PROJECT GALLERY
"Her Shorts: First Annual Women's International Video Festival"
EXHIBITION DATES: May 18-21, 2006
WELCOME RECEPTION: Thursday May 18, 2006, 6-8PM
Celebrate new video art and film conceived and directed by emerging and established women artists from the USA and abroad. Two 45-minute programs of short films and videos will screen each evening highlighting the work of many first time video artist and directors who are working nationally and around the globe including Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and London. Her Shorts was conceived by the local all women Plugged Video Art Collective. Organizing members include Lora Alaniz, Raina Benoit, Gina Cestaro, Jennifer Beth Guerin, Laura Milkins, Maria Navarro, Eliane Paulino, Kristin Skees, Kate Walker and Amanda Yopp. The festival's central objective is to celebrate short video art and filmmaking, 10 minutes or less in length, which have been directed and written by contemporary women video artist and filmmakers. This festival aims to introduce and promote a diverse body of work and topics to audiences who may not otherwise have an opportunity to view contemporary video art and films. This year's festival will showcase videos and films with themes that run the gamut of: reflective, surreal, dark, honest, passionate, humorous to absurd.
Friday May 19th, 6:00 pm, Project Gallery - Take 1 - Cecille Manson (USA-Sweden), director of The Yellow Butterfly talks about her experimental narrative that follows a 4-year old girl's escape of the parade into the ghetto with her mother in Nazi occupied Germany.
Saturday May 20th, 6:00 pm, Project Gallery - Take 2 - Saddle up with Jamie Williams (USA) as she discusses her documentary American Cowgirl, set against the wide-screen grandeur and spirit of the American West.
For additional info, visit their site at www.pluggedvideocollective.org |
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