of the Arts in 2020. In 2022\, she was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film in Filmmaker Magazine. Her debut feature film\, Family Portrait\, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2023 and garnered her the Locarno Boccalino d’Oro for Best Director\, the feature film grant from Austin Film Society and the AirFrance Prize from FIDLab\, and the New Horizons Award from US in Progress at the American Film Festival in Wroclaw\, Poland. Her short film\, Crashing Waves\, is in the permanent collection of Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in Marseille\, France. Kerr’s projects have been presented by International Film Festival Rotterdam\, FIDMarseille\, San Sebastian International Film Festival\, Reykjavik International Film Festival\, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, REDCAT\, Anthology Film Archives\, Francois Ghebaly Gallery\, The McEvoy Foundation for the Arts\, and others. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”151155″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Konstantine Vlasis is a scholar and composer of ecological sound. His work explores how sound\, music\, and listening together mediate ecological relationships\, and the efficacy of audio-based mediums for climate communication and environmental storytelling. His current project\, “Listening With Glaciers: The Sounds and Songs of a Melting Landscape\,” traces the human ecology of glaciers in Iceland through ambient sound and traditional music. Mr. Vlasis is an NYU Torch Fellow\, Leifur Eiríksson Foundation Fellow\, and Fulbright-NSF Arctic Research Fellow. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Music and Sound Studies at NYU\, and an active member of the percussion quartet\, Apex Percussion.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”150521″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Paula Gaitán was born in Paris in 1954. A visual artist\, photographer\, poet\, and filmmaker with a Visual Arts degree from the University of Los Andes in Bogotá\, Colombia\, Gaitán has been working in film since 1978\, when she participated as an art director in Glauber Rocha’s The Age of the Earth. She has created several documentaries\, video art\, and plastic art installations for numerous collective exhibitions. \nPaula’s work combines a deeply personal artistic vision with palpable reality. Her filmography consists of 9 feature length films. In 2016\, the Cinematheque of Museum of Modern Art (MAM – Rio de Janeiro) presented a retrospective of her work \, and Mostra Tiradentes\, also in Brazil\, presented a homage to her work in the 2021 edition. . \nCurrently lives and works in the city of São Paulo\, Brazil.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/embodied-acoustics-orality-sound-rhythm-in-nonfiction-art-practices-2024-03-17/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Labs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240308T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240310T163000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T165609Z
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SUMMARY:Mediating the Mirror: Autofiction on Film
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”This workshop is sold out” color=”danger” align=”center”][vc_column_text]If you would like to be added to the workshop’s waitlist e-mail: raphaelle@uniondocs.org[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: This workshop will be held in UnionDocs’ new space in Ridgewood!\nWe’re now at: 352 Onderdonk Ave\, Ridgewood\,  NY – 11385[/vc_message][vc_column_text]Join us for a three-day workshop with acclaimed filmmaker and scholar Jessica Bardsley to explore the intersections of autofiction and film practice. \nBorrowing the term “autofiction” from literature\, this workshop investigates the cross-section of autobiography and fiction\, considering how this rich territory can spark inspiration for filmmakers. We will explore the innovative\, self-reflexive strategies filmmakers have invented to grapple with the complex relationship between self and representation. Embracing this tension\, we will share possibilities for reinvention and imagination\, looking closely at how filmmakers have used the devices of cinema to mediate personal experience and situate themselves in worlds both real and imagined. \nWe’ll ask questions like\, how can the moving image help us to question the narratives through which selfhood emerges? How can the self be crafted to probe larger social and political questions? \nFeaturing renowned filmmakers and visual artists who will share their own relationships to this framework\, we’ll leave inspired by a number of unique approaches and methodologies. Su Friedrich (Sink or Swim\, Today) will dive into how she has used fiction to refract experience through the lens of social identity. Laura Huertas Millán (El Laberinto\, Sol Negro) will expand on her practice of fictional\, decolonial (auto)ethnography and the strategies she has invented to explore her family history. Caveh Zahedi (In the Bathtub of the World\, I Am A Sex Addict) will discuss casting himself in his own work and depicting his real relationships on screen\, while Jennifer Montgomery (Art For Teachers of Children\, Transitional Objects) will unpack the use of fiction as a space to politically reframe personal experience. \nTogether\, we will consider the scripting and performance of the self in film\, but also the ways that images themselves function as fictions that are lived in everyday life. \nThis workshop is open to filmmakers\, film producers\, journalists\, media artists\, scholars and anyone who’d like to delve into the edges of documentary. \nSeats are limited\, so sign up today! \nNOTE: This workshop will require in-person participation from all participants. Each participant must present proof of vaccination. Any and all questions\, please reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/908863856″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1477608256488-ac7d3d1a-ae9084d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, choreographers\, dancers\, performance and media artists looking to develop the cinematic languages with which they can represent and incorporate movement.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1477608256642-4c32d845-e84384d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]$350 early bird registration by March 1st\, 2024 at 11:59PM. \n$400 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  living with disabilities\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by February 12th\, 2024.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1477608441051-60d28267-92bf84d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until March 1st. After March 1st\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1477608488046-a8fa4720-501684d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1477612055387-51381642-d1c784d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of March 1st\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, Mar 8: 10:00AM – 7:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros\n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro session with Jessica Bardsley\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Su Friedrich\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with lead additional exercises / discussion\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, Mar 9: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case studies\n10:30am – 12:30pm Session with Laura Huertas Millán\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Jennifer Montgomery\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with lead\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, Mar 10: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, eye training.\n10:30am – 12:30pm  Work-in-progress with Jessica Bardsley\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Caveh Zahedi\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with lead\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1707157370810-2ff0f0df-b297″][vc_column_text]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, choreographers\, dancers\, performance and media artists looking to develop the cinematic languages with which they can represent and incorporate movement.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1707157370837-4455911e-a85d”][vc_column_text]$350 early bird registration by March 1st\, 2024 at 11:59PM. \n$400 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  living with disabilities\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by February 21st\, 2024.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1707157370866-5d507bda-a4d4″][vc_column_text]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until March 1st. After March 1st\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1707157370897-92836fca-68fb”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1707157370928-78dbee21-3672″][vc_column_text]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of March 1st\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, Mar 8: 10:00AM – 7:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros\n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro session with Jessica Bardsley\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Su Friedrich\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with lead additional exercises / discussion\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, Mar 9: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case studies\n10:30am – 12:30pm Work-in-progress with Jessica Bardsley\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Jennifer Montgomery\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with lead\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, Mar 10: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, eye training.\n10:30am – 12:30pm Session with Laura Huertas Millán\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Caveh Zahedi\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with lead\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1707157358443-ab29f741-28cc”][vc_column_text]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, choreographers\, dancers\, performance and media artists looking to develop the cinematic languages with which they can represent and incorporate movement.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1707157358467-30fb08cd-996e”][vc_column_text]$350 early bird registration by March 1st\, 2024 at 11:59PM. \n$400 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  living with disabilities\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by February 21st\, 2024.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1707157358492-69e8fd0f-04d0″][vc_column_text]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until March 1st. After March 1st\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1707157358516-7cef4afe-c246″][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1707157358541-4a39e94d-c996″][vc_column_text]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of March 1st\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, Mar 8: 10:00AM – 7:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros\n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro session with Jessica Bardsley\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Su Friedrich\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with lead additional exercises / discussion\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, Mar 9: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case studies\n10:30am – 12:30pm Work-in-progress with Jessica Bardsley\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Jennifer Montgomery\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with lead\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, Mar 10: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, eye training.\n10:30am – 12:30pm Session with Laura Huertas Millán\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Caveh Zahedi\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with lead\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:30a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]First Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]12:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Lunch[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]2:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Second Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]4:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Wrap Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148934″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Jessica Bardsley (she/they) is an artist and scholar working across film\, writing\, and studio art. Her films have screened across the U.S. and internationally at festivals like Sundance\, CPH:DOX\, Visions du Réel\, EMAF\, RIDM\, True/False\, and on the Criterion Channel. She is the recipient of various awards\, including a Princess Grace Award\, Grand Prize at 25FPS\, the Eileen Maitland Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival\, Best Short Film at Punto de Vista\, and numerous Harvard Film Study Center fellowships. Her first feature film\, The Cave Without a Name\, was a finalist for the 2022 Venice Biennale’s Cinema College. \nHer research and writing have been supported by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study\, the Terra Foundation for American Art\, and the Henry Luce Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies. She received a Ph.D. in Film and Visual Studies from Harvard University and an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is Assistant Professor of Experimental Film and Media at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”149700″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nSince 1978\, Su Friedrich has produced and directed twenty-four 16mm films and videos\, including I Cannot Tell You How I Feel\, Gut Renovation\, From the Ground Up\, Seeing Red\, The Odds of Recovery\, Hide and Seek\, Sink or Swim\, Damned If You Don’t\, The Ties That Bind\, and Gently Down the Stream. Friedrich is the writer\, cinematographer\, director and editor of all her films\, with the exception of Hide and Seek\, which was co-written by Cathy Quinlan and shot by Jim Denault. Her films have won many awards\, including Grand Prix at the Melbourne Film Festival\, Outstanding Documentary Award at Outfest and Best Narrative Film Award at the Athens International Film Festival. She has received Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundation fellowships\, numerous grants from the Jerome Foundation\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, the New York State Council of the Arts and The Independent Television Service. She was also a recipient of the Alpert Award in the Arts. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”149772″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Caveh Zahedi is an autobiographical filmmaker whose feature-length films include The Sheik and I (2012)\, I Am A Sex Addict (2005)\, In The Bathtub of the World (2001)\, I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore (1994)\, and A Little Stiff (1991). He is also the writer/director of the web series The Show About the Show as well as the writer and host of the podcast 365 Stories I Want To Tell You Before We Both Die. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”149771″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Photo credit: Renato Cruz \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Laura Huertas Millán is a Colombian artist and filmmaker based in Paris\, France. Selected in major cinema festivals such as the Berlinale\, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)\, Rotterdam International Film Festival\, New York Film Festival and Cinéma du Réel\, her films have been awarded at the Locarno Film Festival\, FIDMarseille\, Doclisboa and Videobrasil\, among others. More than twenty retrospectives and focuses on her work have been organised internationally\, in cinematheques (Toronto ́s TIFF Lightbox\, Harvard ́s Film Archive\, Bogota ́s cinematheque\, Austrian Film Museum\, Tabakalera); museums (CA2M\, CCA Glasgow\, OCA Norway); film festivals (Mar del Plata\, Rencontres du Documentaire de Montréal\, FICUNAM\, Curtocircuito); and non-fiction seminars (The Flaherty seminar\, DocsKingdom). Her films have been featured in solo exhibitions at the MASP Sao Paulo\, Maison des Arts de Malakoff and Medellin ́s Modern Art Museum; in biennials such as the Liverpool Biennial\, FRONT Triennial\, Videonnale and ScreenCity Biennial; and screenings in museums such as the Centre Pompidou\, the Jeu de Paume\, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Her work is part of private and public collections such as KADIST\, CNAP\, Banco de la República de Colombia\, CIFO Miami\, and FRAC Lorraine. Since 2019\, she is part of the curatorial and research collective Counter Encounters\, which has developed projects at the Centre Pompidou and Tate Modern.  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”149773″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Jennifer Montgomery’s film titles include One Species Removed (2012)\, The Agonal Phase (2010)\, Deliver (2008)\, Notes on the Death of Kodachrome (2006)\, Threads of Belonging (2003)\, Transitional Objects (2000)\, Troika (1998)\, Art For Teachers of Children (1995)\, I\, a Lamb (1992)\, Age 12: Love With a Little L (1990)\, and Home Avenue (1989). Most recently\, she collaborated with the artist Josiah McElheny on a short film\, The Light Club of Vizcaya (2012). These films range from experimental essays to experimental features\, and are distributed by Zeitgeist Films\, Waterbearer Films\, Women Make Movies\, and Video Data Bank. Her work has shown at international festivals\, as well as the 2008 Whitney Biennial (NYC)\, MoMA (NYC)\, the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, the Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago)\, the ICA (London)\, and the Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis). She has been the recipient of many grants\, including a Guggenheim Fellowship. \nTeaching experience includes professorships at Bard College\, the University of Illinois at Chicago\, Northwestern University\, Columbia College Chicago\, and Hampshire College. She has also held long-term lectureships at Barnard College and the Cooper Union School of Art.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/2024-03-08-autofiction/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Labs
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SUMMARY:Podcast School
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/uniondocs/podcastschool24″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: This workshop will be held in UnionDocs’ new space in Ridgewood!\nWe’re now at: 352 Onderdonk Ave\, Ridgewood\,  NY – 11385[/vc_message][vc_column_text]Join UnionDocs and Chloe Prasinos (The 11th\, Ghost Story\, Wolverine: The Lost Trail) for a three-day intensive workshop. \nIn a moment of incredible turbulence in the audio industry\, this workshop is designed to help ground producers and artists working in sound. It is a space to come together and return to craft\, to dive deep into process\, and to recover the spark of inspiration that motivated each of us to tell stories — and to do so in sound. \nIn the crowded podcast-scape\, the stories that break through the noise often reside in the space between genres; the work that feels most alive borrows techniques from audio drama and memoir\, from reporting and poetry and cinema alike. \nChloe\, accompanied by an extraordinary roster of guest instructors\, will draw back the curtain and break down how to make innovative work that bends the rules. The workshop will go inside work that views sound as instrumental and not incidental to telling impactful stories in audio. It will explore work that embraces the subjective — the personal\, the political\, the experimental. And it will examine how fiction can be a way to get at the truth. \nOver the course of the weekend\, the workshop will outline the conceptual\, ethical\, and practical skills that participants need to apply these techniques to their own work — whether it’s making a documentary that’s sound-rich and immersive\, or crafting a personal story that sparkles with magical realism. And\, above all else\, participants will be encouraged to experiment\, to play\, and to break the rules. \nOn Friday\,  Chloe Prasinos will kick off the workshop; she will make a case for blending genres and she will then take students inside her process\, breaking down exactly how to make work that’s “based on a true story.” Brendan Baker (Love + Radio\, Wolverine) will demonstrate the power of sound design and music as tools — and how to think about sound as instrumental and not incidental to telling stories in audio. \nOn Saturday\, Jasmine Romero (Princess of South Beach) will address the possibilities of fiction\, and how audio drama can be a space to tell stories with impact. Zakiya Gibbons (Hang Up) will then delve into her experience of hosting and editing. \nOn Sunday\, Sharon Mashihi (Appearances) will explore a big question — what is a true story? — and how to use fiction to access the truth. To conclude the workshop\, we’ll explore how to create a space of play in true and imagined stories alike with Richard Parks III (Richard’s Famous Food Podcast\, Storytime with Seth Rogen). \nSeats are limited\, so register today! \nNOTE: This workshop will require in-person participation from all participants. Each participant must present proof of vaccination and a negative COVID test administered within 48 hours of the workshop’s start. Any and all questions\, please reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1477608256488-ac7d3d1a-ae9084d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]Open to everyone\, though this workshop is designed to help ground producers and artists working primarily in sound. All experience levels are welcome.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1477608256642-4c32d845-e84384d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]$350 early bird registration by February 2nd\, 2024 at 11:59PM. \n$400 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  disabled\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by Jan 8th\, 2024.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1477608441051-60d28267-92bf84d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until Nov 24. After Nov 24\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1477608488046-a8fa4720-501684d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1477612055387-51381642-d1c784d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of Nov 24th\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”90px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”90px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, Feb 9: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros\n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro with Chloe Prasinos\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Brendan P. Baker (Love + Radio\, Wolverine)\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with Lead\, Workshop Exercise[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, Feb 10: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study.\n10:30am – 12:30pm Jasmine Romero (Princess of South Beach)\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Zakiya Gibbons (Hang Up)\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with Lead\, Workshop Exercise[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, Feb 11: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study.\n10:30am – 12:30pm Sharon Mashihi (Appearances)\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Richard Parks III (Richard’s Famous Food Podcast\, Storytime with Seth Rogen)\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with Lead\, Workshop Exercise[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:30a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]First Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]12:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Lunch[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]2:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Second Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]4:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Wrap Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148872″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Chloe Prasinos (she/her) is a shape-shifter — she works across genres and all aspects of audio production as an independent editor\, writer\, producer\, reporter\, and sound designer. Chloe is a founding producer of The 11th\, a show from Pineapple Street Studios that strives to push the form into new spaces. Her work on that show was honored with a National Magazine Award\, Third Coast’s Director’s Choice Award\, a Webby\, and a Gotham/Variety Award. Chloe was a Senior Producer on Ghost Story\, a series from Pineapple and Wondery. She served as Editor and Executive Producer of a documentary series from Wondery + Topic Studios about phone sex in the 90s. Before that\, Chloe reported dozens of queer stories to fill a multimedia museum produced by CNN in commemoration of Stonewall 50. Chloe also directed\, produced\, and sound designed Marvel Comics’ first ever audio drama alongside Brendan Baker\, collaborating on set with the likes of Bob Balaban\, Bill Irwin\, Ato Essandoh\, and Celia Keenan-Bolger. Before wading into the world of fiction\, Chloe was a producer at Reply All. Her reporting has appeared on Love + Radio\, 99% Invisible\, NPR\, WBEZ’s Curious City\, and beyond. Chloe performs longform improv at Magnet Theater and standup around New York City. She has a degree in Choreography that she mostly uses at weddings. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148876″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Brendan Baker specializes in creative editing and sound design for highly-crafted radio and podcast productions.Director for Marvel’s Wolverine: The Long Night \, and previously a producer for the critically acclaimed podcast\, Love + Radio \, his work his work has appeared on numerous radio programs including This American Life and Radiolab . His mixing and sound-design work can also be heard on The Message podcast and the first season of NPR’s Invisibilia . He has production credits on four of The Atlantic ’s “50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015\,” and has received multiple awards from the Third Coast International Audio Festival.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148875″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Sharon Mashihi makes movies\, radio\, and performances. She was a 2017 Third Coast Radio Resident. Her work can be heard on the podcasts The Heart \, Stranglers \, Snap Judgment \, Unfictional \, and many others. As an editor\, Sharon worked on The Heart ‘s critically acclaimed “No” series\, as well as 2016’s Peabody Award Finalist\, “Silent Evidence”. Sharon’s performances and installations have been featured at Essex Flowers\, The Wassaic Project\, Tapefest\, The Hearsay Festival in Ireland\, and Moogfest. Sharon is co-writer of the 2017 feature film\, The Ticket \, and story editor of the forthcoming film\, Madeline’s Madeline . She is also a session leader at The School of Making Thinking.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148963″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] \nZakiya Gibbons is an award-winning podcast story editor\, host and writer based in Brooklyn. She has worked at Gimlet\, WNYC\, Audible\, Crooked\, and more. Zakiya is a co-founder of the POC in Audio Directory\, a resource created to fight the lack of racial diversity in the audio industry. In 2019\, Zakiya and her collaborators were recognized by Bitch Media as among the top 50 “most impactful creators\, artists\, and activists in pop culture” for their work in advocating for racial equity in audio. She loves talking to strangers\, dancing to trap music\, getting pummeled by waves\, and going on adventures all over the world. She’s obsessed with interrogating human behavior and culture through storytelling and conversation. She’s a Synclaire sun\, Regine moon\, and Maxine rising. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148874″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Jasmine Romero is an award winning writer\, producer and actor. She created\, directed and co-wrote the audio series Princess of South Beachstarring Rachel Zegler\, Gina Torres\, Danny Pino\, Raul Esparza and Ivonne Coll (In development with Netflix).  Her work with the Chompers Podcast won a Cannes Lion\, a Clio\, and Alexa Skill of the Year. Fiction work includes The Story Pirates Podcast\, story editing for Tejana\, starring Stephanie Beatriz (Ambie award for Best Fiction)\, Toxicomania starring Luis Gerardo Mendez\, and lead producing Motherhacker starring Carrie Coon and Pedro Pascal. Her work with Sesame Street has twice been Emmy nominated.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148885″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Richard Parks III is a writer\, podcaster\, filmmaker\, actor\, and musician. In the densely edited Richard’s Famous Food Podcast\, he mixes Bourdain-esque documentary food journalism with fictional characters in the vein of Pee Wee’s Playhouse and adds tuneful sound design. The show has been lauded by Vulture and the Wall Street Journal\, and was featured in Pushkin’s 2022 “Best Audio Storytelling” audiobook collection\, with a forward by David Sedaris. In 2021\, Parks developed and produced the critically acclaimed podcast Storytime with the actor Seth Rogen. The show debuted at #2 on Apple Podcasts and was named a best podcast by NPR\, The Atlantic\, and many other outlets. Parks is also a James Beard-nominated food writer who has co-authored two cookbooks\, and his documentary work has been featured on PBS and the Documentary Channel. He lives in Los Angeles.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/podcast-school-2023/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Labs
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SUMMARY:In the Wings:  Edgelands & Atmospherics
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: This workshop will be held in UnionDocs’ new space in Ridgewood!\nWe’re now at: 352 Onderdonk Ave\, Ridgewood\,  NY – 11385[/vc_message][vc_column_text]Join UnionDocs and filmmaker Deborah Stratman (Last Things\, O’er The Land) to explore questions of the margins\, and what we’re calling the edgelands. \nIn what’s traditionally called Fiction\, there’s an interior vision manifested or re-told—something is choreographed.  The creative trajectory is inside>out.  In Non-Fiction a subject is discovered—some control is ceded to an accidental outside.  The path is outside>in.  But if you’ve been paying attention\, you’ll know some of the most vital cinema happening today vibrates between and beyond these authorial desires. \nOver two days we’ll wade into this murky territory to ask where are the edges of the documentary?  Who gets to define them?  What happens where index ends and fiction begins?  What is the site of the event?  How does the ground change the figure?  How do we navigate today’s documentary-fiction borderlands? How do we craft a film’s atmosphere and what can be the tools to construct it?  Where do we make room for accidents in our practice while using staged settings? Led by the incredible Deborah Stratman who will help us challenge these traditional definitions\, this workshop will also invite and delve into the work of Kevin Jerome Everson and Mary Helena Clark. \nTogether we will refine and question the art of what we call documentary through the lens of “The Container”.  We’ll explore the idea of site as a ready-made set\, and site as an atmosphere.  Documentary donut with fictional filling\, found ‘sets’ for staged actions\, fictionalized figures on un-staged grounds.  And vice versa!  We’ll start from Ursula K. LeGuin’s Carrier Bag theory of fiction and move outward / inward / otherward. \nOne session will be dedicated to works-in-progress for participants. \nThis workshop is open to filmmakers\, film producers\, journalists\, media artists\, scholars and anyone who’d like to delve into the edges of documentary.\n \nSeats are limited\, so sign up today! \nNOTE: This workshop will require in-person participation from all participants. Each participant must present proof of vaccination. Any and all questions\, please reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1477608256488-ac7d3d1a-ae9084d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, choreographers\, dancers\, performance and media artists looking to develop the cinematic languages with which they can represent and incorporate movement.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1477608256642-4c32d845-e84384d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]$295 early bird registration by January 6th\, 2023 at 11:59PM. \n$350 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  living with disabilities\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by January 1st\, 2024.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1477608441051-60d28267-92bf84d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until January 6th. After January 6th\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1477608488046-a8fa4720-501684d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1477612055387-51381642-d1c784d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of January 6th\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, Jan 13: 10:00AM – 7:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros\n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro session with Deborah Stratman\n12:30am – 2pm Lunch\n2pm – 4:00pm Session with Guest 1\n4:00pm – 6:00pm Wrap up discussion with LEAD\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, Jan 14: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, work in progress discussion\n10:30am – 12:30pm Participant work in progress\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Guest 2\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with LEAD\, additional exercises / discussion \n4:30pm – 6:00pm Happy Hour @UnionDocs  [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:30a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]First Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]12:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Lunch[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]2:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Second Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]4:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Wrap Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”149192″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Artist and filmmaker Deborah Stratman makes work that investigates issues of power\, control and belief\, exploring how places\, ideas\, and society are intertwined. She regards sound as the ultimate multi-tool and time to be supernatural. Recent projects have addressed freedom\, surveillance\, public speech\, sinkholes\, levitation\, orthoptera\, raptors\, comets\, evolution\, extinction\, exodus\, sisterhood and faith. She’s exhibited internationally at venues including MoMA (NY)\, Centre Pompidou (Paris)\, Hammer Museum (LA)\, Witte de With (Rotterdam)\, PS1 (NY)\, Tabakalera (San Sebastian)\, Austrian Film Museum (Vienna)\, Yerba Buena Center (SF)\, MCA (Chicago)\, Whitney Biennial (NY) and has done site-specific projects with venues including the Center for Land Use Interpretation\, Temporary Services\, Hallwalls\, Mercer Union and Ballroom Marfa. Stratman’s films have been featured widely at festivals and conferences including Sundance\, Viennale\, Berlinale\, CPH:DOX\, Oberhausen\, True/False\, TIFF\, Locarno\, Rotterdam\, the Flaherty and Docs Kingdom. She is the recipient of Fulbright\, Guggenheim and USA Collins Fellowships\, an Alpert Award\, Sundance Art of Nonfiction Award and grants from Creative Capital\, Graham Foundation\, Harpo Foundation and Wexner Center for the Arts. She lives in Chicago where she teaches at the University of Illinois.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”149199″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Mary Helena Clark is an artist and filmmaker based in Queens\, New York. Mary Helena CLARK (1983\, USA) makes films and videos in which she explores narrative figures of speech\, the materiality of film and the painting technique trompe l’oeil. She aims to make trance-like\, transparent films. Clark’s work has been screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam\, New York Film Festival\, Wexner Art Center and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”149202″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Artist/Filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson was born and raised in Mansfield Ohio. He has a MFA from Ohio University and a BFA from the University of Akron. He is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville Virginia. He has made eight feature length films and over one-hundred and twenty short films\, including such award winning films as Park Lanes (2015)The Island of Saint Matthews (2013)\, Erie (2010)\, Quality Control (2011)\, Ten Five in the Grass (2012)\, Cinnamon (2006)\, Spicebush (2005)\, Stone\, Pictures From Dorothy (2004)\, Century (2013)\, Fe26 (2014)\, Sound That (2014)\, Sugarcoated Arsenic (2013) with Claudrena Harold and Emergency Needs (2007). Most recently he has presented the eight-hour long film\, Park Lanes (2015). He also has a DVD box set of his films called Broad Daylight and Other Times with a catalog distributed by Video Data Bank. \nEverson’s films and artwork have been widely shown\, at venues including Sundance Film Festival\, Berlin Film Festival\, International Film Festival Rotterdam\, Oberhausen Film Festival\, Toronto International Film Festival\, New York Film Festival\, The Museum of Modern Art in New York\, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York\, Whitechapel Gallery in London\, National Gallery in Washington DC and Centre Pompidou in Paris. The work has also been recognized through awards and fellowships\, including a Guggenheim Fellowship\, an Alpert Award\, a Creative Capital Fellowship\, an NEA Fellowship\, NEH Fellowships\, Ohio Arts Council Fellowships\, and an American Academy in Rome Prize.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/in-the-wings-edgelands-atmospherics-2024-01-13/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Labs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T100000
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SUMMARY:Beyond Reality: The Art of Nonfiction Editing
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”This workshop is sold out” color=”danger” align=”center”][vc_column_text] \nIf you would like to be added to the workshop’s waitlist e-mail: raphaelle@uniondocs.org \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: This workshop will be held in UnionDocs’ new space in Ridgewood!\nWe’re now at: 352 Onderdonk Ave\, Ridgewood\,  NY – 11385[/vc_message][vc_column_text]Back by popular demand\, after leading two incredible\, jam-packed editing workshops at UNDO in the past\, join us for a three-day intense workshop\, with acclaimed editor Rebecca Adorno (Homeroom by Peter Nicks\, The Vow (part 1)\, Moments Like This Never Last by Cheryl Dunn) to explore the art of nonfiction editing. Together\, we’ll engage with a range of creative approaches to documentary storytelling\, expanding the boundaries of conventional filmmaking. \nWhat are the roles of an editor\, and how can you establish a productive relationship with the director? Handling diverse types of materials and footage\, what approaches can you employ to craft the right tone and rhythm for a story? Over the weekend\, we will delve into the process of finding the story with the materials you have available\, which may at times differ from the director’s initial vision. \nOur prestigious line-up of editors and filmmakers will guide you through the process of editing whether you’re already working or hoping to work on feature length documentary films\, series or shorts. \nOn Friday\, Rebecca Adorno will discuss the role of an editor in documentary filmmaking and will lead us through a range of creative approaches to editing\, with a particular focus on world-building through sound and the footage you have at hand. Filmmaker Marley McDonald will then share her process\, both as an editor and as a director (Time Bomb Y2K)\, and as an associate editor (Spaceship Earth\, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed). \nOn Saturday\, Stefani Saintonge (Fucked Like a Star\, (Untitled [M*A*S*H] by Simone Leigh) will reveal how her experience as a director informs her editing practice\, and how to capture an audience without a traditional story arc. In the afternoon\, Aleks Gezentsvey (Navalny by Daniel Roher\, The Deep End by Jon Kasbe) will delve into the process of achieving nuanced and immersive storytelling through the use of fly on the wall type material both in documentary series and feature length documentaries. \nOn Sunday\, interested participants will have a chance to share a work-in-progress and receive feedback on a current project. Daniel Garber (How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Daniel Goldhaber\, Some Kind of Heaven by Lance Oppenheim) will conclude the workshop by sharing his experience in working with both documentary and narrative films\, as well as editing archival-only projects (such as The Rifleman\, by Sierra Pettengill). \nCome spend a weekend exploring the wide-ranging topics to think through in editing nonfiction and come away with inspiration\, and connections that will help to guide your own work! \nSeats are limited\, so sign up today! \nNOTE: This workshop will require in-person participation from all participants. Each participant must present proof of vaccination. Any and all questions\, please reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1477608256488-ac7d3d1a-ae9084d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, choreographers\, dancers\, performance and media artists looking to develop the cinematic languages with which they can represent and incorporate movement.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1477608256642-4c32d845-e84384d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]$350 early bird registration by November 10th\, 2023 at 11:59PM. \n$400 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  living with disabilities\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by Nov 3rd\, 2023.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1477608441051-60d28267-92bf84d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until Nov 10. After Nov 10\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1477608488046-a8fa4720-501684d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1477612055387-51381642-d1c784d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of Nov 10th\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, Nov 17: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros\n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro by Rebecca Adorno\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Marley McDonald\n4:00pm – 4:30pm –  Wrap up\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, Nov 18: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, review of previous day\n10:30am – 12:30pm Stefani Saintonge\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Aleks Gezentsvey\n4:00pm – 4:30pm – Wrap up\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, Nov 19: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, review of previous day\n10:30am – 12:30pm Creative session / Participant work-in-progress\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Daniel Garber\n4:00pm – 4:30pm –  Wrap up\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:30a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]First Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]12:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Lunch[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]2:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Second Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]4:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Wrap Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”146317″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Rebecca Adorno-Dávila is an award winning video editor born and raised in Puerto Rico. A lot of her work focuses on vérité and archival heavy\, character-driven stories. She was an editor on the nine part HBO documentary series The Vow and worked on three seasons of the Emmy-award winning series VICE on HBO. Among others\, she edited feature length documentaries “Residente”\, which was an official selection at SXSW’s Film Festival in 2017\, “Moments Like This Never Last”\, which was an official selection at DocNYC and CPH:DOX 2020 and “Homeroom”\, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. \nAdorno received a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Puerto Rico (2008) and an MFA in computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York City (2010). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Picture Editing in 2016 and is one of the the recipients of Sundance Film Festival’s 2021 Inaugural Jonathan Oppenheim Documentary Editing Award for her work on the verite driven documentary film Homeroom. She was also a 2022 nominee for Cinema Eye Honors’ Outstanding Achievement in Editing award and for IDA’s Best Editing Award. She currently works between New York\, Puerto Rico or anywhere where there is a good story that needs to be told.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148580″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Marley McDonald is a filmmaker\, animator and painter living in Queens\, New York. She most recently directed and edited her debut feature-length documentary\, Time Bomb Y2K for HBO. In 2021\, she was chosen as a Points North Fellow and worked as an additional editor on Penny Lane’s film Listening to Kenny G. Her associate editor work includes Spaceship Earth which premiered at Sundance 2020\, and the Golden Lion-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary\, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed. She is currently working on Gary Hustwit’s documentary about Brian Eno and developing her next feature film.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148543″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Stefani Saintonge is a Haitian-American filmmaker\, educator and editor who won the juried and audience award at BlackStar Film Festival for her short film\, FUCKED LIKE A STAR. Her work has screened internationally including at Edinburgh International Film Festival\, Ann Arbor Film Festival\, Hammer Museum and the Smithsonian African American Museum. As an editor\, she’s worked with acclaimed filmmakers and artists including Julie Dash\, Simone Leigh\, Deana Lawson\, Bradford Young and Jason Moran. Her edited works have screened at Sundance Film Festival\, Berlinale\, Tribeca Film Festival\, Guggenheim Museum and PBS. As a member of NEW NEGRESS FILM SOCIETY\, she co-created their annual Black Women’s Film Conference. She received support from SFFILM\, Jerome Foundation and Bronx Arts Council\, participated in New York Film Festival’s Artist Academy\, and served as an artist in residence with Haiti Cultural Exchange.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148517″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Aleks Gezentsvey is an editor who seeks out projects with an emphasis on story and emotion. Her work has received multiple awards\, including an Academy Award for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for the film “Navalny”\, which she did as a co-editor\, an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking and the Sundance Audience Award for “Jim: The James Foley Story.” Her films and series have appeared on major platforms such as HBO\, Netflix and Hulu and she had the pleasure of working with renowned directors like Alex Gibney\, Fisher Stevens\, Jehane Nourjaim\, Karim Amer and Jon Katsbe. Born and raised in Tashkent\, Uzbekistan\, she immigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen. After graduating from Purchase Film Conservatory\, Aleks worked as an assistant editor and visual effects editor on union majors (The Giver\, Kill the Messenger\, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II) and on independent films with directors such as Hal Hartley and Emily Carmichael. Aleks brings her narrative film training into editing documentaries and aspires to tell stories in an experiential and immersive way and to push creative boundaries with each new project. She is fluent in Russian.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148518″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Daniel Garber is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker who works primarily as an editor. He switches between cutting narrative films\, including How to Blow Up a Pipeline (dir. Daniel Goldhaber\, 2023)\, and documentaries\, such as Some Kind of Heaven (dir. Lance Oppenheim\, 2021). Daniel’s work has screened at festivals including Sundance\, Toronto\, Rotterdam\, Locarno\, Visions du réel\, AFI Fest\, BFI London\, MoMA Doc Fortnight\, and True/False. He has been featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film\, DOC NYC 40 Under 40\, and Berlinale Talents.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/beyond-reality-the-art-of-nonfiction-editing-2023-11-17/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ritual and Magic: Portals for Audiovisual Creation & Healing
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/877241898″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: This workshop will be held in UnionDocs’ new space in Ridgewood!\nWe’re now at: 352 Onderdonk Ave\, Ridgewood\,  NY – 11385[/vc_message][vc_column_text]“Rituals are deliberate\, mindful and sensational in that they involve the senses and our animal bodies. Rituals and ceremonies can deepen and transform the arc of human life from birth to adolescence to marriage\, old age\, and eventually to our deaths. Rituals can foster social cohesion and healing… Like lucid dreams\, rituals can bridge the worlds of the profane and the sacred\, the ordinary and the extraordinary”. \n– Mary Antonia Wood \nHow can we define ritual? How are artists using ritual in their work to affect emotional states and physical processes? Can we think about conscious and unconscious processes being expressed in ritualized actions while embedded and represented through video and cinema? \nIn this 3 day workshop\, we will explore the potential for moving-image to create\, portray and document new ways of enacting and understanding rituals and magical practices. \nThrough screenings\, conversations and exercises with artists and practitioners we will be guided through creating a ritual process involving the moving image in order to help us transform\, memorialize\, and document aspects of our lives. \nWe will explore questions like:\nHow can rituals help us close a chapter of our life?\nCan we support our healing through the practice of ritual in the creation of moving images?\nCan we connect with the otherworldly in our own work?\nCan a ritual be magic?\nIs ritual a performance of transformation\, an unconscious placebo?\nHow can we do the work of grief by memorializing a loss?\nCan we make a piece of art to prepare for or anticipate change?\nCan we connect with deceased loved ones through cinema?\nCan ritualized practices help us enact social and political transformation? \nWe invite you to welcome in the concept of ritual as an art form or as a personal practice that can enhance your own work. Throughout the workshop\, discussions with each guest will help to connect varying styles of ritual\, performance and visual arts with your own experiences and yearnings. You’ll also have the chance to share your own works in progress in a group feedback session\, where folks can synthesize some of the ideas from the workshop and peek into each others’ practices! \nOn Friday\, filmmaker\, curator\, researcher and our lead instructor for the weekend\, Ruth Somalo will provide insight into how contemporary documentaries enact ritual and how we can support healing through cinematic processes. She will present an overview and framework of ritual in contemporary film and art practices\, with an emphasis on translating intentions into ritual and how to use the language of film to perform or capture it. Somalo will draw on her own practice to offer intuitive ways of working with these tools to connect with creativity and imagination in powerful and unexpected ways. Artist Andrés Senra will join in the session to guide us through queer and feminist approaches\, thinking through how some artists and artivists are producing social transformation. In the afternoon\, mediamystic maverick Bradley Eros will guide us through his own ritual practices as an invocation to create a transformation or “an act to expose the process to liberate it”. Eros will demonstrate his poetic-philosophical methods\, forms and incarnations as acts of critical or ecstatic celebration via myriad media: films\, videos\, slides\, collages\, photos\, posters\, audio\, quotations\, documents\, texts\, zines\, scores\, diagrams\, soundtracks\, symbols\, instructions\, essays\, designs\, actions and magic spells. \nOn Saturday morning\, filmmaker and performance artist\, writer and curator Theo Cuthand will guide participants in a discussion of his varying techniques from the more diaristic to more experimental approaches. Participants will be guided in a discussion about different video techniques which demonstrate healing through using props and effects. He will also talk about how film viewing can be a healing art. In the afternoon\, artist and curator Raisa Maudit will lead us through the gray road between fiction and non-fiction specifically in her exploration of hyperstition\, self-fulfilling prophecies\, mysticism and belief as fields of action for the transformation of the world. \nOn Sunday\, participants will be guided by medium Tiffany Hopkins through a session about mediumship for creativity. The class will become a self-contained vessel for creativity and connection where participants will bring whatever materials they like (Ink and paper or your favorite drawing tools). The session will include a conversation about materials and ideas\, a meditation\, exercises to make contact\, music and quiet work. Tiffany’s work supports connection with the dead\, planetary bodies\, plant allies and all the other quiet members of our world\, but connecting with like-minded and like-hearted people along with their art is a tried and true way to feel alive. In the afternoon\, Ruth Somalo will be joined by Senra to close out our weekend\, facilitating a final session where participants will be invited to share their works-in-progress or ideas for a current project and receive feedback. \nOn Friday evening at 8pm\, we’ll also host a PUBLIC SCREENING that includes the works of Raisa Maudit\, Andrés Senra\, Ruth Somalo\, Bradley Eros and Theo Cuthand. \nObjects to bring:\nA personal object\nA printed page of a text that feels sacred to you\nA printed page of your own diary or personal writing\nScissors and scotch tape or glue\nA candle\nPaper and drawing utensils\nA notebookand a recording device (phone\, camera\, recorder…)[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1477608256488-ac7d3d1a-ae9084d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, choreographers\, dancers\, performance and media artists looking to develop the cinematic languages with which they can represent and incorporate movement.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1477608256642-4c32d845-e84384d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]$350 early bird registration by October 20th\, 2023 at 11:59PM. \n$400 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  living with disabilities\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by April 3rd\, 2023.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1477608441051-60d28267-92bf84d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until March 3rd. After March 3rd\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1477608488046-a8fa4720-501684d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1477612055387-51381642-d1c784d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of Oct 20th\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, Oct 27: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros – Workshop presentation with Ruth Somalo\n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro session with Ruth Somalo and Andrés Senra\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Bradley Eros\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with Lead additional exercises / discussion (tarot card reading asking: “what should I consider while making my ritual piece?” \n8:00pm – PUBLIC SCREENING in collaboration with Storm and Drunk: \nFilms:\n-THE VAMPIRE MANIFESTO\, Raisa Maudit\, 20min (2021)\n-OPEN SESAME\, Bradley Eros\, 7min (1989)\n-RITUALES QUEER\, Andrés Senra\, 22 min (2020)\n-MEDICINE BUNDLE\, Theo Cuthand\, 10min (2020)\n-GRAVITY (WIP)\, Ruth Somalo\, 10 min (2023)\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, Oct 28: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case studies with Ruth Somalo\n10:30am – 12:30pm Session with Theo Cuthand (Via Zoom)\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Session with Raisa Maudit\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with Lead\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, Oct 29: 10:00AM – 4:30PM” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, eye training with Ruth Somalo\n10:30am – 12:30pm Session with Tiffany Hopkins Mediumship and creativity\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Work-in-progress with Ruth & Andrés\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap Up Discussion with Lead\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:30a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]First Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]12:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Lunch[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]2:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Second Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]4:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Wrap Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147968″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Ruth Somalo is a Spanish visual artist\, curator\, researcher and educator based in New York. She is interested in creating a non judgmental non anthropocentric space to discuss and embrace emotions\, myth\, fragility\, death and ritual. Her latest work is concerned with taboos of the female body\, illnesses\, patriarchal structures & narrative medicine\, human remains\, tears\, ritual healing\, experiences of loss and the legacies of the Witch Hunts. Her feature and short films have been shown in theaters\, festivals and museums internationally. She currently works as Senior Programmer at DOC NYC\, DocumentaMadrid and The Architecture and Design Film Festival. Some of her independently curated programs include “The affection for small things” (Cineteca de Madrid)\, “Filming One’s own Ghosts”\, “Holy Fluids and Absent Wounds” (Union Docs) and “Broken Senses” (Anthology Film Archives). Ruth also works as a mentor\, seminar Instructor and as advisor of non fiction projects. She is a PhD. candidate at Autonomous University of Madrid\, and she is finishing her dissertation “MENDING OBJECTS: Mourning\, reparation and the self in contemporary non fiction”. She is a long standing member of the research group Hist-Ex (Anthropology of Experience) at the Spanish National Research Council\, currently working on a project that re-evaluates gesture as a form of community building and as a mark of political distinction.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147936″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Andrés Senra is a contemporary artist\, filmmaker and curator based in Queens\, New York. His latest work revolves around the idea of human communities as ecological ephemeral assemblages\, in which political\, economic and social tensions in the contemporary world are embodied. In recent works\, Senra has addressed issues such as LGBTIQ+ migrations\, the consequences of Climate Change in our lives\, the archive as an artwork and the political and affective history of the queer communities. His work proposes a critical review of post-humanism from positions of sexual dissidence\, putting forward a defense of the monster\, hybridization and post-gender politics via speculative sci-fi as a means to rethink the contemporary world. Senra’s artworks have gained recognition through both solo and group exhibitions hosted by international museums and galleries such as Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) in Spain\, CA2M in Madrid\, Centro Cultural Recoleta in Argentina\, Hosek Contemporary in Berlin\, Art Center Nabi in Seoul\, Contemporary Art Center Matadero Madrid\, Interior Beauty Salon in New York\, Culture Lab LIC in New York\, and BAAD-Bronx in New York.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147939″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Raisa Maudit is a multidisciplinary artist and curator born in La Palma\, Canary Islands\, with training in contemporary art\, classical music and composition\, programming and robotics. Through multidisciplinary processes she resorts to multiple systems of representation to analyze and show the contradictions and blind spots of the dominant narratives of the system. From a post-anarchist and transfeminist approach\, she builds a particular universe in which popular culture and the performative possibilities of identity result in polyhedral works where music\, scenography\, occultism\, performance\, text\, theory-fiction\, video\, sculpture\, installation\, robotics or curatorship intermingle to propose other possible realities that provide a way out for systemic transformations. Her work has been present in MUSAC (Spain)\, Gitte Böhr Galerie (Berlin)\, Galeria Códice (Nicaragua)\, ESTAMPA\, SWAB (Barcelona)\, CA2M (Madrid)\, Museo El Chopo (Mexico D. F)\, Fundació Joan Miro (Barcelona)\, Galería Formato Cómodo (Madrid)\, MACBA (Barcelona)\, HOME (Manchester)\, Kingston Gallery (Los Angeles)\, Konsthall C (Stockholm) \, Swinton Gallery (Madrid)\, or Kunstraum Flat1(Vienna)\, Q21 Museum Quarter (Vienna)\, among others. Since 2014 she runs Storm And Drunk\, a contemporary art space\, specular laboratory and publishing house in Madrid. Since 2020 she is part of the international research group Visionary Women Research Group focused on the study of the relationships between mediumship\, dissident spiritualities\, feminism\, anarchism and art.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147938″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Tiffany Hopkins began studying mediumship after moving into her great-great grandmother’s cottage in Lily Dale\, the world’s largest community of Spiritualists. During the pandemic she developed a curriculum to share her process of mediumship for creativity and this series is an evolution to bring together a larger community of artists and mystics. She is a practicing medium\, educator\, futurist and she’d like you to join her over at Normalize Talking to the Dead. For Tiffany\, mediumship isn’t just talking to the dead\, it is developing relationship with spirit – whether that of a loved one on the other side\, our own subconscious\, aliens\, the body\, Earth or any other presence that calls to our deepest truths – It involves more than just conversation and brings more than just words.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147969″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Bradley Eros is a mediamystic maverick\, who prefers the night & the perfume of eau de cinema. Bradley is an artist working in myriad media: experimental film & video\, collage\, photography\, performance\, sound\, text\, installation\, expanded & contracted cinema. Also a curator\, designer\, researcher\, composer & investigator. Some concepts include: ephemeral cinema\, Erotic Psyche\, Optipus\, subterranean science\, cinema povera\, poetic accidents\, fragmentstein\, musique plastique\, Ocula\, Narcolepsy cCnema\, vampÿrates\, metaBody\, The Owl of Minerva\, Artaud-Butoh\, Mushroom Archive\, Velvet Hermetic System\, Oysters of the Id\, Black Hole Cinema & Mediamystics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147967″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Theo 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/ritual-and-magic-portals-for-audiovisual-creation-healing-2023-10-27/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Labs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T120000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
CREATED:20230628T203606Z
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SUMMARY:Artistic Differences:  WHAT IS A FILM?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”GET A REMINDER TO JOIN!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#000000″ shape=”round” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fairtable.com%2FshrQQyl718Dcv2AEO|title:Breakout%20Reminders”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/869343457″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]ARTISTIC DIFFERENCES is back this October to present WHAT IS A FILM?\,  a focus on Notes for a Film\, the latest film by the Chilean master Ignacio Agüero! \nNotes for a film reclaims cinema as a field of possibilities. The world persists far beyond its images\, and the visible is a matter of both attention and invention. \nHaving as a starting point the written memoir by the young Belgian engineer Gustave Verniory\, who went to Araucanía in Chile in the end of the 19th Century to build the railway\, Agüero asks for the impossible: how can I see what he saw? \nTaking this instance of radical invisibility\, the film refuses to fill the absence (of images\, of that gaze\, of Verniory’s intimate experiences) with new images. Instead\, it builds a cinematic territory where seeing is standing in the now\, side by side with the invisible\, with a past that comes as possible fragments of long-gone continuities. \nThrough an astonishing work of minimalism where fiction draws the abysses from which reality erupts\, the past and the present speak to each other and build a polyhedric testimony — of a territory\, a people\, and a young man confronting his illusions and limitations. \nIf the ultimate question of cinema is how to see\, this film responds with a multitude of other possible questions — placing us\, the viewers\, in the center of the game\, and the dialectics of the invisible as a liberating force for our present. \nWe invite our engaged and curious international community of film lovers for another virtual cinema club convening on OCT 7! We can’t wait to come together and contend with Agüero’s ways of seeing with you.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nARTISTIC DIFFERENCES — ONLINE – OCT 7\nWITH DOCLISBOA \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]We’re thrilled to come together for a an online convening\, a structured dialogue around this incredible film! Like a kind of grassroots book club\, but for documentary art\, it’s all about sparking discussion and deeper investigation\, through reading\, listening and responding in small\, self-organized groups that together form a larger collective experience. \nYou will get access to the film program through our Membership Hub a few days in advance. Sign up now and stay tuned in your inbox for further instructions![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_btn title=”SIGN UP!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#000000″ shape=”round” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fairtable.com%2FshrQQyl718Dcv2AEO|title:Breakout%20Reminders”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBIOS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147875″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Born in 1952\, in Santiago\, Chile\, Ignacio Agüero studied architecture and then began studying film the year after the military coup\, when most filmmakers were going into exile. He made his first films under the Pinochet dictatorship\, up to One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train (1988). During all those years he worked in advertising\, until he co-directed the famous television campaign for the “No” vote in the referendum that defeated Pinochet in 1988. Agüero is most recognized as the author of nearly twenty documentaries. But he has also made telefilms and has been an actor in numerous films\, including several by Raúl Ruiz. Retrospectives of his work have been held in various countries\, such as Mexico\, Spain\, Peru\, Argentina\, Bolivia\, New Zealand\, and France. He has received numerous awards\, including the Grand Prix at FIDMarseille in 2016 and 2019 as well as best Latin American film at the Mar del Plata Film Festival in 2019. He holds the title of full Professor at the University of Chile. He also participates in the Zéro en Conduite organization doing film workshops for children. Agüero’s most recent work is Notes for a film (2022) and he is currently developing a new project titled Letters to my dead parents.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/artistic-differences-what-is-a-film-2023-10-07/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T193000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
CREATED:20230731T214038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230816T205050Z
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SUMMARY:Cannibalizing the Conductor: A Night that Moves
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We’re delighted to join hands with director and cinematographer Derek Howard to present a night of dancing\, revelry and observations of trance as we tune into Cannibalizing the Conductor\, a film he co-directed with Emma W. Howes and Justin F. Kennedy! \nThe night will have two parts. Director Derek Howard will be present for the NYC premiere of the film\,  with an introduction from Co-directors Emma W. Howes and Justin F. Kennedy.  Howard will then be joined by Anand Wilder who composed and performed the score for a short conversation following the film. Part two will have Wilder giving us some inspiration to move! He will DJ us into the next phase of the night where we all will be invited to be inspired by the movement of the film. Dancing will be open til late. \nCome watch\, dance\, be inspired. All are welcome – invite your friends.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nFILM PROGRAM \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Cannibalizing the Conductor by Derek Howard\, Emma W. Howes and Justin F. Kennedy” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”30 min. | Original music composed and performed by Anand Wilder” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Cannibalizing the Conductor combines dance with narrative and documentary film techniques to encourage deep observations of trance. A group of performers improvise in various lucid states with imagination\, voice and movement. The movie was shot in the frame of the research project CAMing: Collective Auto-Mythologising for the Camera by Justin F. Kennedy und Emma W. Howes at ImPulsTanz 2021. It shows how the performers interact with each other and with the camera\, interrupting the monocular focus of the lens\, forgetting themselves and discovering new knowledge and agencies in the process. \nOriginal music composed and performed by Anand Wilder (US)[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBIOS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”138565″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Derek Howard is a director and cinematographer whose collaborations on short and feature length documentary and fiction films have led to screenings at the Venice\, Toronto\, Sundance\, Telluride\, Tribeca\, DocNYC\, NYFF\, HotDocs\, IDFA\, True/False\, SXSW\, and many others. His work focuses on climate change awareness and lgbtq+ visibility with a strong emphasis on experimentation and visually driven storytelling. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147680″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Anand Wilder (original score) is a singer-songwriter\, multi-instrumentalist\, and record producer\, best known as a founding member of experimental art rock band Yeasayer\, which rose to prominence in the late 2000s\, touring the world and releasing five studio albums before their break-up in 2019. Anand’s solo album “I Don’t Know My Words” was released on Last Gang Records in 2022. In 2019\, he provided original music for the play “Nylon\,” written by Sofia Alvarez\, and Cannibalizing the Conductor is his first film score.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147681″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Justin F. Kennedy (b. 1983\, Boston) is a Berlin-based community dance & vocal artist\, teacher\, dramaturg\, and DJ\, from St. Croix\, US Virgin Islands. Justin’s research evolves from a durational dance and singing practice\, and its further transmittance into cyphers\, workshops\, science fiction operas\, installations\, street interventions\, happenings\, music and film.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147682″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Emma Waltraud Howes works as a translator between movement and form. Her interdisciplinary projects are guided by observations of bodily and material gestures\, with a focus on the development of an expanded choreographic practice. Her film and video works have been screened at Moves\, Manchester\, UK; INPORT film festival\, Estonia\, FI; 20es Instants Numerical and Poetic\, Marseille\, FR; Vancouver Film Festival; amongst others\, and are a part of both private and museum collections.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/cannibalizing-the-conductor-2023-08-19/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230818T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230818T193000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
CREATED:20230724T030419Z
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SUMMARY:Sharp Ear\, Soft Throat
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/848214909″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We’re delighted to join hands with an incredible lineup of sound artists of all stripes to co-present SHARP EAR\, SOFT THROAT\, a series of new sound art works from multi-vocal memoirs\, to a blend of music\, poetry and performance to a reflection and sharing of an experimental podcast\, to immersive and participatory works that engage history\, mythology and more! \nCome through to tune into this dynamic and boundary-pushing work from audio producer and artist JT Green\, radiomaker Fil Corbitt (The Wind)\, artist Jemma Rose Brown\, multimedia artist Ariana Martinez.  \nEach piece uses spoken narration and audio recordings to bend the thin threshold between documentary and fiction; between listening and hearing. \nWe’re also thrilled to have DJ and composer Chelsea Daniel spinning us some groovy tunes in transitions and after the show! Doors at 7\, show starts at 7:30. \nWhile masking at our events is optional\, we always have free masks available on-site and encourage folks to wear them to keep safe and prevent the spread of Covid.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nPROGRAM \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”SHADOWBOXER by JT Green” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]An ongoing body of work which explores how trauma physically manifests itself through music\, poetry\, and performance. Featuring a vocal and music performance by Amy Mereson and Alex Washington.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”The Wind by Fil Corbitt” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Fil Corbitt’s podcast\, The Wind is created at a handmade desk high in the Sierra Nevada. For this performance\, Fil will share recordings from The Wind\, blended with their own reflections on learning from soundscapes.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Eggshells by Jemma Rose Brown” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Jemma Rose Brown will be premiering Eggshells\, a multi-voiced memoir metabolizing the things that went unspoken.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Paresthesias & Petrichor by Ariana Martinez” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Ariana will perform Paresthesias & Petrichor\, a developing audio/visual/participatory artwork that illuminates the history\, mythology\, and lived experiences of people whose sensitive\, responsive bodies forecast and log environmental change.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBIOS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147569″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]JT Green is an audio producer by trade and an artist by practice.. JT has performed sold out shows for Issue Project Room\, In the Dark Festival\, and Domino Fest\, and has exhibited works in Europe\, South America\, and the United States\, including The University of Chicago\, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago\, and Mass MoCA.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147575″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Fil Corbitt (The Wind) is a radiomaker from the mountains outside Reno. Their podcast\, The Wind is created at a handmade desk high in the Sierra Nevada. Fil’s work has appeared on Snap Judgment\, 99% Invisible\, NPR’s Hidden Brain\, the CBC\, among others. They’ve performed The Wind across the western US including Treefort Music Fest\, The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering\, and will be in New York City on tour.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147572″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Jemma Rose Brown is an artist born and raised in NYC. She is the Director of On Air Fest and Co-Founder of Cosmophage. Jemma’s work has been presented on Governors Island\, Future Space and at Lucas Lucas Gallery.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147570″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Ariana Martinez is a multimedia artist\, radio maker\, and educator. Ariana’s audio and visual work has appeared at The Barbican Centre (UK)\, The Open City Documentary Festival (UK)\, LUCIA Festival (Itlaly)\, The HearSay Audio Arts Festival (Ireland)\, and elsewhere.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147574″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Chelsea Daniel [digital diva] is a queer Caribbean-American DJ and composer. As a classically trained musician\, Chelsea has an ear for music curation and seamless transitions. Her DJ sets are genre-spanning with the inclusion of hard hitting beats and eclectic sounds. As a sound designer and composer\, she has created original compositions for both film and podcasts. Some of her collaborators include The New York Times and New York Theater Workshop.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/sharp-ear-soft-throat-2023-08-18/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230813T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230813T220000
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CREATED:20230720T160748Z
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SUMMARY:UN/BELONGING
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/848523412″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We’re delighted to welcome the team back from ArteEast to screen Dina Amer’s groundbreaking documentary You Resemble Me followed by a conversation between the filmmaker and Lila Nazemian\, ArteEast’s Special Projects Curator. \nDina Amer’s You Resemble Me tells the story of Hasna\, a young girl raised on the outskirts of Paris who was torn apart from her sister at an early age and placed in rotating foster homes. Struggling to find her identity and purpose\, she finds herself caught in cycles of intergenerational trauma. The audience bears witness to transformations within Hasna\, brought on by perpetual disappointments\, heartbreaks and institutionalized barriers in her life that lead her on a path of no return.  \nThis event is part the program UN/BELONGING which presents films that share intimate stories from the North African immigrant experience in France. Set in varying temporalities and socio-political contexts\, these fiction films reflect recurring and parallel struggles of individuals adapting to new realities in France and North Africa. The leading characters echo each other through scenes of perpetual wandering\, in their pursuits for livelihood\, safety\, freedom\, and ultimately\, belonging. Despite their best efforts\, they are all caught between the clutches of circumstances beyond their control. Yet\, in the midst of such unrelenting and indifferent societies\, these accounts shed necessary and humanizing light on the lingering realities of alienation and the search for a life worth living. \nThis program is co-presented by ArteEast and UnionDocs and is part of the legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive\, which preserves and presents 20 years of film and video programming by ArteEast. The program will be screened online on artearchive.org from August 12-20 and an in-person at UnionDocs on August 13th.  \nAn expanded program for UN/BELONGING will be screened online on ArteEast’s online platform Unpacking the ArteArchive. \nFeaturing works by Dina Amer\, Latifa Said and Moumen Smihi \nOnline Screening: August 12 – 20\, 2023\nOnline RSVP: artearchive.org\nFree / $5 suggested donation\nAvailable in the Middle East\, North Africa\, United States and Canada \nOnline Program includes:\nUnquiet Days (Jours Intranquilles)\, Latifa Said\, France\, 2016\, 29 min.\nSi Moh\, the Unlucky Man (Si Moh\, pas de chance)\, Moumen Smihi\, France\,1971\, 20 min.\nYou Resemble Me (Tu Me Ressembles)\, Dina Amer\, United States/France /Egypt\, 2021\, 90 min.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nFILM PROGRAM \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”You Resemble Me by Dina Amer” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”90 minutes | 2021 | United States/France /Egypt | French and Arabic with English subtitles” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Cultural and intergenerational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris. After the siblings are torn apart\, the eldest\, Hasna\, struggles to find her identity\, leading to a choice that shocks the world. Director Dina Amer takes on one of the darkest issues of our time and deconstructs it in an intimate story about family\, love\, sisterhood\, and belonging.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Si Moh\, the Unlucky Man (Si Moh\, pas de chance) by Moumen Smihi” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”20 min. | 1971 | France | French and Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Shot in Paris after Smihi completed film school\, Si Moh\, the Unlucky Man is an investigation of the life of migrant workers in France. Connected to the Maghreb by postcards and to his fellow migrants by shared experiences of alienation\, the character Simoh negotiates the industrialized suburbs of Paris as the subject of his intimate camera. Smihi’s arresting images and musique concrète soundtrack (by the sound artist Gerard Delassus) create an experimental and modernist intervention into the city[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Unquiet Days (Jours Intranquilles) by Latifa Said” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”29 min. | 2016 | French with English Subtitles” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Unquiet Days is the story of Fadila\, a cabaret singer who escapes Oran after being threatened to death by religious fundamentalists. Algeria is in the middle of a civil war. She arrives to Aubagne\, close to Marseille\, to the home of one of her friends. But her friend does not live there anymore\, so she wanders in a village where she does not know anyone\, until the day she meets a former legionnaire who also lived for a few years in Algeria.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBIOS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147408″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Dina Amer is an award-winning filmmaker and journalist. She helped produce the Oscar nominated and Emmy award-winning documentary The Square\, where the Egyptian Revolution was chronicled from the frontlines. Growing up between the US and Egypt\, her work has focused on sharing nuanced\, human stories with a global audience. Previous to her film work\, Dina was a celebrated journalist. She was an on-air correspondent for VICE\, including The Black Market Series\, where she uncovered the human trafficking of Syrian refugees and explored the underground economy of illegal Egypt-Gaza tunnels. Her written work has been published in The New York Times\, CNN and the Huffington Post. You Resemble Me is her directorial debut.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147596″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Latifa Said initially worked as professional photographer for institutions and magazines such as Télérama\, GéoAdo or The League Against the Cancer. In March 2015\, she wrote her first screenplay\, “Jours Intranquilles” (Unquiet Days)\, winning first prize of the SIRAR Bourse at the International Aubagne Film Festival. It was produced by Le GREC (Groupe de Recherche et d’Essais Cinématographiques) and was selected in some twenty festivals. In 2017\, she directed a second short film\, “Terrain Vague” (Wasteland)\, shot in 35mm\, and produced by Saudade Productions and Bando à Parte. The film had its world premiere at the Curtas Vila do Conde  competition (Portugal\, 2017) and was selected in almost 100 festivals\, winning 20 prizes\, including a Jury Special Mention at the Fameck Arab Film Festival\, in France\, First Prize at Festival Ecran Libre d’Aigues-Mortes\, in France\, and Grand Prix Best Short 2017 in Festival du Film de Sarlat\, in France. In 2018 she directed the short documentary “Tahiti”\, entirely shot in Alger and in the following year she completed another short fiction\, “La Chambre” (The Room) which is currently available on Netflix. In 2021\, she directed the short film “Toutes les Nuits” (Behind Closed Doors)\, which was among the official selections of the International Festival of Francophone Film in Acadie (FICFA) (Canada\, 2021). In 2022\, “Toutes les Nuits” won Best Short at Avanca Film Festival 2022\, and the Cinematic Achievement Award at TISFF\, among other awards. Latifa Said is currently preparing her first feature\, “Plus Longue Sera la Nuit” (Longer Will Be the Night)\, to be shot in Algeria.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147597″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Born in 1945 in Tangier\, Morocco\, Moumen Smihi attended film school at the influential IDHEC (L’institut des hautes études cinématographiques) in Paris from 1965 to 1969). Deeply influenced by the revolutionary ideas of 1968 Paris and driven by a desire to interweave this social and political consciousness with his experience of the Maghreb\, Smihi began his career with the short film Si Moh\, pas de chance/Si Moh\, the Unlucky Man (1971) and returned to Morocco for his much-acclaimed first feature\, El Chergui\, ou\, le silence violent/The East Wind (1975). Ever since\, he has continued to address contemporary Moroccan realities such as colonial histories\, political censorship\, religion\, and ethnic\, racial\, and linguistic diversity. Smihi’s groundbreaking work\, pursued over a long and prolific career\, includes documentaries\, shorts\, and feature-length work made in Morocco\, Egypt\, and France\, as well as five volumes of writing comprising critical interviews\, articles on Arab\, European\, and Hollywood cinemas\, and essays on film theory.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”145705″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Lila Nazemian (she/her) is an independent curator and the Special Projects Curator at ArteEast in New York. In 2023\, she joined the Brooklyn-based Transmitter gallery as a co-director. Her research and curatorial practice are focused on reimagining approaches to histories from the Middle East/Southwest Asia North Africa (SWANA) and Central Asia regions in an effort to counter narrative revisionism and collective amnesia. Recent curatorial projects include: “Conjuring Flames\,” Arsenal Contemporary\, New York\, (2023); “Now That We Have Established A Common Ground” within Protocinema’s Emerging Curator Series\, (2022);  “A Few In Many Places\, New York\,” Protocinema\, Governors Island New York\, (2021); “I open my eyes and see myself under a tree laden with fruit that I cannot name\,” Center for Book Arts\, New York (2020). \nShe received a B.A. in History from Scripps College\, California; and an M.A. in Near Eastern Studies from N.Y.U.\, New York. She was a QAYYEM 2019 Curatorial Fellow\, was among the inaugural participants of the 2018-2019 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program in New York and participated in ICI’s 2018 Curatorial Intensive in Bangkok.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/unbelonging-2023-08-13/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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SUMMARY:Spur of the Moment
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/851422192″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We’re delighted to join hands with Caucasus Cinema to co-present SPUR OF THE MOMENT\, a series of short films from the Republic of Georgia! Each year\, Caucasus Cinema brings together filmmakers from all over the world to explore the Georgian landscape and create short films in exactly one week! We’re excited to share a selection of these narrative experiments that showcase spirited and inventive filmmaking from the South Caucasus. \n\nThe filmmakers bring us stories from far and wide: from the observations of a tombstone designer\, an empathetic portrait of a single mother\, an experimental Western\, and so much more! These films emerge from rigorous cross cultural collaborations that embrace spontaneity and improvisation. Come through to tune in to these filmmaking adventures! \nDoors at 7:30\, show starts at 8PM. \nNote: Caucasus Cinema’s Autumn 2023 session is currently accepting applications! The deadline is August 20th\, you can apply at www.caucasuscinema.com“[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nFILM PROGRAM \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”մայրիկ | Mother by Nick Jones” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”9 min. | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]In the Georgian town of Akhalkalki\, “Mother” follows Lala\, a mother of three\, as she bravely confronts life’s hardships\, embodying the indomitable strength of motherhood in a journey of resilience. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Comfort Zone by Ben Still” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”5 min. | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This short hybrid documentary is a portrait of a 13-year-old girl in Gori\, Georgia with a vivid imagination and love of storytelling. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Tombstones and Cats by Ulyana Toporovskaya\, cinematography by Sopho Chkheidzé” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”11 min. | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Aleksander Petrovich\, a tombstone manager at the cemetery in Kutaisi\, knows everything about tombstones – and a lot about his clients. Lately\, 90-year-old Nino has been visiting him to talk about the design of her own future tombstone. Petrovich tries to meet the needs of each client and offers them ‘best deals on the market’ while he shares the story of why he took this job.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Letter To A Grandchild by Lorenzo Spinelli” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”10 min. | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Letter to a grandchild\, between fiction and documentary\, is an act of love that repeats itself throughout the history of the world: a grandmother offers advice to her grandchild\, ‘Be kind to others\, but first and foremost\, be kind to yourself.’ Against the backdrop of the idyllic portrait of life among the mountains of Mestia in Georgia.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Red Tape by Salome Berdzenishvili and Ben Still” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”5 min. | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]This short experimental documentary explores the atmosphere of the seaside town of Poti and the Municipal Bureau of Cemetery Maintenance\, As the filmmakers interface with a faceless bureaucracy\, the film quickly descends into absurdism[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Wanted by Sopho Chkheidzé\, Anna Z and Samuli Salonen” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”7 min. | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]In this hybrid documentary Western a female hunter is looking for Dali\, a hunting goddess with many powers\, especially over men alone in the mountains. Dali is a central figure in the ancient mythology of the Svan people\, who live in the Svaneti region of Georgia\, along the Greater Caucasian mountains. Whose eyes can see her and what can become visible in a Western frame?[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Archili’s Dream by Coralie H. Gourdon and edited by Sesilia Turdziladze” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”6 min. | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Archili\, a seasoned man\, once graced the stage as a professional traditional Georgian dancer. As he confronts the realities of aging\, he yearns for one final chance to dance\, driven by a clandestine desire to reclaim his passion and strength\, whatever the cost.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Seen by by Marcus Jade” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”6 min. | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The film is a visual representation of the artist’s first time outside of the United States.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Storeys by Anna Z” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”6 min. | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Storeys is set in a traditional Svan tower in Svaneti\, a region of Georgia within the Greater Caucasus mountains.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBIOS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147670″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Ben Still is a filmmaker. His documentary work has won awards at film festivals\, has been featured as a Vimeo Staff Pick\, and has received support from The Sundance Institute\, The International Documentary Association\, Wave Farm\, and New York State Council on the Arts. He also makes music videos\, which have been featured in Rolling Stone and NPR’s All Songs Considered. He is a founding editor of the collage journal ctrl + v\, whose website he designs and maintains\, and he was a 2018 – 2019 UnionDocs fellow. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The LA Review of Books\, The Offing\, Landfill\, and elsewhere. He holds a PhD in Social Psychology from New York University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147669″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Lorenzo Spinelli is a double three-year degree in History Anthropology and Religions\, and in Documentary Cinema at the ‘Centro sperimentale di cinematografia sede Sicilia’\, in Palermo. Winner of the Zavattini Prize 2021/22.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147668″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Ulyana Toporovskaya is a filmmaker and founder of Qara Film Festival in Kazakhstan. She directed her first documentary film within the Caucasus Cinema program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147667″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Samuli Salonen is an independent filmmaker and he has directed several independent short films which were shown at international film festivals\, including DOK Leipzig and Filmfest Dresden to name a few. In his works he investigates critical manhood\, questioning the existing social structures and is in search of new perspectives. He is interested in collaborative practices and experimenting with film as a medium.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147666″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Salome Berdzenishvili currently pursues her master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology in Sweden. She directed and wrote several short films within the programme of Caucasus Cinema. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147665″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Coralie H. Gourdon\, a filmmaker from French Polynesia\, explores the creative documentary genre and focuses on transcending boundaries between ‘reality’ and fiction. Her short film “Layla\,” made during her studies\, won awards and screened at several festivals. Under mentors Ariane Mnouchkine\, Werner Herzog and Béla Tarr\, she kept exploring new horizons\, while directing\, “Towards the Sun” “A Magnès” and “Hierro Candente”. Her journey in Georgia\, during the first edition of Caucasus Cinema\, led her to make several films\, including “Archili’s dream”. There\, she met Sesilia\, who became her ongoing creative collaborator as an editor. She now dedicates her time to completing a short documentary in Egypt\, supported by a writing grant from the French National Center for Cinema.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147721″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Marcus Jade Demery  is a blues musician\, songwriter\, and poet\, photographer\, now filmmaker. Born in Indiana\, he began learning guitar at age 14. Around that time\, he was also drawn into Indianapolis’s eclectic DIY art and music scene\, frequenting house shows and underground venues. His appreciation of a wide variety of music allowed him to gather inspiration from many genres\, such as Hip Hop\, Metal and Punk\, before settling into his own unique style of ragged\, heart-wrenching blues-folk. Since moving to New York City\, he zeroed in on his love for blues music\, and began writing and performing as a solo act and regular presence in the Brooklyn DIY music scene.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147720″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Nick Jones is a filmmaker from the UK. He has made over 10 short films and produced many more with his award winning production company: Picture Imperfect. In 2021 Nicholas’ film A Greenlander won Best International short at the academy qualifying American Documentary festival. In 2022 his BFI funded short film – Sweet Little Despair – won Best of the South west at BAFTA qualifying Encounters film festival.  [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147719″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Sopho Chkheidzé is a director and multimedia storyteller. Graduated from GIPA bachelor’s programme in Audiovisual and Media Art. Directed and produced several short documentary films and multimedia projects.  Screenings at Batumi International Art House Film Festival\, Encounters Film Festival (Depict! super-short filmmaking competition)\, Feminist Film Festival From Rosa to Simone 2023;[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Anna Z is an artist\, filmmaker and writer living in Berlin. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Sesilia Turdziladze is a Georgian editor based in Budapest\, Hungary. Beginning her career editing classical music concerts and image films\, Sesilia’s aspiration to work with directors from as many diverse backgrounds as possible has led to her involvement on a wide range of projects\, spanning the full range from experimental film to traditional narrative. This pursuit brought her into contact with Coralie H. Gourdon; a meeting which developed into a long-lasting creative collaboration across multiple projects. Sesilia is currently editing her first feature-length documentary film with Canadian director Felix Kalmenson. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/spur-of-the-moment-2023-08-10/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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SUMMARY:Summer Lab Salon: Pitch Bingo & Chill
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Free RSVP!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#0000cd” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” shape=”round” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpartiful.com%2Fe%2FtQbWMeT7tTyr7KHtjIDH|title:Free%20RSVP!|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147608″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]You’re invited to UnionDocs’ first ever Summer Doc Lab Salon\, it’s a Pitch Bingo Night with plenty of time to mingle and meet folks in the wider UNDO community. \nCome through to catch a sneak peek from our brilliant Summer Doc Lab artists as they take a moment to practice their project pitches with a supportive audience. \nFolks often ask what exactly goes on in these labs at UNDO? Here’s your chance to peek inside. Each artist and project was selected from an incredibly competitive pool of applicants and are coming to the program from around the world from places like Istanbul\, Estonia\, Mexico\, the UK\, Peru\, Uruguay\, Canada\, Korea and of course NYC! \nAfter weeks of deep focus and work\, we’re inviting you to meet and celebrate these folks for how far they’ve come. This talented group brings us stories from far and wide. From adventurous ice sailing\, the murky pasts of British undercover cops\, an unfolding family road memoir\, a personal and political quest for reproductive justice\, an essayistic investigation into the Northeast Blackout of 2003\, poetry in service of the apocalypse\, and sexual placemaking in Montreal’s central park\, we truly have it all! \nPitching a doc is usually a scary\, competitive business\, but does it have to be? To make things extra fun\, we decided to turn the tables just a little… \nYou can grab a bingo card at the bar to engage in a little friendly competition with fellow audience members. We’ll see who can listen along keenly enough to circle their way to Bingo stardom and win some grand prizes! \nCome on out to learn about this work while it’s in early phases of development. These folks are looking for supporters\, team members and more\, so it may be the start of a beautiful collaboration. \nDoors open at 7:30\, show starts ~8:00 with celebratory festivities to follow![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Meet the Summer Lab!” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:45|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”appear”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147487″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Dorothy Allen-Pickard’s practice is grounded in a deep interest in other people and a will to bring about social and political change. She merges documentary and theatrical techniques.​ Her films have been awarded Best UK Short at Open City\, Special Mention at Oberhausen\, Grand Prix at Arts Convergence\, received Vimeo Staff Picks and screened at festivals including Doc NYC\, Ann Arbor\, LFF and Sheffield. She received the BFI New Talent Award & worked as director’s assistant on the Netflix series Kaos in 2022.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147488″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Niko Darling is a queer Uruguayan photographer\, filmmaker and educator who lives in Brooklyn\, NY. niko’s work is feminist and queer in nature and investigates subjects such as pervasive gender inequality\, the queer female gaze\, and the increasing lack of privacy in our everyday lives due to government surveillance. Always with a storyteller’s vantage\, niko’s work also reaches to lighter subjects of our shared humanity like her investigative documentary short film about Pisces Women. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147489″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Irmak Karasu holds an MFA in Film/ Video from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, and a dual BA in Film/Television and Psychology from Istanbul Bilgi University. She recently completed a two-year fellowship with the Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston. Her films have been shown and awarded at film festivals including the Oberhausen Film Festival\, Sarajevo Film Festival and Helsinki Film Festival. Currently\, she is working on her first feature documentary\, Kiziltoprak.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147490″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Aidan Kaye is a filmmaker\, art director\, and photographer based in Brooklyn\, NY. His work centers around the dystopian elements of technology and the ever-evolving landscape it brings us to while questioning masculinity through interviews and visual contrasts. He has directed and produced an array of award-winning films\, which earned praise at film festivals like Berlin Short ’21 (audience award)\, Peekskill ‘19 (best student film)\, and SUNY Wide ‘19 (best experimental film).[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147494″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Bora Lee-Kil writes and makes films\, believing that being born to deaf parents made her a natural storyteller. Her film Glittering Hands shows the beautiful world that her deaf parents encounter from the perspective of a daughter who is also a film director. Our Bodies was invited to the Berlinale Talents’ Doc Station at the 2020 Berlin IFF. She received the Gender Champion Award for women leaders worldwide presented by the Dutch government and Korea Disabled Human Rights Award.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147491″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Katy Montoya is an independent filmmaker living in Mexico City and historian of modern Syria. She incorporates years of experience working in Lebanon and Jordan with women and refugees as well as my ethnographic research with Syrian filmmakers and organizers into her current work. Most recently\, she returned to her original community\, her family in the Houston outskirts\, to create an intimate cinematic portrait of downward mobility\, the suburbs\, and aspirationalism.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147492″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Erica Nguyen is a Vietnamese American documentary director based in New Mexico. Her background in Cultural Ethnography and Sociolinguistics centers the outsider experience of how our bodies carry genetic memory to heal estrangements from our origins. Collaboration through mutual self study and interdisciplinary modalities are integral to her work\, which has taken form through rock climbing and recovery programming. Her growth is enriched by serving Native communities in the field of therapeutic adventure.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147493″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Mihkel Oksmann is Estonian documentary filmmaker. He graduated with a Master’s degree from Baltic Film and Media School in 2018 (cum laude). His thesis film ‘A Well-Kept Secret’ was announced the Best Central and Eastern Europe Student Film at Jihlava IDFF. In 2020\, he co-directed documentary short “Wedding Officiant” that won the main prize at Oslo Film Festival. His artistic style is a combination of Baltic minimalism\, a touch of black humor and good-natured warmth towards his characters.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147495″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Caroline Pahl is an Emmy Award-winning Polish-American producer\, living and working in Brooklyn. She’s made short things (for VICE News on HBO)\, long things (HBO’s Year One: A Political Odyssey)\, artsy things (commissioned a butt ice sculpture\, for VICE of course)\, and newsy things (won an Emmy for breaking news coverage) – all on some of the most perverse deadlines known to humankind. She’s currently freelance producing and directing her first documentary feature on the NYC blackout of 2003.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147497″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]JAMIE ROSS (1987\, Canada) is a visual artist\, and filmmaker. In recent films\, Radical Faerie elders help young people memorize the chants sung in 20th-century Queer street battles with the police; Pagan men imprisoned in Canadian federal prisons regale their chaplain with stories of intimate encounters with the divine\, and in another\, the portrait of a sheep farm run by witches is centered on the flow of autumnal viscera and liquids. They are the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship for ’20-’23.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147498″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Sofía Velázquez is a Peruvian independent filmmaker\, editor and writer based in Lima. Her last film\, About Everything There is to Know (2021)\, was premiered at Mar del Plata Film Festival and obtain a Special Mention of the Jury in the Latin American Competition. She is member of Mercado Central\, a Collective that conducts film workshops for woman in prison spaces.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/summer-lab-salon-pitch-bingo-chill-2023-07-28/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T193000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
CREATED:20230628T181518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T184657Z
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SUMMARY:The Land Will Wake Up  and Devour Us
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We’re delighted to bring you an evening of cinema and live performance with multimedia artist Yehui Zhao\, curated by artist Tara Aliya Kesavan. \nAs an immigrant born in China and living in the US\, Yehui thinks of film as her third language. Her work takes root in the intimate family histories of her mother and her grandmother. Their feminist legacies create openings for her to contemplate their experiences within broader political contexts like migration\, decolonization\, feminist movements and generational love and heritage. \nHer films present a collagic view of time as they travel easily between her own memories\, historical events and dreamtime. To express these complex temporal dimensions\, her work seamlessly employs performance\, stop motion animation\, puppetry\, cyanotype prints\, paintings\, drawings and poetry. Yehui creates an inimitable visual world\, one that lulls and startles all at once. \nWe can’t wait to share her rich and expressive oeuvre as we screen three short films as well as a never before seen excerpt from her in progress feature film Xi Jiao Gou. We’re also thrilled to include a live reading of Ride Home\, an illustrated essay by Yehui\, published by the Brooklyn Rail earlier this year! \nWe are so lucky to have longtime collaborator of UnionDocs\, the beloved and brilliant Lynne Sachs in conversation with Zhao after the event. Both artists’ fiercely feminist practices strive to translate how personal experiences often have sweeping resonances within broader historical contexts. They demonstrate a singular commitment to exploring the body as well as stretching the film form into a hybrid ground where anything may happen. This is a conversation you don’t want to miss! \nDoors at 7:30\, show starts at 8PM.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nFILM PROGRAM \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Xun (寻)” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”3 min. | 2020 | HD single-channel video” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Xun (寻) means “to search” in Mandarin. A surrealist journey of locality and time\, Xun is an exploration of distance\, home and invisibility.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”To You” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”9 min. | 2021 | HD single-channel video” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]A letter written by a daughter to her mom about their diasporic womanhood and daughtership. Using drawings\, cyanotype\, old photographs\, live action\, and stop-motion animation\, the film provides a lens through which home can feel both close and foreign.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Hei’er” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”20 min. | 2022 | HD single-channel video” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The filmmaker and a mannequin explore the world through its solar terms. The mannequin embodies the soul of Lin Heier\, the leader of the Red Lanterns who resisted and fought colonial invasions during late Qing Dynasty\, China. Through poetry and performance\, the filmmaker resurrects and unravels the many layers of Hei’er’s spirit. They relive a life of love and revolution.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Xi Jiao Gou” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”A work in progress | 30 min.” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The filmmaker revisits her great-grandfather’s now empty village Xi Jiao Gou in Loess Plateau\, China. Through the landscape she finds her family’s sweat and blood\, love and resilience that spans four generations.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Ride Home” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”A live reading of an essay published in the Brooklyn Rail” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklynrail.org%2F2023%2F04%2Fcriticspage%2FRide-Home”][vc_column_text] \nThe author travels in the belly of a mother sperm whale on her way to a seven-day quarantine at a hotel in Fujian Province en route to visiting her family in China. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBIOS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147377″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Yehui Zhao is a multi-media artist\, whose work explores land and its people\, folk memory and history\, womanhood and love. Yehui’s films have been shown at DOC NYC\, Prismatic Ground\, Asian American International Film Festival\, Festival of Animated Objects\, Timeless Awards\, Microscope Gallery and other programs. Yehui is the Art Director of 128 Lit\, an international art and literary magazine. She is currently working on her first feature documentary Xi Jiao Gou.  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”139255″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Since the 1980s\, Lynne Sachs has created cinematic works that defy genre through the use of hybrid forms and cross-disciplinary collaboration\, incorporating elements of the essay film\, collage\, performance\, documentary and poetry. Her highly self-reflexive films explore the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences. With each project\, Lynne investigates the implicit connection between the body\, the camera\, and the materiality of film itself. From essay films to hybrid docs to diaristic shorts\, Sachs has produced 40 films as well as numerous projects for web\, installation\, and performance. She has tackled topics near and far\, often addressing directly the challenge of translation — from one language to another or from spoken work to image. These tensions were investigated most explicitly when Lynne produced five essay films that took her to Vietnam\, Bosnia\, Germany\, Israel/ Palestine\, and Italy – sites affected by international war – where she looked at the space between a community’s collective memory and her own subjective perceptions.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”148868″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Tara Aliya Kesavan is an interdisciplinary artist and educator from India\, working across film\, animation and sculpture. She is an MFA candidate at Hunter College\, CUNY’s Integrated Media Arts program. She works as the Programs and Communications Coordinator at UnionDocs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/the-land-will-wake-up-and-devour-us-2023-07-20/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T223000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
CREATED:20230619T174607Z
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SUMMARY:Las Traviesas de Aribada
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/833371156″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/4″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]We’re delighted to join hands with Cineclub Amora to celebrate 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙖\, the resurrected monster who decides to join 𝙇𝙖𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙖𝙨 (the mischievous) group of Embera indigenous trans women from so-called Colombia. \nWe’re delighted to host Galle who guides Cineclub Amora\,  a rebellious-loving fem space for conversation and joy\, that uses moving images as a resource for learning and building liberating sensithinking\, from the T4T and Woman4Woman perspective to dismantle the world of the macho. \nWe’ll screen the scintillating Aribada\, that has traveled to festivals around the world from the regional patria screenings in Colombia to Cannes’ DocFortnight\, Oberhausen and beyond! Las Traviesas share knowledge and reinvent rituals in this telling of their story where documentary and fiction merge into a transcultural narrative. After the screening we’ll engage with a collection of archival materials that will bring us into these narratives more deeply led by Galle through the CineClub’s somatic approach. \nMil Mundos\, a sponsor of the Cine Club will be on site\, selling some books\, and we’ll have good vibes going before and after for community connections. Come on out to keep Pride energy going\, above and beyond June! \nThis is a free community event with a suggested donation of $5. Grab a Suggested Donation ticket![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/4″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]Estamos encantades de recibir a Cineclub Amora para celebrar a 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙖\, el monstruo resucitado que decide unirse a 𝙇𝙖𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙖𝙨 (las traviesas)\, un grupo de mujeres trans indígenas Emberá de la llamada Colombia. \nFelices de tener a Galle quien organiza el Cineclub Amora\, un espacio fem rebelde-amorosa de conversación y gozo\, que usa la imagen en movimiento como un recurso para aprender y construir sentipensares liberadoras\, desde la perspectiva de T4T y Woman4Woman para desmantelar la mirada del macho. \n¡¡Proyectaremos la deslumbrante Aribada\, que ha viajado a festivales de todo el mundo desde proyecciones regionales en Colombia hasta DocFortnight de Cannes\, Oberhausen y más allá! Estamos felices de presentar la película aquí en Ridgewood para compartirla en una proyección comunitaria en la ciudad de Nueva York. \nLas Traviesas comparten saberes y reinventan rituales en este relato de su historia donde el documental y la ficción se funden en una narrativa transcultural. Después de la proyección\, nos involucraremos con una selección de materiales de archivo que nos acercarán más profundamente a estas narrativas dirigidas por Galle a través del enfoque somático del Cineclub. \nMil Mundos\, una librería encantadora de nuestro vecindario\, estará en el lugar\, vendiendo algunos libros\, y tendremos buenas vibras antes y después de la proyección para conectarnos con la comunidad. ¡Ven a mantener la energía del Orgullo\, más allá de Junio![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_custom_heading text=”Aribada by Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau & Natalia Escobar” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] \n“That is why the short film Aribada\, directed and produced by Simon (e) Jaikiriuma Paetau and Natalia Escobar\, caught my attention so much. This short film\, whose story takes place between a fantasy world and a real one\, tells the story of the coexistence of trans women from an Embera community in the Eje Cafetero\, expelled from their indigenous land because of being trans. The short film begins in a thick jungle with the fog between the mountains of Santuario\, Risaralda\, and thus\, between a dreamlike or shamanic world\, the vicissitudes of a daily life full of memory are presented. Trans women\, indigenous women\, what could be more transgressive than these two elements together?” — Catalina Ceballos \nIn the middle of the Colombian coffee region\, Aribada\, the resurrected monster\, meets Las Traviesas\, a group of indigenous transwomen from the Emberá tribes. Enchanted by the beauty and power of their spirits\, Aribada decides to join Las Traviesas in creating their own trans*futurist community.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n“Por eso me llamó tanto la atención el cortometraje Aribada\, dirigido y producido por Simon (e) Jaikiriuma Paetau y Natalia Escobar. Este cortometraje\, cuya historia transcurre entre un mundo de fantasía y uno real\, cuenta la historia de la convivencia de mujeres trans de una comunidad Embera del Eje Cafetero\, expulsadas de su tierra indígena por ser trans. El cortometraje comienza en una espesa selva con la neblina entre las montañas de Santuario\, Risaralda\, y así\, entre un mundo onírico o chamánico\, se presentan las vicisitudes de una cotidianidad llena de memoria. Mujeres trans\, mujeres indígenas\, ¿qué puede ser más transgresor que estos dos elementos juntos?” — Catalina Ceballos \nEn medio del eje cafetero colombiano\, Aribada\, el monstruo resucitado\, conoce a Las Traviesas\, un grupo de mujeres trans indígenas de las tribus Emberá. Encantada por la belleza y el poder de sus espíritus\, Aribada decide unirse a Las Traviesas para crear su propia comunidad trans*futurista. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147341″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]galle (they/she) is a trans refugee immigrant\, artist\, cook and tattooer based in Brooklyn. galle approaches art inspired by children\, nature\, sovereign movements and feminist somatic practices to achieve a sense of liberation\, comfort\, gratitude and joy. CineClub Amora[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147333″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau is a German-Colombian artist. Their works are between cinema and performance\, dealing with queer decoloniality. Simon(e) studied Media Art at the KHM Cologne and Film at the EICTV Cuba.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147349″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Natalia Escobar is a Colombian interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker who delves into themes of identity\, memory and Andean Phenomenology through various artistic mediums. Having graduated with a Fine Art degree from Central Saint Martins College in London\, her work spans across moving images\, sound\, and installations. Escobar has exhibited her work at the HKW in Berlin\, Heist Gallery in Venice and La Casa Encendida in Madrid amongst others. \nEscobar channels her musical output through her alter egos Poison Arrow and her multisensorial project Pierce with Arrow\, (in collaboration with Troy Pierce). She has performed at various venues and festivals\, such as Saüle Berghain\, Funkhaus\, Moog\, She Makes Noise Festival\, Madeira Dig\, and Kiezsalon. Her first EP\, If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Cut Your Face)\, came out under her Poison Arrow moniker in 2018 on dBridge’s Pleasure District Label. In 2020\, Pierce with Arrow\, released their first single For Electra\, with a scent closely tracing the feelings and instrumentation of the song developed by Folie A Pluiseurs. In March 2021 they released their first LP Shatter on Dais Records accompanied by an incense paper developed by the Japanese incense house Hako and Folie A Plusieurs. \nEscobar’s latest film\, Aribada\, premiered at Cannes Director’s Fortnight and has been screened at the Cartagena International Film Festival\, New York Film Festival\, and London Film Festival BFI. The film has earned several prestigious awards\, including the 3SAT Emerging Talent Prize at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival\, the “Premio Maria” at Ficcali\, and the Norman Prize at the Stuttgarter Filmwinter.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/aribada-2023-06-29/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230623T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230623T230000
DTSTAMP:20260822T134545
CREATED:20230615T211211Z
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SUMMARY:A Joint Venture: Live Stories Scouting the Smoke Shops of NYC
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_btn title=”RSVP to join in person!” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#82ff3a” gradient_custom_color_2=”#35ba18″ shape=”round” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpartiful.com%2Fe%2F8XlgsIuWKjJhp5k1Yoxo|title:RSVP!|target:_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_btn title=”Register to LiveStream!” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#82ff3a” gradient_custom_color_2=”#35ba18″ shape=”round” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmembership.uniondocs.org%2Fprograms%2Fpodpod-joint-venture|title:Register|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]We invite you to join us for an exuberant night of live audio storytelling that explores the city’s recent proliferation of corner smoke shops. You might have noticed this vibrant\, but not-quite-legal phenomenon whose future is being thrown into question by the recent launch of NYC’s first regulated cannabis storefronts. We’ve been working with the 12 intrepid members of UnionDocs podcasting laboratory\, the Pod Pod\, to map the contours of what seems to be a historic hinge point for legal weed\, assembling a patchwork of neighborhood testimonies to sketch an ecosystem in flux. Join us for the world premiere of five different stories\, entry points that attempt understand this current moment\, addressing some burning and sticky questions like: \nWhat happens when your apartment is accidentally put on the map as a dispensary? Or what is the recommended daily dose for a member at a smoke lounge? What do the neighbors think?? And perhaps most importantly\, how is that governmental promise that those harmed by the war on drugs would be the first to benefit from the budding industry actually coming along? Plus some fun games and a chance to join the conversation. \nYou may be asking\, “Who’s the Pod Pod anyway?” In April\, we invited twelve audio makers to come together in partnership with Gilded Audio\, to create a supportive space to do some deep listening and creative podcasting with some support from some amazing folks from the wider audio community. This work happened alongside weekly group listening sessions\, with generous and constructive feedback\, BBQs\, happy hours\, and a roster of inspiring guests with much expertise provided by the incredible POd Mentor\, Neena Pathak. Each participant is pursuing their own exciting independent podcast project. Collectively\, they have researched and explored this local phenomenon for this one-time only event. on stories within this theme. \nCome on out to listen to the stories they have found. We’ll have groovy vibes provided by Toronto’s own DJ Stewart Innes to keep the night moving through and some special surprises. The event will also be livestreamed for those whose interest is piqued outside NYC. You can register to stream over on our Member’s channel. \nDoors open at 7:00\, show starts ~7:30 with celebratory festivities and music ‘til late.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Meet the Pod!” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:45|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Londrina%20Solid%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”appear”][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”3″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147290″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Adrian Wood creates soundscapes\, videos\, transmissions\, and live works that emerge from sonic collisions of identity and landscape. Their works have disinterred queer histories\, investigated environmental injustices\, and carved out spaces for sonic intimacy. In their role as Producer with the University of Virginia’s Repair Lab\, they founded the podcast Wading Between Two Titans. Their work has been exhibited internationally\, including at Hundred Years Gallery (London) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Adrian’s work centers the ear\, drawing listeners in using sounds of water and wind\, howls\, whispers\, seismic vibrations\, and archival audio to explore invisible forces and histories that shape our social\, ecological world.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147293″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Danni Stewart is an audio documentary maker based on Gadigal Land. Danni’s work has been featured on ABC Radio National\, FBi Radio and the National Features and Documentary Series. They’re currently working on a new series with UTS Impact Studios and previously they were Production Manager of national storytelling program All The Best which features a unique blend of documentary\, personal essay\, poetry and fiction. Having benefited greatly from the kindness and encouragement of others\, Danni is passionate about supporting emerging audio makers and is a mentor for the CMTO’s Audio Ability Program as well as a tutor in podcasting at Sydney University.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147291″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Ava Ahmadbeigi is a freelance audio producer and story editor. Most recently she produced a weekly history show called They Did That for Somethin’ Else/Sony. She’s also the story editor on season 2 of Tight Lipped. In the past\, Ava’s produced for StoryCorps\, Lantigua Williams & Co\, Stanford University and Columbia University. In her free time\, Ava produces independent pieces\, which often center her experience as an Iranian immigrant. When she’s not listening to or making audio\, Ava loves to host dinner parties\, read a good book\, and go see some art! Ava’s a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147292″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Charlotte Morlie is a writer and audio producer based in Brooklyn. She currently works as a producer for Moso Haus\, and has previously worked with Campside Media and You Had Meat Black. She graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Studies in 2022\, whereshe designed a concentration in Journalism\, Oral History and Religious Studies. Charlotte’s independent project for the Pod-Pod is a series about islands and the many roles they play in our lives and in our minds.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147294″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Jake Harper is a freelance journalist and producer in New York. At WFYI in Indianapolis\, he made two seasons of the podcast Sick\, which was named one of the best shows of the year by The Atlantic\, and his reporting on prisons\, Medicaid and addiction has appeared on NPR\, Kaiser Health News\, Latino USA and the Washington Post. \nHis Pod Pod residency project is called Apology Tour\, a show about saying sorry.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147296″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Mandy Nguyen is a producer and reporter at Unexplainable\, Vox’s award winning science podcast. Prior to that\, she was at KQED and KTOO in Juneau\, Alaska\, where she fell in love with making audio stories about the environment\, science\, and history. When not fiddling around on a Google Doc script\, you can find her foraging\, dancing\, or hopping on a plane. She is also the proud daughter of Vietnamese refugees.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147297″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Meral Agish is an oral historian\, educator\, and the community coordinator of the Queens Memory Project\, a participatory archiving program and oral history collection of Queens Public Library and Queens College CUNY\, where she leads training and outreach\, conducts interviews\, and collaborates with volunteers\, colleagues\, academic classes\, and community partners. She hosted the second season of the Queens Memory Podcast\, “The Borough We Became\,” and has been on the production team for the third and upcoming fourth seasons. She previously worked as a reporter and producer at Retro Report\, where her work received two News Emmy nominations. First-generation\, born and raised in Queens\, NY\, she is now raising her own family in her home borough.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147331″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Yasaman Mansoori is a writer and audio-maker based in Toronto. She is the creator ofThatIntimate Feeling\, an audio art project that airs weekly on CJRU in Toronto. She is a 2023 HotDocs Podcast Development Lab Fellow where she’ll be making a nonfiction series aboutdouble-lives calledMy Greedy Heart.Her Pod-Pod independent project is about theGolha(“Flowers”) radio programs in Iran-anodyssey through time\, space\, and voices almost lost to the ether[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147298″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Nora Ritchie is an audio producer based in Brooklyn. She is currently an EP at Stitcher Studios where she works with shows like Vibe Check\, The Sporkful\, and How to Be Fine. In the past\, Nora led production on the award-winning podcast Unladylike. She’s also produced the Katie Couric podcast\, Fake the Nation hosted by Negin Farsad\, By the Book\, and American Diagnosis (previously In Sickness & In Health) hosted by Dr. Celine Gounder. \nIn a past life\, she worked at William Morris as an agent assistant\, spent years as a professional musician (she sings!) and worked as a research assistant in environmental law at Columbia University. \nShe got her start at the Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole\, MA and at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. \nNora is most interested in telling stories about mental health\, psychology\, class and criminal justice. Her downtime is dedicated to listening to therapy podcasts\, taking long unplanned walks\, dreaming of a cabin upstate. and sipping on coffee.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147300″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]My name is Taylor Cook and I am an independent audio producer living in Brooklyn\, New York. Currently\, I work as an associate audio producer at Kaiser Health News on the podcasts Epidemic and American Diagnosis. My work has also appeared on the BRIC Arts Media podcast Brooklyn\, USA and the Brooklyn Public Library podcast Borrowed. In 2021\, I was an AIR New Voices Scholar and in 2022\, I was a Renaissance Journalism Launchpad Fellow. I am particularly interested in telling stories about disability justice\, queer and trans liberation\, and social movement histories. In my free time\, I enjoy visiting New York City’s public pools and beaches\, attending comedy shows\, and listening to podcasts.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147299″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Rachel Yang is an independent writer and audio producer based in Brooklyn. She’s worked as a producer on shows with Campside Media\, Pushkin Industries\, and NBC News\, including the 2021 Peabody Award-winning series “Southlake.” Before that\, she made radio at MPR and KFAI in her hometown of Minneapolis. Rachel also has a background in narrative arts programming with the Loft Literary Center and the Third Coast International Audio Festival. She loves community media\, oral histories\, and landlines\, and she wants to hear from you.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147295″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Lyndal Rowlands is a journalist and audio maker. She reports on Australian stories for the Critical Frequency podcasts Drilled and Damages. She has been a producer for Life Matters on ABC Radio National in Australia and a reporter for the Audible podcast First Eat. Her writing can also be found in The Guardian\, The Saturday Paper\, SBS\, Jacobin\, 7am and Inter Press Service\, where she was a UN correspondent. She has received a UN Correspondents Association prize for coverage of climate change and a UN Foundation press fellowship. She is a member of the Science Journalist Association of Australia\, the Media\, Entertainment & Arts Alliance\, and the Society of Environmental Journalists. Lyndal was born in Traralgon on Gunai-Kirnai country and lives in Melbourne on the lands of the Kulin nation. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/2023-06-23-a-joint-venture-a-night-of-live-stories-scouting-the-smoke-shops-of-nyc/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T113000
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SUMMARY:Artistic Differences:  VIOLENTLY HONEST
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”GET A REMINDER TO JOIN!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#000000″ shape=”round” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fairtable.com%2FshrQQyl718Dcv2AEO|title:Breakout%20Reminders”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]ARTISTIC DIFFERENCES is back with FICG (Guadalajara International Film Festival) & Seminario El Publico del Futuro with FICUNAM  this June to present VIOLENTLY HONEST\, a focus on the under-known films from Anne Claire Poirier. \nAnne-Claire Poirier’s films cross the history of contemporary cinema in Quebec\, and stand as a unique and strongly contemporary body of work. Poirier was the first woman joining the National Film Board as a filmmaker and the first to direct a fiction feature-length film (De Mère en Fille 1969)\, as well as a feature documentary (Les Filles du Roy\, 1974). She worked alongside numerous auteurs from the Quebec scene like Michel Brault\, Gilles Groulx\, Claude Jutra\, and her partner in writing and creation\, Martha Blackburn. If the documentary tradition from Quebec is one of the most intriguing and inventive filmographies to be discovered\, Poirier is one of its key figures.\nHer filmmaking is both disquieting for its straightforwardness and surprising for the way it takes cinema to its most radical potential. Placing her interests in a feminist strongly reflexive (and self-reflexive) practice\, she invented forms and dramaturgies that allowed to openly confront the structures and codes of her time. Strangely enough\, they are all still here to be confronted\, and her films acquire\, today\, a poignancy that is hard to face. Simultaneously lyrical and brutal\, they reveal a profound interest in the possibility of love and human bonds\, and an unsettling and uncompromising trust in imagination as the material to confront life as it is. \nArtistic Differences proposes a programme of Anne-Claire Poirier’s films\, focusing on the inextricable relation between formal and dramaturgical experimentations\, and a cinematic space for sisterhood\, revealing continuities\, creating – as Martha Blackburn put it – “a sense of possibility”. \nIn the National Film Board\, and among the impressive number of filmmakers who created a unique documentary tradition from the encounter between direct cinema and the north-american lyricism\, Anne Claire Poirier was not only the first female filmmaker: she pushed further the challenges to genre and the relation between cinema and truth.\nCreating a filmic practice both unashamedly lyrical and conceptually precise\, her gesture brought Quebec cinema a landscape that was not there yet: the experiential world of women. Facing the call for a cinema ‘of the real’\, Anne Claire Poirier responded with another type of ‘truth’: the ambiguous\, sometimes agonistic\, often loving\, often silent reality of women\, that escapes observation\, resisting before and beyond representation. Calling out the tradition of direct cinema for its limitations in representing her world\, Anne Claire turned the question of a feminist cinema to filmmaking itself: not often have we seen\, in the history of cinema\, such a brutally lucid gesture as the beginning of Mourir à Tue-tête.\nThe films in this focus allow us to appreciate different moments in the history of Poirier’s filmmaking\, and the development of unique authorial traits — an intuitive montage\, refusing rhetorics and assuming a dialectical role with what is in the frame; a precise sense of composition\, looking for syncretisms between reality and lyricism; an obsessive trust in the act of speaking as both an instance of truth and a magic for touching the other. \nIt was not a revolt or a rebellion\, it was like a burst of dignity: it was not against man that we were “feminists”\, it was towards us\, towards our mirror. There’s a doctrinaire feminism\, — a political one — radical: we started by the self-loving feminism\, of pride and honor. — Nothing less. — This was convenient to both our natures. To my lyricism and her lucidity.\nMartha Blackburn in Copie Zéro nr 23\, Feb. 1985 \nAs we always do with our monthly international community\, we will invite people from around the world to join together and gather around these ideas and this work to discuss. Beyond an online convening around a number of her films (full program below)\, on the 3rd June\, we will screen two programmes in person in Mexico: the first\, on the 8th June\, at FICGuadalajara\, and the second\, on the 9th June\, at Seminário El Público del Futuro Ficunam.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nARTISTIC DIFFERENCES — ONLINE – JUN 17\nWITH GUADALAJARA & Seminario El Publico del Futuro FICUNAM \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]We’re thrilled to come together for a an online convening\, a structured dialogue around these incredible films! Like a kind of grassroots book club\, but for documentary art\, it’s all about sparking discussion and deeper investigation\, through reading\, listening and responding in small\, self-organized groups that together form a larger collective experience. \nYou will get access to the film program through our Membership Hub a few days in advance. Sign up now and stay tuned in your inbox for further instructions![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_btn title=”SIGN UP!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#000000″ shape=”round” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fairtable.com%2FshrQQyl718Dcv2AEO|title:Breakout%20Reminders”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nPUBLIC DIALOGUE – AT THE FESTIVALS\nFIC GUADALAJARA: JUN 8\nSeminario El Publico del Futuro FICUNAM:  JUN 9 \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]If you’re interested in hearing from the filmmakers & artists themselves as well as the ideas generated in collaboration with our Study Group be sure to catch our regular public dialogues for each film program on the UNDO Member’s Hub. These conversations sample from the festival dialogues\, the study group and an in-depth interview hosted by Artistic Differences with the featured artists.  Sign Up to receive a note when it’s released.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBIOS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”145770″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Anne Claire Poirier is a Canadian film producer\, director and screenwriter. She introduced a distinctly female gaze into Quebec cinema with compelling personal films that balance rigorous film craft with feminist analysis. Beginning her career in the ’60s\, when few women were making films\, she persevered\, insisting on directing her own work. The experience of making De mère en fille (1968)\, Quebec’s first feminist film\, would steel her resolve to bring more women into the NFB. Tenacious and generous\, she initiated and produced En tant que femmes (1972)\, a six-film series directed by various women. Her final film for the NFB\,  was Tu as crié LET ME GO\, dealing with the tragic loss of her own daughter.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/artistic-differences-ficg-ficunam-2023-06-01/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T180000
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SUMMARY:UnionDocs Open House!
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Shelter: Farewell to Eden by Enrico Masi” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”81 min.\, 2019″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text] \n81 mins \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/uniondocs-open-house-2023-05-25/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230519T190000
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SUMMARY:North Brooklyn Cultural Syndicate: Drop on by!
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_single_image image=”147235″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are so delighted to come together with many of our neighbors to debut a new joint initiative by Amant\, the Bushwick Brooklyn Public Library\, Eyebeam\, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)\, St. Nick’s Alliance\, and Wendy’s Subway to further neighborhood relations\, share information\, and bring attention to the cultural offerings of the area. \nThe North Brooklyn Cultural Syndicate invites visitors for a fun neighborhood crawl! We’ll be debuting are special Neighborhood Maps at any of the above organizations so that you can follow along for a glorious Spring walk from one location to the next to join tours\, visit exhibitions\, and meet artists and organizers. All participants with public programs will be open during the same time\, hosting in-person events. All events are free. \nHere at UNDO\, you will have a chance to view some films on-site produced with artists here at UnionDocs\, engage with staff members available holding office hours to chat about our work\, and explore all that’s on offer on our MEMBERSHIP CHANNEL with a chance to join at a one-time-only discount![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147227″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Amant is a non-profit arts organization in Brooklyn\, NY\, founded in 2019. We are a non-collecting learning institution\, which gives us the freedom to focus on experimentation\, process\, and dialogue through exhibitions\, public programs\, and artist residencies. Our main method of engagement with our collaborators\, colleagues\, and audiences is through learning\, an ongoing process that depends on awareness\, attention\, curiosity\, and a realization that knowledge comes in multiple forms\, languages\, and experiences. We are committed to building cultural partnerships\, in the U.S. and abroad\, while activating new and ongoing conversations with our local communities.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147228″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Wendy’s Subway is a reading room\, writing space\, and independent publisher in Bushwick\, Brooklyn. We support emerging artists and writers in making experimental\, urgent work and create alternative modes for learning and thinking in community. Wendy’s Subway is dedicated to encouraging creative\, critical\, and discursive engagement with arts and literature. We prioritize collaboration and horizontal decision-making in our work towards being a responsive and sustainable organization.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147229″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The Bushwick branch of the The Brooklyn Public Library. BPL is the public library system of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147230″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Eyebeam is a not-for-profit art and technology center in New York City\, founded by John Seward Johnson III with co-founders David S. Johnson and Roderic R. Richardson. Eyebeam provides both space and support for a community of diverse\, justice-driven artists. Eyebeam enables people to think creatively and critically about technology’s effect on society\, with the mission of revealing new paths toward a better future for all. \nOriginally conceived as a digital effects and coding atelier and center for youth education\, Eyebeam has become a center for the research\, development\, and curation of new media works of art and open source technology. Eyebeam annually hosts up to 20 residents and co-produces youth educational programs\, exhibitions\, performances\, symposia\, workshops\, hackathons and other events with these residents as well as with partner organizations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147231″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) supports the creative development of artists and curators\, and promotes exchange through residencies and public programs. Housed in a former factory in Brooklyn\, with 35 light-filled work studios and two galleries\, ISCP is New York’s most comprehensive international visual arts residency program\, founded in 1994. ISCP organizes exhibitions\, events and offsite projects\, which are free and open to all\, sustaining a vibrant community of contemporary art practitioners and diverse audiences. Over 1\,800 artists and curators from more than 90 countries\, including the United States have undertaken residencies at ISCP. The International Studio & Curatorial Program’s mission is: to support and enhance the professional development of emerging to mid-career artists and curators from around the world\, to introduce New York audiences to exceptional international art practices\, to engage communities of Brooklyn and the New York City area through public programs that enrich the appreciation and understanding of contemporary art.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147232″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]St. Nicks Alliance seeks to transform lives of low- and moderate-income people through employment\, education\, housing\, and health care. We do this by delivering impactful services with measurable outcomes to children\, adults\, and the elderly. As a civic anchor we carry out this mission within the context of building a sustainable community for all people through the arts\, environmental advocacy\, and urban planning.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/north-brooklyn-cultural-syndicate-drop-on-by/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230507T223000
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CREATED:20230427T212340Z
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SUMMARY:Shelter: Farewell to Eden
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sheltereden/”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are delighted to bring you an extra special screening on 16mm with Enrico Masi as we screen his feature documentary film Shelter: Farewell to Eden. \nThis film is a portrait of European boundaries: While food and goods are able to travel across all frontiers\, there are severe restrictions for human beings. The protagonist\, Pepsi plays the role of a 21st Century transgender version of Joan d’Arc\, putting her journey on a different scale\, even beyond survival: standing for human rights\, request and asylum of the most marginalized communities. \nShelter is a postcolonial fable\, which – much like its anonymous protagonist – constantly changes shape between identities. 16mm film\, analogue video and iPhone footage contribute to a phantom image of life in the urban underground. \nThomas Curry for HuckMag wrote – “The LGBTQ documentary you need to see this year. It’s an extraordinary story that’s beautifully shot.” You don’t want to miss this one! We’re excited to have Enrico Masi joining us in person for a conversation following the screening.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text] \nProgram \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Shelter: Farewell to Eden by Enrico Masi” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”81 min.\, 2019″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Shelter: Farewell to Eden is the story of Pepsi\, a militant transgender born in the south of the Philippines in a muslim island. From the Mindanao to the jungle of Calais\, Pepsi chases the acknowledgment of a universal right\, living the reception odyssey in Europe.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text] \n81 mins \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147164″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Enrico Masi is an Italian film-director and Phd at Alma Mater Studiorum. He’s founder of Caucaso in 2004. After working at the University of Bologna as a filmmaker for scientific essays\, his debut feature documentary The Golden Temple premiered in Venice Film Festival in 2012. Focused on post-modern and post-colonial dynamics\, the main field of his interest is connected to urban phenomenology\, hybrid cinema and sound. Shelter is his second feature film.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/shelter-farewell-to-eden-2023-05-07/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T150000
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CREATED:20230427T205445Z
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SUMMARY:Artistic Differences:  HAUNTING ARCHIVE
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”GET A REMINDER TO JOIN!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#000000″ shape=”round” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fairtable.com%2FshrQQyl718Dcv2AEO|title:Breakout%20Reminders”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]ARTISTIC DIFFERENCES is back with Looiersgracht 60 this May to present HAUNTING ARCHIVE! \nTwo archives – the medical propaganda during the Dutch colonization in Suriname (1950’s)\, and the Israeli and Hollywood films shot in Jaffa (1960’s to the 90’s). Obscured and normalized power relations that managed to find translation to our present every day. Despite the ideology materialized in the images\, ghosts haunt those archives —those who lived there. Through the encounter between Paula Albuquerque’s preview of her in progress film Like The Glitch of a Ghost (2023) and Kamal Aljafari’s Recollection (2015)\, we will look at interventions in the archives. How to operate on these images in such way that the ghosts can become paradoxical testimonies\, haunting our present and our future\, releasing us from the ideological ordering of the world by the colonial gaze? Two different modes of intervening in the archive and releasing affective\, political\, ethical interpretations to our future.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nFILM PROGRAM \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Israeli and American features shot in the town of Jaffa from the 60s to the 90s are the basis for the history of a dream. All protagonists are removed from the original footage\, leaving an empty setting formed by the town and those who lived there and served as extras. Thus\, the impossible is made possible from the “I” perspective\, namely filming the past and compiling a picture album made of memories.  \nNew relations with place are released and revealed\, through an affective and political operation\, that allows the stories and gestures of those dispossessed to take the center and appropriate the cinematic space.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_custom_heading text=”Recollection by Kamal Aljafari” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”70 min | Palestine; Germany; Lebanon | Color\, Black and White | 2015″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Like the Glitch of A Ghost by Paula Albuquerque” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”Preview of a Work in Progress | 2023″ font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Ook de Surinaamse Indianen Horen Er Bij (The Surinamese Indians Also Belong Here) was produced\, as medical propaganda\, by the Algemeen Diakonaal Bureau\, an institution that was part of the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands. It shows a Dutch nurse’s daily routine among indigenous people in Suriname in the 1950s (exact date to be determined).  \nIn collaboration with the artist José Miguel Biscaya\, Paula Albuquerque juxtaposed imagery from contemporary surveillance cameras in Suriname with the bodies of the indigenous filmed\, blocking epidermalization and revealing the structures of representation that found and replicate colonizing politics of dispossession.  [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSTUDY GROUP — ONLINE – MAY 6 \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]We’re thrilled to come together for a Study Group Session structured around these incredible films! Like a kind of grassroots book club\, but for documentary art\, it’s all about sparking discussion and deeper investigation\, through reading\, listening and responding in small\, self-organized groups that together form a larger collective experience. \nYou will get access to the film program through our Membership Hub a few days in advance. Sign up now and stay tuned in your inbox for further instructions![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_btn title=”SIGN UP!” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#61ff00″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#000000″ shape=”round” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fairtable.com%2FshrQQyl718Dcv2AEO|title:Breakout%20Reminders”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nPUBLIC DIALOGUE – AT THE GALLERY – MAY 12 \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]If you’re interested in hearing from the filmmakers & artists themselves as well as the ideas generated in collaboration with our Study Group be sure to catch our regular public dialogues for each film program on the UNDO Member’s Hub. These conversations sample from the festival dialogues\, the study group and an in-depth interview hosted by Artistic Differences with the featured artists.  Sign Up to receive a note when it’s released.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBIOS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147174″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Kamal Aljafari is a Palestinian filmmaker. He attended the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and now lives in Berlin\, Germany. He has taught filmmaking at The New School in New York and the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie\, Berlin. He was also a Film Study Center Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147180″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Paula Albuquerque is a visual artist and scholar living and working in Amsterdam. Her work is informed by intersectional decolonial practices\, focusing on visual technologies both analog and digital\, surveillance and the construction of operative imagery.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/artistic-differences-haunting-archive-2023-05-06/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
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SUMMARY:Spaces of Interdependency: Performance and Movements in Non Fiction Practices
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: This workshop will be held in UnionDocs’ new space in Ridgewood!\nWe’re now at: 352 Onderdonk Ave\, Ridgewood\,  NY – 11385[/vc_message][vc_column_text]How can we use the body and gestures for conceptual and narrative purposes? What is bodily and archival memory? How do we interact with the camera and between frames? What makes performance powerful? \nJoin former dancer and choreographer/filmmaker Lucy Kerr (Family Portrait\, Site of Passage\, Four Girl Trick) along with other acclaimed filmmakers\, choreographers\, to explore and think through the tensions surrounding the representation of the body in the process of image making.  \nThis workshop will take participants on a journey to investigate the gap between the body and its representation\, its materiality and its image\, to explore how movements can be translated/ transformed into choreography in film and live performance. \nOn Friday\, filmmaker and choreographer Yara Travieso (Director\, Third Trinity\, La Medea) will share her experiences with performance and live filming.  On Saturday\,  director of photography and director Derek Howard (Venda Los O jos (Blindfold)\, Cannibalizing The Conductor) will discuss the relation between the camera and the performers. Multimedia artist Georden West (Multimedia Artist\, Playland) will discuss the use of gestures and their combination with archival material. On Sunday\,  Xavier Cha (Artist and Movement Director\, Ruthless Logic\, Body Drama)\, will explore the production of the image and the apparatus attached to the body. Interested participants will also have the option to share a work in progress or discuss a current project. \nCome spend a weekend exploring movements and choreographic processes to enrich or evolve your film and performance practice\, and come away with inspiration\, and connections that will help to guide your own work! \nNo dance or choreographic experience is required. Seats are limited\, so sign up today! \nNOTE: This workshop will require in-person participation from all participants. Each participant must present proof of vaccination. Any and all questions\, please reach out to info@uniondocs.org.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nDetails \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” shape=”square” color=”white” active_section=”8″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Who is eligible?” tab_id=”1477608256488-ac7d3d1a-ae9084d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]Open to everyone\, though the workshop setting is best suited for filmmakers\, film producers\, choreographers\, dancers\, performance and media artists looking to develop the cinematic languages with which they can represent and incorporate movement.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cost” tab_id=”1477608256642-4c32d845-e84384d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]$350 early bird registration by April 14th\, 2023 at 11:59PM. \n$400 regular registration. \nFor each workshop\, UnionDocs will offer the equivalent of 2 full scholarships for participants from historically marginalized backgrounds\, who are BIPOC\,  living with disabilities\, or NYC artists earning under 30% AMI (Area Median Income). \nApplicants should reach out to raphaelle@uniondocs.org in order to fill out a scholarship inquiry by April 3rd\, 2023.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Refund Policy” tab_id=”1477608441051-60d28267-92bf84d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]The deposit is non-refundable. Should you need to cancel\, you’ll receive half of your registration fee back until March 3rd. After March 3rd\, the fee is non-refundable.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Technology Requirements” tab_id=”1477608488046-a8fa4720-501684d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]In order to keep costs down\, this workshop is a BYOL\, i.e. bring your own laptop. Students must be fully proficient using and operating their computers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Registration & Cancellation Policy” tab_id=”1477612055387-51381642-d1c784d0-801e6e6b-713c”][vc_column_text]NOTE: To register for a workshop\, students must pay in full via card\, check\, or cash.  After the early bird registration deadline of March 3rd\, course fees are not refundable or transferable and any withdrawals or deadlines will result in the full cost of the class being forfeit. There will be no exceptions. To withdraw from a course please email info-at-uniondocs.org. \nIn the event that a workshop does not receive sufficient enrollment\, it may be canceled. Students will be notified at least 48 hours prior to the start of a cancelled workshop and will be refunded within 5 business days. If we reschedule a workshop to another date\, students are also entitled to a full refund. UnionDocs reserves the right to change instructors without prior notification\, and to change class location and meeting times by up to an hour with 48 hours prior notice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_message message_box_style=”solid” style=”square” message_box_color=”blue”]Please note: Participants are accepted on a first-come\, first-serve basis.[/vc_message][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nSchedule \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Friday\, April 21: 10:00am – 4:30pm” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Welcome & intros\n10:30am – 12:30pm Intro by Lucy Kerr\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Yara Travieso\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap up\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Saturday\, April 22: 10:00am – 4:30pm” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, review of previous day\n10:30am – 12:30pm Derek Howard\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Georden West (remote)\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap up\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sunday\, April 23: 10:00am – 4:30pm” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text]10:00am – 10:30am Warm up\, inspiring references\, case study\, review of previous day\n10:30am – 12:30pm Participant Work-in-Progress\n12:30am – 2:00pm Lunch\n2:00pm – 4:00pm Xavier Cha\n4:00pm – 4:30pm Wrap up\, additional exercises / discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Each day follows this general structure\, with some minor variations and substitutions:” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]10:30a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]First Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]12:30p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Lunch[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]2:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Second Workshop Session[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column_text]4:00p[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]Wrap Up[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_column_text] \nBios \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”white”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”146827″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Lucy Kerr is a New York-based filmmaker\, artist\, choreographer\, educator\, and curator. Her work explores performance\, whether it be performances of family\, gender\, class\, labor\, and identity or performance in cinema or the every day. In 2022\, she was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film in Filmmaker Magazine. Kerr received a dual MFA in Film/Video and Art from California Institute of the Arts on the Lillian Disney Scholarship.. Her feature film in progress\, Family Portrait\, garnered her the feature film grant from Austin Film Society\, the AirFrance Prize from FIDLab\, and the New Horizons Award from US in Progress. . Kerr’s projects have been presented by International Film Festival Rotterdam\, FIDMarseille\, San Sebastian International Film Festival\, Reykjavik International Film Festival\, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, REDCAT\, Anthology Film Archives\, Francois Ghebaly Gallery\, The McEvoy Foundation for the Arts\, The MAK Center Los Angeles\, and others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”146828″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Georden West (b. 1992) is a multimedia artist of limit-experiences and speculative openings living in the American West. They are committed to curiosity and have no answers.\nGeorden’s first feature\, PLAYLAND\, is a recipient of the 2021 LEF Moving Image Fund and 2022 Frameline Completion Fund. It is executive produced by Nick Knight and Peter Luo and produced by Artless Media and Starlight Entertainment as a member of Starlight Entertainment’s Stars Collective. PLAYLAND was selected as one of the US features in post-production at the 2022 Gotham Week (formerly IFP) and the American Film Festival Poland’s US in Progress program. PLAYLAND premiered in the Tiger Competition at 2023 IFFR\,\nNamed one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film\,” Georden was a 2021-22 Fine Arts Work Center Visual Arts Fellow and an alum of the 2022 Zurich Film Festival Academy. They are a 2021 Academy Gold Women’s Fellowship Finalist and won gold at the 46th Annual Student Academy Awards.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”146829″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Yara Travieso is a Brooklyn based Cuban-Venezuelan-American artist\, writer\, director\, filmmaker\, & choreographer. Her films\, performances\, & protests are informed by a hyper-feminist telenovela-queeralism. VICE describes La Medea\, Travieso’s touring production as “A modern-day Medea is mythology’s ‘Nasty Woman’.” She is a 2023 Resident Artist with NYC’s Chelsea Factory\, a 2021 New York State Council For The Arts Individual Artist in Film & Media grant recipient\, a 2019 United States Artist Fellow\, a 2016 Creative Capital recipient\, and a 2014 winner of The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Grant via The Ford Foundation. She is currently on faculty at The Juilliard School\, where she also received a Dance BFA. Her productions have been featured in NYC’s Park Avenue Armory\, Lincoln Center\, Performance Space NY\, The Public Theater\, The Knockdown Center\, The High Line\, Opéra National de Lorraine France\, New World Symphony Center\, & The Experimental Media Performing Arts Center among others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”146836″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Xavier Cha‘s performance-based works and videos grapple with architectures of subjectivity\, illusions of agency\, what it means to be human with a physical body in a capitalistic-digital age where we exist as consumer and product. Collaboration is central to the work. Specialized participants\, generally performers in fields outside of the contemporary art world\, play prominent roles in extracting the sublimated and magnifying an estranged or alienated human experience within inescapable systems of exchange\, consumption\, and communication. Cha directs actors\, dancers\, or other professionals through focused\, controlled scenarios\, where the challenged expression of their expertise- often pushing performers to extremes- reveals the body as an enigmatic conduit\, a malleable corporeal/ psycho/ social system. Attuned to ways in which the body is watched\, and conveyed\, immersed within heightened circuits of surveillance\, marketing\, voyeurism and self-spectatorship\, Cha examines how mediating frames- screens\, sets\, and the omnipotent lens of the camera- shape behaviors and refine gesture.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147053″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Derek Howard is a director of photography and director currently based in New York City. After graduating with honors with a BFA from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver\, he moved to Berlin\, where he began assistant directing and shooting for renowned filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky (“Vivan Las Antipodas\, Varicella\, Aquarela”). Immersed in the world of creative documentary\, video art\, and hybrid formats\, Derek established himself as a risk taking\, energetic\, and innovative filmmaker with a focus on LGBTQ+ representation\, dance\, extreme nature\, and climate change stories. His collaborations have led to premieres at many A-list film festivals\, and prestigious art institutors such as the Tate Modern\, Centre Pompidou\, and MOMA PS1. He has participated in the IDFA Summer School\, IDFAcademy\, Reykjavik Trans Atlantic Talent Lab\, Berlinale Talents program\, and the Filming in the Amazon residency led by Apichatpong Weserthat. Most recently\, Derek shot award-winning filmmaker Emelie Mahdavian’s debut feature “Bitterbrush (Telluride 2021)\, celebrated visual artist Alison O’Daniel’s debut feature “The Tube Thieves” (Sundance 2023)\, and award-winning filmmaker Tracy Tragos’s “Plan C” (Sundance 2023).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”147101″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Pageant is an artist-run performance space in Brooklyn\, NY founded with the vision of supporting experimental dance and performance work by artists at varying stages of their career\, regardless of their access to institutional support. In a city where resources are scarce\, we aim to provide an alternative model for supporting artists to take creative risks in their practice\, and to develop a body of work. We opened our doors in April 2022 through a major community fundraising effort and are sustained today through the work of our volunteer organizers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://uniondocs.org/event/spaces-of-interdependency-performance-and-movements-in-nonfiction-practices-2023-03-12/
LOCATION:UnionDocs\, Ridgewood\, 352 Onderdonk Avenue\, QUEENS\, NY\, 11385\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Labs
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