Happy Man, 2000. Image: sparklehorse.org
Sparkehorse, 1999. Image: sparklehorse.org
Happy Man, 2000. Image: sparklehorse.org
When experimental filmmaker Garine Torossian defied authority at York University by pasting Super-8 footage onto 16mm film offcuts, it was a harbinger of things to come. She has become adept at mixing formats (super 8, 35mm and video), perfectly illustrating the desire of artists to redefine the boundaries of artistic expression, what Tom Sherman has called “the phenomenon of intermedia, in which new relationships are forged between genres.â€
(View some of Sherman’s excellent work HERE)
Her unconventional, strangely romantic work has been attracting attention since 1994, when she produced Girl From Moush:
Girl From Moush. Image: youtube
Torossian will be exhibiting a series of mixed media collages (see below) entitled Celluloid Diaries and Fountain of Dreams at the brand new gallery LandymoreKeith Contemporary Art in Toronto from January 26 - 25 February. You can meet the artist at the opening on Friday January 26, 6 - 9 pm.
Image: landymorekeith.com
Image: landymorekeith.com
Image: landymorekeith.com
Nineteen of her films have shown internationally at festivals and universities.
Retrospectives of her work have screened at MoMA New York, Stan Brakhage’s first person cinema, Yerevans Cinematheque, Berlin Arsenal, and Telluride Festival. She’s been awarded prizes and mentions at Berlin, Melbourne and Houston film festivals.
This spring she has been awarded the DAAD Fellowship in Berlin, Germany and she will be exhibiting her new film Stone Touch Time in New York as part of the MOMA’s “Canadian Front: New Films” program and in Berlin as an entry in the Berlin International Film Festival.
Speaking of Stan Brakage, The Dante Quartet, from 1987, is one of VoCA’s favorite experimental films:
The Dante Quartet, 1987. Image: youtube
Andrea Carson writes on contemporary art, architecture and design...
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Good to see that VoCA has entered the age of video via YouTube. And hope to see weekly VoCA art review videos soon - a VoCA channel at YouTube could build a LOT of subscribers… Lee
As a Canadian living in New York City who has attended films at the last couple of Canadian Front programs at MoMA, I’m interested to learn how you know which films will be screened this year. I’ve been searching online for the line-up to no avail. ¿Any hints?
Re: As a Canadian living in New York City …
It’s probably not online yet. I guess you could try contacting MoMA to ask them or to be put on their mailing list..?
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