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The Film-Makers' Cooperative at Independent

Independent Art Fair, 50 Varick St. New York, NY 10013
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Join us from May 9th to May 12th at the Independent Art Fair for a special showcase of experimental film, video, and media artworks from our collection!

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During the course of this year’s edition of Independent, the Film-Makers' Cooperative (FMC) will hold a showcase screening of works from its prodigious collection of experimental film, video, and media art in the Fair’s 6th Floor Skybox. With a focus on film and video art’s relationship to sculpture, painting, light art, and slide projection, we will offer an array of works from the history of film and media art that give an introduction to the exciting holdings of the FMC.

The showcase will offer a global snapshot of The Coop’s collection with an emphasis on underseen work from the archive and emerging artists and filmmakers, touching on genres including artist portraits; hand-painted works; city symphonies and dance film including:

  1. Ed Emschwiller, Dance Chromatic, 1960. 16mm to digital, color, sound 7 min.
  2. Maryeytte Charlton, Loren MacIver, 1962. 16mm to digital, color, silent, 46 min.
  3. Francis Lee, Filmmakers’ Showcase, 1963. 16mm to digital, color, sound 4 min.
  4. Beryl Sokoloff, My Mirrored Hope, 1966, 16mm to digital, color, sound, 17 min.
  5. Jud Yalkut (American, 1938-2013), Kusama’s Self-Obliteration, 16mm to digital, color,nsound, 24 mins.
  6. Robin Lloyd, Dan Basen, 1970. 16mm to digital, color, sound, 12 min.
  7. Simon Liu, Harbor City, 2016. Two screen, 16mm to digital, color, sound, 14 min.
  8. Erica Sheu, The Way Home, 2018. 16mm to digital, black and white, sound, 2 min.
  9. Jean Sousa, The Losing Battle, 2019. Digital, color, sound 5 min.
  10. Jason Younkman, Wilderness Days, 2021. Digital, color, sound, 11 min.
  11. Rrose Present, Proves de FOC amic (friendly fire tests), 2023. Digital, color, sound, 6 min.

 

Exhibitor Snapshots

In addition to showcasing FMC’s holdings our booth will host screenings throughout the run of Independent spotlighting moving-image and media artworks by artists represented by exhibiting galleries. The program includes:

Stan VanDerBeek (Magenta Plains) – A complete showing of VanDerBeek’s
computer-generated Poemfields, 1965-1967. 16mm to digital, color, sound, 30 mins

Kris Lemsalu and Johanna Ulfsak (Margot Samel) – Old Piano, 2024. Digital, 41 min.

‘Unnatural Realities: Work by Kara CHIN, Virginia L. Montgomery and Lewis
Teague Wright’:

  1. Kara Chin (Linseed), Inaugurare, 2023. digital, color, sound, 11 min.
  2. Virginia L. Montgomery (Fridman Gallery), Dream Metamorphosis, 2023, digital, color, sound, 22 min.
  3. Lewis Teague Wright (Ginny on Frederick), The Ghoul, 2019. Digital, color, sound, 4 min.

 

‘Infinite Frames: Two Video Loops by Marco Godinho (Galerie Herve Bize)’:

  1. The Eternal Flame, 2017, colour, sound, 1 min loop.
  2. As Close as Possible to the Sun, 2019, color, sound, 1 min loop.

 

Kota Ezawa (Fraenkel Gallery and Ryan Lee) – Animating Media Spectacle, Four works, 2002-2023:

  1. Über California, 2010. Digital, color, sound, 10 min
  2. The Simpson Verdict, 2002. Digital, color, sound, 35 min.
  3. National Anthem, 2019. Digital, color, sound, 2 min.
  4. The Grand Princess, 2023. Digital, color, sound, 3 min.

 

Exhibition Schedule

Friday May 10:

11am: ‘Infinite Frames: Two Video Loops by Marco Godinho’
2pm: ‘Kota Ezawa – Animating Media Spectacle, Four works, 2002-2023’
5pm: Stan VanDerBeek — Poemfields

Saturday May 11:

11am: ‘Unnatural Realities: Work by Kara CHIN, Virginia L. Montgomery and
Lewis Teague Wright’
2pm: Kris Lemsalu and Johanna Ulfsak
5pm: Stan VanDerBeek — Poemfields
6pm: Kota Ezawa – Animating Media Spectacle, Four works, 2002-2023

Sunday May 12:

11am: ‘Infinite Frames: Two Video Loops by Marco Godinho’
2pm: ‘Unnatural Realities: Work by Kara CHIN, Virginia L. Montgomery and Lewis Teague Wright’
5pm: Kris Lemsalu and Johanna Ulfsak

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