PAST SCREENNGS & EVENTS
2012
MI_LosAngeles2012
video screenings, performances and installations at various locations in
Los Angeles curated by Alysse Stepanian
ARENA 1 Gallery: "memory" and "identity"
April 29, 2012 (SUN) 7pm - 10pm
video art, sound and video installations, performances, presentation of PROJECT [SFIP] BY KISITO ASSANGNI (video art from Africa)...
collection of "memory" and "identity"videos by 10 US artists:
Lana Z. Caplan (Boston)
Brian DeLevie (Denver)
Ron Diorio (NYC)
Michael Greathouse (NYC)
Soyeon Jung (Milwaukee)
Laleh Mehran (Colorado)
Joe Merrell (L.A.)
David Montgomery (Florida)
Christine Schiavo (NY)
Brooks Williams (NYC)
also video by Alysse Stepanian
PERFORMANCES
Mariel Carranza (L.A.)
Soyeon Jung (Milwaukee)
INSTALLATIONS
Philip Mantione (L.A./sound)
Joe Merrell (L.A./video)
ARTIST TALK
Soyeon Jung, Philip Mantione, and Joe Merrell discuss their work
PROJECT [SFIP]
by Kisito Assangni (MI's invited guest curator):
Still Fighting Ignorance & Intellectual Perfidy... a selection of African video art that moves beyond cliché.
Jude Anogwih (Nigeria)
Younes Baba-Ali (Morocco)
Saidou Dicko (Burkina Faso)
Ndoye Douts (Senegal)
Kokou Ekouagou (Togo)
Mohamed El Baz (Morocco)
Samba Fall (Senegal)
Nicene Kossentini (Tunisia)
Kai Lossgott (South Africa)
Michele Magema (D.Congo)
Nathalie M'ba Bikoro & Iris Musolf (Gabon)
Johan Thom (South Africa)
Saliou traoré (Burkina Faso)
Guy Woueté (Cameroon)
Ezra Wube (Ethiopia)
Echo Park Film Center (EPFC): "GUTTURAL!"
February 25, 2012 (SAT) 8pm-10pm
WILFRIED AGRICOLA DE COLOGNE (Germany)
MARTIN BACK (Texas)
PAULO R. C. BARROS (Brazil)
NICLAS HALLBERG & STINA PEHRSDOTTER (Sweden)
HEY-YEUN JANG (New York City)
RKDB (Oakland, California) - discussed his work
Torrance Art Museum (TAM): "A Curious Sense of Calm"
January 28, 2012 (SAT) 5pm - 7pm
GERALD GUTHRIE (Illinois, USA)
ADNAN HUSSAIN (Los Angeles, USA) - discussed his work
KIKA NICOLELA (São Paulo, Brazil)
YUKO TAKEMURA (London, UK)
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2011 - 2012
"Close To My Heart"
invitational curation for CologneOFF 2011
video art by 9 Iranian artists
Morehshin Allahyari (Iran/USA), Maneli Aygan (Iran/USA), Neda Darzi (Iran), Samira Eskandarfar (Iran), Gelare Khoshgozaran (Iran/USA), Laleh Mehran (Iran/USA), Payam Mofidi (Iran/France), Hamed Shahihi (Iran), Parya Vatankhah (Iran/France)
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THIS MARKS THE END OF MI EVENTS IN SANTA FE, NM, USA
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Sunday, May 16, 2010, 8:00 - 10:00pm
@ the Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Fe
Manipulated Image #13
"Absence||Presence"
"Ausência || Presença"
EXPERIMENTAL SHORT VIDEOS BY 20 ARTISTS FROM 6 COUNTRIES
Curated by Kika Nicolela of Brazil and Alysse Stepanian
SELECTIONS BY ALYSSE STEPANIAN: GERALD GUTHRIE (Illinois, USA), NIKOLAY KURBATSKY (Saint Petersburg, Russia), YARON LAPID (London, UK), EVA OLSSON (Sweden), SIMONE STOLL (Germany and USA), ANDERS WEBERG (Malmö, Sweden)
SELECTIONS BY KIKA NICOLELA (videos from Brazil): RENATA PADOVAN, CARLOSMAGNO RODRIGUES, GISELLE BEIGUELMAN, NINO CAIS, LUIZ ROQUE, FELIPE BARROS, MARCELO AMORIM, DELLANI LIMA and ANA MORAVI, JULIANA MUNDIM, LUCAS BAMBOZZI, FERNANDO VELÁZQUEZ, ROBERTO BELLINI
Also work by KIKA NICOLELA and ALYSSE STEPANIAN
Friday, April 2, 2010, 7:30 - 9:30pm
Manipulated Image #12
"memory″ and "identity"
Curated by Alysse Stepanian for Santa Fe screening and VideoChannel Cologne
Lana Z. Caplan (Boston, Massachusetts), Chris Coleman: guest presenter (Colorado), Brian DeLevie (Denver, Colorado), Ron Diorio (Manhattan, New York), Michael Greathouse (Brooklyn, New York), Soyeon Jung (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Penny Lane (New York, New York), Laleh Mehran: guest presenter (Colorado), Joe Merrell (Los Angeles, California), David Montgomery (Fernandina Beach, Florida), Christine Schiavo (Staten Island, New York), Brooks Williams: guest presenter (New York City)
Friday, March 12, 2010, 6:30 - 11:00pm
Manipulated Image #11: First Year Anniversary Celebration
"For Action's Sake"
EXPERIMENTAL SHORT VIDEOS CO-CURATED BY WILFRIED AGRICOLA DE COLOGNE (of VideoChannel/CologneOFF) & ALYSSE STEPANIAN (of Manipulated Image)
SELECTIONS BY STEPANIAN: John Criscitello - guest presenter (Ithaca, New York); David Kareyan (Yerevan, Armenia); Ulf Kristiansen (Norway); Jonas Nilsson (Örebro, Sweden); Roland Wegerer (Austria); Julia Zastava (Moscow, Russia)
SELECTIONS BY AGRICOLA DE COLOGNE: Daniel LoIocono (Germany); David Jakubovic (USA); Ioannis Roumeliotis (Greece); Rafael (Belgium);
Ascan Breuer (Germany); Alex Lora (Spain); Casey McKee (USA); Daniel Rodrigo (Spain)
ONLINE PERFORMANCES:
Niclas Hallberg, Stina Pehrsdotter (Sweden - online live performance)
Igor Stromajer (Hamburg, Germany - online live performance)
PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL ARTISTS
Ian Anderson
The Autotelics: Philip Mantione, Al Faaet - premiere performance
Martin Back, April Mae Bassett
Anthony Buchanan
Alaina R. Alexander
Friday, January 29, 2010, 7:00pm
Manipulated Image #10
“Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.1″
Compilation of videos by 36 artists from 16 countries (coordinated by Brazilian filmmaker, Kika Nicolela), & world premiere by David Enoch (Santa Fe)
Friday, December 18, 2009, 7:00pm
Manipulated Image #9
“GUTTURAL!”
Curated by Alysse Stepanian
Wilfried Agricola de Cologne (Germany), Martin Back (Santa Fe): guest presenter, Paulo R.C. Barros (Brazil), Niclas Hallberg with his collaborator Stina Pehrsdotter (Sweden), Hey-Yeun Jang (New York City): guest presenter
Friday, October 30, 2009, 7:30pm
Manipulated Image #8
The Moving Still
Curated by Alysse Stepanian
James Coker (Albuquerque, USA): guest presenter, Krišs Salmanis (Latvia), Kika Nicolela (Brazil)
Friday, August 28, 2009, 8:30pm
Manipulated Image #7
Work from Four Continents and Virtual Second Life
Curated by Alysse Stepanian
Andrew Edwards (Santa Fe): guest presenter, Mohamed Ezoubeiri (Morocco/Chicago), Kelly Monico (Colorado, USA), Fabio Scacchioli (Rome, Italy), Selfburning (Russia)
Friday, July 24, 2009, 8:30pm
Manipulated Image #6
The Whole Truth, the Space in Between, and Chopping Heads…
Curated by Alysse Stepanian
Keep Adding’s Brian Bixby (Santa Fe): guest presenter, Gerald Guthrie (Illinois, USA), Scott Pagano (Los Angeles), Yuko Takemura (London)
Friday, June 26, 2009, 8:30pm
Manipulated Image #5
Curated by Alysse Stepanian
Dennis H. Miller (Boston, USA), Donald O’Finn (New York City), Peter Rand, Paul Rudy (Albuquerque and Kansas City, USA): guest presenters/ live performance
Friday, May 29, 2009, 8:00pm
Manipulated Image #4
Live cinema performance, videos, and discussion with Potter-Belmar Labs: Leslie Raymond and Jason Jay Stevens (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
Friday, April 24, 2009, 8:00pm
Manipulated Image #3
Presentation by the pioneers of video art, Steina and Woody Vasulka, of historical video art from the Vasulka Archives (Santa Fe)
Friday, March 27, 2009
Manipulated Image #2
Curated by Alysse Stepanian
Benton C. Bainbridge (New York City), Susanna Carlisle (Santa Fe): guest presenter, Matt Marello (New York City), David Stout and Cory Metcalf (Santa Fe): guest presenters
Friday, February 27, 2009
Manipulated Image #1
A non-curated event with videos by Verena Grimm (Berlin, Germany and Mexico), Merrill Kazanjian (New York), Leslie Raymond & Jason Jay Stevens: Potter-Belmar Labs (San Antonio, Texas, USA, and local guest presenters: Ethan Bach, Anne Farrel, Flame Schon