Van McElwee (USA) videos, media space, talk and discussion
February 27, 2013 - 6 pm. – Artpool P60 – invitation – video
Van McElwee (USA) videos, media space, talk and discussion
February 27, 2013 - 6 pm. – Artpool P60 – invitation – video
"Movie theaters are temples that have morphed into labyrinths, architectural fractals leading from the actual to the virtual. These multiplexes steer a diverse public through branching hallways to imaginary worlds (...)" – Van McElwee
Host of the event: Péter Fuchs media researcher
The main focus of the works of Van McElwee - video artist and professor of Media (USA) - is the shifting relation of real/truth and the process of how our brain visualize lights and sounds of the screen as a coherent narrative.
The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second.. Or a lie twenty-four times, or even a lie serving the truth. During his one night exhibition/installation he will present works which explore this relation.
other videos on the monitors
Van McElwee, a renowned artist of experimental video, currently a professor of Electronic and Photographic Media at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow. His 50-plus single-channel pieces, installations and web projects has for decades been exhibited in prestigious festivals and shows both nationally and internationally. McElwee has also amassed numerous awards and grants including The American Film Institute Independent Filmmaker Award and seven fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. (vanmcelwee.com)
