KINETIC CINEMA PRESENTS A SCREENING AND DISCUSSION WITH DAVID FISHEL
Dir. David Fishel, Various Years
USA, approx. 90 min.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 7:30 PM
Pentacle is pleased to have filmmaker and editor David Fishel return to Spectacle to curate another evening of Kinetic Cinema. In his last screening, Fishel explored cinema as dance and editing as choreography. On November 13, Fishel will present shorts and feature excerpts made in the last year and a half which draw on these ideas. His work questions current expectations in cinema technology and whether we are making an unfair trade off in our quest for ever more pristine HD clarity.
DAVID FISHEL is a NYC based filmmaker / video-artist who dabbles as an absurdist poet, animated storyteller, experimental sound artist, and obnoxious performance artist. Mr. Fishel is a graduate of the University of Iowa where he focused his studies in Cinema and Comparative Literature and Intermedia / Performance Art. Fishel has worked and collaborated with Hans Breder, Phill Niblock, Thinkdance, Luke Murphy, Jason Batemen, John Kolvenbach, and The Hatch-Billops Collection.
In 2004 , Fishel broke ground with a feature-length experimental narrative motion picture, EXQUISITE CORPSE which challenged conventions of narrative cinema by presenting a story via randomized scenes on a programmed DVD.
Fishel’s DaveyDanceBlog, an ongoing performance/video art series that lives on the internet, spans 6 years and includes over 150 distinct videos which features appearances from several international performers/choreographers.
Fishel’s work continues to make his own single and multi-channel video work. His film work has screened at festivals internationally, while his music videos, promos and shorts are routinely broadcast globally. He is also the creator and MC of GinsbergGainsbourg, a multi-lingual spoken word series based in NYC with sister groups in Paris, London, and Istanbul.
ABOUT KINETIC CINEMA
Kinetic Cinema, is a regular screening series of Pentacle’s Movement Media curated by invited guest artists who create evenings of films and videos that have been influential to their own work as artists. When artists are asked to reflect upon how the use of movement in film and media arts has influenced their own art, a plethora of new ideas, material, and avenues of exploration emerge. From cutting edge motion capture animation to Michael Jackson music videos, from Gene Kelly musicals to Kenneth Anger films, Kinetic Cinema is dedicated to the recognition and appreciation for “moving” pictures. We have presented these evenings at Collective: Unconscious, Chez Bushwick, IRT, Launchpad, Green Space, Uniondocs, CRS, 3rd Ward, Fort Useless and The Tank in New York City, as well as at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.
For more information on the current Kinetic Cinema season, please visit our website and our blog, movetheframe.com.
KINETIC CINEMA is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.