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SUMMARY:Equipment Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 20\, 12 pm\nFree\nJoin us Saturday\, May 20 at noon for our first equipment orientation of the year. We’ll briefly preview Squeaky’s rental inventory and discuss how to get started with basic functions\, handling\, and operations of each piece of equipment. It’s a great time to come with your questions and find out how renting from Squeaky Wheel can support your creative moving image visions!
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LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Intro to Video Editing with Adobe Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays and Thursdays\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nApril 18 – April 27\, 2023\nTotal price for all 4 sessions: \n$135 members/$175 non-members\nClick here to register\nLearn to manipulate story and meaning with the art of editing. In this workshop you’ll learn how to take raw footage and assemble it into a narrative\, whether for short films\, documentaries\, interviews\, promotional videos\, or experimental films. You’ll learn important foundational skills and best practices in Adobe Premiere\, and also develop your personal editing style. \nNo experience necessary\, beginners welcome! All equipment provided. \nClass limited to 8 participants. Members receive a discounted rate. Not a member? Click here to sign up! \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Joseph Scordo \nJoseph Scordo is a local video editor and production assistant who has worked on projects such as “Movin’ On\,” an upcoming music video by Drea D’nur\, and interned on “Niagara\,” a PBS Nature documentary premiering in March. Joseph double majored in media production and public relations and advertising at SUNY Buffalo State University. He is currently a production assistant at Buffalo Toronto Public Media\, where he previously held an editing-focused digital media production internship. \n  \nImage: An angled\, over the shoulder shot of a computer screen showing a work in progress on the Adobe Premiere editing timeline.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/intro-to-video-editing-with-adobe-premiere/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Soon-rye Yim's 와이키키 브라더스 (Waikiki Brothers)\, with Molly Hyo Kim
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 13\, 2023\, 6–9 pm\n@ Journey’s End Refugee Services (2495 Main Street\, Suite #530)\nFree or suggested donation\nPresented as the opening of the symposium Genre\, Gender and Language in Korean Film and Drama\, Soon-rye Yim’s 와이키키 브라더스 (Waikiki Brothers\, 109 min\, 2001) is about high school friends who form a band and struggle to find success\, relationships and happiness. The screening will be followed by a lecture by Molly Kim of Hanyang University about the film’s writer and director\, Soon-rye Yim. The lecture\, “Korean Cinema and The Single Woman: Korean Women Filmmakers through Yim Soon-rye\,” will be the opening keynote lecture of UB Asia Research Institute’s Korean studies symposium\, followed by a Q&A with Margaret Rhee\, assistant professor of Media Studies at SUNY Buffalo and The New School\, and Ekrem Serdar\, curator at Squeaky Wheel. Special thank you to Kathy Spillman and Journey’s End Refugee Services. \nMolly Hyo Kim is Adjunct Professor of the College of Humanities at Hanyang University. She earned a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign\, an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University\, and a B.A. in Communication and Culture from Indiana University at Bloomington. She has published her works in Acta Koreana\, the Journal of Cultural Studies\, the International Journal of Korean History\, and more. \nMargaret Rhee is a poet\, scholar and new media artist. Rhee’s debut poetry collection\, “Love\, Robot\,” was published in 2017 and has been named a 2017 Best Book of Poetry by Entropy Magazine and awarded a 2018 Elgin Award by the Science Fiction Poetry Association and the 2019 Best Book Award in Poetry by the Asian American Studies Association. \nAs a new media artist\, her project The Kimchi Poetry Machine is exhibited at the Electronic Literature Review Volume III and included in the anthology Art as Social Practice: Technologies for Change(Routledge\, 2022). From 2008 – 2018\, with collaborators from the San Francisco Department of Public Health\, she co-lead the participatory project From the Center which focused on digital storytelling\, women of color\, and HIV/AIDS education in the San Francisco Jail. \nRhee is an assistant professor at The New School in the School of Media Studies. Prior to The New School\, Rhee held a faculty appointments at the University at Buffalo-SUNY\, Harvard\, and University of Oregon. Rhee earned her Ph.D. from the University of California\, Berkeley in ethnic studies with a Designated Emphasis in new media studies\, and her B.A. in Creative Writing/English from the University of Southern California. \nThis symposium Genre\, Gender and Language in Korean Film and Drama will feature scholars from the U.S\, Asia and Europe examining a wide range of topics in Korean film and television\, including sexuality\, LGBTQ representation\, translation\, violence\, and popular productions like Squid Game and Parasite. This event is sponsored by the UB Asia Research Institute\, Academy of Korean Studies\, and Squeaky Wheel. Cosponsors include the UB Departments of Media Study\, English\, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies\, Art\, and Linguistics\, UB Asian Studies Program\, Global Film Studies Minor Program\, and Gender Institute. \nImage: A still from Waikiki Brothers. Four young people looking off to the side of the camera lens on a sunny day.
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LOCATION:Journey’s End Refugee Services\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite #530\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:16mm Camera-Less Filmmaking with Dena Kopolovich
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 11\, 2023\, 6–9 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here to register\nJoin visiting artist Dena Kopolovich for a special workshop on cameraless filmmaking with 16mm film! Intended for ages 16 and up\, participants will learn about motion picture film\, and manipulate the surface of film using a variety of camera-less techniques: painting\, scratching\, masking\, and tape-lifting to create an original\, collective experimental film on 16mm. The workshop will culminate with a screening at Squeaky Wheel where we’ll watch the film on loop. A light dinner will be provided; you can indicate dietary restrictions during checkout. \nBio of the instructor \nDena Kopolovich (b.1991) is a multimedia artist & filmmaker from New York. Her recent work uses past and present aesthetics to investigate the origin and continuity of meaning. She is interested in using cinematic forms to explore the derivation of instinctive human rituals & objects. In 2022 she completed a fellowship at LABA Laboratory for Jewish Culture\, where she spent a year creatively interrogating ancient mythological texts. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College and a Teaching Artist at the cinema-arts non-profit Mono No Aware. Dena received her education from the Purchase College Conservatory of Theater Arts\, with a concentration in Directing and the Integrated Media Arts MFA at Hunter College. \nSqueaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, County of Erie and County Executive Mark Poloncarz\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of Governor and the New York State Legislature\, and individual members\, businesses\, and supporters. Learn more about the program here. \nImage courtesy of Dena Kopolovich. Several strips of 16mm film against a lighttable. Some are in color and some are in black and white. Some of the films have hand scratched lettering on their emulsion.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/16mm-camera-less-filmmaking-with-dena-kopolovich/
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SUMMARY:Meet the Residents!
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, April 7\, 2023\, 7 pm ET\nOnline + in-person @ Squeaky Wheel \nFree or suggested donation. ASL interpretation provided. \nClick here for tickets\nSqueaky Wheel is pleased to present this virtual artist talk with our Spring 2023 Workspace Residents! Dena Kopolovich (Flushing\, NY)\, Elenie Chung (Los Angeles\, CA)\, Laura Jaramillo (Durham\, NC)\, and Miranda Javid (Port Ewen\, NY) will be presenting and speaking to their previous and current projects\, and engage in a Q&A moderated by curator Ekrem Serdar. \nDuring time with Squeaky Wheel\, the residents will be working on a variety of projects including animations\, hybrid works\, lyrical essays on cinema\, and non-fiction films. Dena Kopolovich will be working towards the completion of her upcoming short film Container Film\, an experimental essay film created in a hybrid 16mm and digital format\, that engages with Ursula K. Le Guin’s essay\, “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction”. Elenie Chung will be assembling All the Films in My Grandfather’s Closet a planned hybrid docu-fiction\, telling the tale of Chung’s grandfather\, a Chinese Trinidadian whose life had been defined by an early marriage\, resistance to cultural customs and the changing times in Trinidad and Tobago from the 1930s to 2020s. Laura Jaramillo will be developing a book of lyrical essays investigating the fraught history of Colombian national cinema during the War on Drugs and global neoliberalization\, interwoven with her own biography as a diasporic Colombian and her family’s history. Miranda Javid will continue animating\, sound recording\, and editing Human Behavior\, a three-minute hand-drawn film drawn with sumi ink on tracing paper\, which asks viewers how even small gestures can impact others.  \nIn-person attendees can find information on how to get to Squeaky Wheel’s new location at Tri-Main Center here. The event will be available to register and view for 24 hours. SW members will have access to the event for 72 hours. \nTo find out more about the Workspace Residency\, click here. \nBiographies of the residents\n \nDena Kopolovich (b.1991) is a multimedia artist & filmmaker from New York. Her recent work uses past and present aesthetics to investigate the origin and continuity of meaning. She is interested in using cinematic forms to explore the derivation of instinctive human rituals & objects. In 2022 she completed a fellowship at LABA Laboratory for Jewish Culture\, where she spent a year creatively interrogating ancient mythological texts. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College and a Teaching Artist at the cinema-arts non-profit Mono No Aware. Dena received her education from the Purchase College Conservatory of Theater Arts\, with a concentration in Directing and the Integrated Media Arts MFA at Hunter College. \nElenie Chung is a filmmaker and artist\, born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago\, currently based in Los Angeles\, CA. She is interested in using female relationships as a method of illustrating cultural disconnection and ancestral amnesia. Her films have screened in international festivals and art exhibitions. Since attending the University of California\, Los Angeles to achieve an MFA in Film Directing/Production\, she has been working remotely at Women Make Movies\, a non-profit feminist media arts organization based in New York City and has been contributing to film organizations in Los Angeles to amplify under-recognised films by women\, international and non-white filmmakers. \nLaura Jaramillo is a critic and poet working at the intersection of film and media theory\, lyrical poetry\, and essay. She received her PhD in critical theory from Duke University where she wrote her dissertation on avant-garde Latin American and Spanish cinema. She is the author of two books of poetry Material Girl (subpress\, 2012) and Making Water (Futurepoem\, 2022). Her writings on film and contemporary media have appeared in JumpCut\, Feminist Media Histories\, and IndyWeek. She is currently at work on a book of essays about the death and rebirth of Colombian cinema during the neoliberal era. \nMiranda Javid is an animator\, curator\, and art-educator with a Masters in Fine Art from the University of California Irvine and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her animations describe topics like cognitive experience\, human bias\, and the relationship between individuals and their communities. These films have shown nationally and internationally at festivals like the Ann Arbor Film Festival\, Eyeworks Film Festival\, Slamdance\, the Flaherty Seminar\, and Malt Adult. She is a Kenan Fellow\, a Denniston Hill resident\, a Sherman Fairchild grantee\, and a recipient of the Nancy Harrigan Prize\, given through the Baker Artist Fund. Her drawings have been shown at Commune1 in Cape Town\, S Africa\, The Baltimore Museum of Art\, The Mint Museum of Art in North Carolina\, and Vox Populi in Philadelphia\, PA. Currently\, she lives in unceded Munsee territory also known as the Hudson Valley in New York State. \nWorkspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.  \nImage description: Four photographs against a graphic background. Left to right and top to bottom are: a portrait of Dena Kopolovich\, gazing off to the left and smiling\, wearing a light brown turtleneck\, with curly long auburn hair that is styled down. The background is a brick wall painted two different shades of red; A close up of Elenie Chung\, a young woman of East Asian descent wearing glasses and with short black hair. She is wearing a green and pink checkered wool scarf; Laura Jaramillo\, a woman in a black dress stares off to the right of the frame. There are trees and foliage behind her; and Miranda Javid\, a femme iranian woman in her mid-thirties stands in front of lush trees.
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LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visual Media for Poets with Laura Jaramillo
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 5\, 2023\, 6–8 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here to register\n\n\n\n\nIntended for all audiences\, visiting poet and researcher Laura Jaramillo will lead Visual Media for Poets\, on how to use visual media to write poetry\, even for people who have never written it. \nWhile many assume poetry is incomprehensible or not for them\, almost everyone has a favorite television show or movie that makes them feel things. This workshop takes those feelings as the material of the poem. \nParticipants will look at and discuss samples of written poetry that are in dialogue with the moving image such as Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee and Tisa Bryant’s Unexplained Presence. We will pay special attention to how these writers use movement between image and text to draw out questions of biography and identity. \nSqueaky Wheel will provide journals and writing tools; bring your laptops\, but laptops can also be requested from Squeaky Wheel. Just bring yourselves! \nBio of the instructor \nLaura Jaramillo is a critic and poet working at the intersection of film and media theory\, lyrical poetry\, and essay. She received her PhD in critical theory from Duke University where she wrote her dissertation on avant-garde Latin American and Spanish cinema. She is the author of two books of poetry\, Material Girl (subpress\, 2012) and Making Water (Futurepoem\, 2022). Her writings on film and contemporary media have appeared in JumpCut\, Feminist Media Histories\, and IndyWeek. She is currently at work on a book of essays about the death and rebirth of Colombian cinema during the neoliberal era. \nSqueaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, County of Erie and County Executive Mark Poloncarz\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of Governor and the New York State Legislature\, and individual members\, businesses\, and supporters. Learn more about the program here. \nImage: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha\, Other Things Seen\, Other Things Heard (Ailleurs)\, 1978\, documentation of performance (rehearsal) at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, 1978. A woman is seen with her back turned against us\, holding two rope like objects going down to the floor. In front of her is a wall with a projection on it that says “Redemption.”
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/visual-media-for-poets-with-laura-jaramillo/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Animation on Paper with Miranda Javid
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 4\, 2023\, 6–8 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here to register\nCome to Squeaky Wheel for a special animation workshop with visiting artist Miranda Javid! Based on the artists own way of working using translucent paper\, participants will learn how they can quickly and intuitively create their own animations with a smartphone\, a free app\, some tracing paper\, and drawing materials. This workshop is intended for participants 16 and up\, and is open to all experience levels. \nParticipants can bring their own smartphones or request an iPad from Squeaky Wheel. You can download the Stopmotion app to be utilized in the class here. \nBio of the instructor \nMiranda Javid is an animator\, curator\, and art-educator with a Masters in Fine Art from the University of California Irvine and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her animations describe topics like cognitive experience\, human bias\, and the relationship between individuals and their communities. These films have shown nationally and internationally at festivals like the Ann Arbor Film Festival\, Eyeworks Film Festival\, Slamdance\, the Flaherty Seminar\, and Malt Adult. She is a Kenan Fellow\, a Denniston Hill resident\, a Sherman Fairchild grantee\, and a recipient of the Nancy Harrigan Prize\, given through the Baker Artist Fund. Her drawings have been shown at Commune1 in Cape Town\, S Africa\, The Baltimore Museum of Art\, The Mint Museum of Art in North Carolina\, and Vox Populi in Philadelphia\, PA. Currently\, she lives in unceded Munsee territory also known as the Hudson Valley in New York State. \nSqueaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, County of Erie and County Executive Mark Poloncarz\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of Governor and the New York State Legislature\, and individual members\, businesses\, and supporters. Learn more about the program here. \nImage courtesy of Miranda Javid. Black ink on crinkly paper. The image is a drawing of a loosely drawn hand holding onto a leaf. Previous frames or past moments of the movement fading in a trail behind the hand.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/animation-on-paper-with-miranda-javid/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:hiba ali | oceans we carry: rough as silk
DESCRIPTION:On view March 24–May 20\, 2023\nFree and open to the public\nSqueaky Wheel presents a solo exhibition by artist hiba ali that utilizes videos\, music\, textiles\, amongst other media. Through storytelling\, oceans we carry: rough as silk explores the figure of the silk worm through visualizing the history and continued presence of African-descent communities from the Swahili-Indian ocean. They map the relationships between the Swahili coast of East Africa\, South India and the Arab world. \nThe geographic location of the Indian Ocean contains the history of trade\, that includes enslaved people\, gold\, spices\, and many other cultural aspects that continue to be present in the lives of its people and diasporas. ali’s work activates the healing modalities of music\, sound and storytelling as offering points of dialogue and contextualization. Their work anchors audiences in discussions of global anti-Blackness\, colorism\, and colonialism\, broadening our understanding of these topics beyond the US. \nMarking Squeaky Wheel’s first exhibition at our new space in the Tri-Main Center\, the opening of the exhibition will feature remarks with the artist in person. A newly commissioned essay co-authored by Beheroze Shroff and Zavier Wingham on hiba ali’s work will be available at the opening\, and made available online.  \nThe exhibition is on view Tuesdays through Fridays\, 12–5 pm and by appointment. Click here for visit\, transportation\, and access information for our new location. To make an appointment or inquire about group tours\, email ekrem@squeaky.org . \nali\, who was selected as Squeaky Wheel’s pilot Artist & Mentor residency program in Fall 2020\, will also participate in several public programs taking place in Buffalo and our region. Special thank you to Claire Schneider and Jean-Michel Reed\, Lindsey Lodhie and the Alternative Cinema Series at Colgate University\, and Paige Sarlin and the PLASMA Speaker Series at the University at Buffalo. See more information below.  \nPublic programs\nFriday\, March 24\, 6–8 pm @ Squeaky Wheel\nOpening of the exhibition with brief remarks by the artist \nMonday\, March 27\, 6:30 pm @ University at Buffalo North Campus\, CFA 112\nhiba ali at the PLASMA Speaker Series\, presented by the Department of Media Study. Click here for more information. \nTuesday\, March 28\, 6:30 pm @ Colgate University\, Hamilton\, NY\nhiba ali at the Alternative Cinema Series. Click here for more information. \nFriday\, July 21\, 11:30 am ET @ online\nIn conversation: hiba ali\, with Beheroze Shroff and Zavier Wingham. Click here for more information. \nBrochure and Mix Tapes\nClick here to download a PDF of the brochure\, featuring a newly commissioned essay by Beheroze Shroff and Zavier Wingham. \nBelow\, you can find the soundcloud embeds to the mixtapes that accompany the indian ocean mixes vinyl installation (2020-2023) \nsparkle nation · silent reading hour w/ H1BA (Hiba Ali)_ep7\nH 1 B A · indian ocean mix II: music as ritual w/ nada sayed @houseoflolia\, montez press radio\, nov 19th\, 2020\n  \nExhibition Documentation\nAbout the artist and contributors\nhiba ali is a producer of moving images\, sounds\, garments and words. they reside in many time zones: chicago\, toronto and eugene. born in karachi\, pakistan\, they belong to east african\, south asian and arab diasporas. they are a practitioner and (re)learner of swahili\, urdu\, arabic and spanish languages. they work on two long term art and publication projects: the first being an art-based phd project that examines womyn of colour’s labour\, and architecture of surveillance as it exists within the monopoly of amazon (corp.) and the second being a series of works that addresses music\, cloth and ritual practices that connect east africa\, south asia and the arabian peninsula in the swahili-indian ocean region. \nthey are an assistant professor at the college of design in the art & technology program at the university of oregon in eugene and they teach on decolonial\, feminist\, anti-racist frameworks in digital art pedagogies. currently\, they are a phd candidate in cultural studies at queens university in kingston\, ontario. their work has been presented in chicago\, stockholm\, vienna\, berlin\, toronto\, new york\, istanbul\, são paulo\, detroit\, windsor\, dubai\, austin\, vancouver\, and portland. they have written for the following magazines: “c”\, the seen\, newcity chicago\, art chicago\, art dubai\, the state\, medium’s zora\, rtv\, and topical cream. \nnote: the profile picture indicates the need to not be perceived by all carceral\, surveillant and monitoring systems including the corporeal\, digital and virtual. the use of lowercase on this site denotes a turn away from egotism embedded in the english language (danah michele boyd) and towards ideas of the collective (bell hooks) and reminds us of the many realities\, names and glyphs that cannot be said in such a colonial language. \nBeheroze Shroff teaches in the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California\, Irvine. A long-time scholar of Siddis\, Indians of African descent in Gujarat\, Shroff has published widely in several journals and anthologies\, and documented on film different aspects of contemporary Siddi life\, in Gujarat. Most recently\, in 2020\, Shroff co-edited a three-volume publication titled Afro-South Asia in the Global African Diaspora\, which explores the ways in which Africans and people of African descent have shaped and have been shaped by histories\, cultures\, and societies of South Asia. Her documentaries have been shown in public and academic venues: at Monsoons and Migrations: Unleashing Dhow Synergies– Conference in Association with the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF); The African Diaspora in Asia conference (TADIA) Goa; Samosa Arts and Culture Festival (Nairobi);  Max Planck Institute (Halle); School of Oriental and African Studies and Institute of Commonwealth Studies University of London; Schomburg Library and Museum of Black Culture (New York); Malcolm X Library (San Diego\, California) and Pan African Film Festivals (Los Angeles)\, among others.   \nZavier Wingham (he/they) is a writer\, editor\, and PhD candidate in the joint program for History and Middle East and Islamic Studies at New York University\, with an additional concentration in the history of the African Diaspora. Their dissertation research explores how changing Ottoman elite conceptions of race\, slavery\, and blackness in the Ottoman Empire contributed to new forms of racialization of enslaved and manumitted Africans between the 1840s and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914\, as well as how Africans in the Ottoman empire experienced these processes of racialization and sought to create new kinds of community and ways of living. Their work has been supported by Fulbright\, ARIT\, and Koç University’s ANAMED. More of their work can be found at zavierwingham.com  \n \nThis project was made possible through support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. \nBanner image: hiba ali\, in the cyclone (rough as silk). Three green curly haired beings\, with brown skin and tan highlights\, big green eyes\, round nose\, pink lips\, are swirling in three separate spirals on top of a shiny green silk fabric with ripples in the background.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/hiba-ali-oceans-we-carry-rough-as-silk/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Building Virtual Worlds: An Introduction to Virtual Reality
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays and Thursdays\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nMarch 21 – March 30\, 2023\nTotal price for all 4 sessions: $135 members/$175 non-members\nClick here to register\n  \nIn this workshop\, you will learn how to create immersive and interactive virtual worlds using A-Frame\, a free\, web-based tool for building virtual reality experiences. It is easy to use for beginners\, and powerful enough to create complex projects as your skills progress. You’ll leave with the skills to make games and/or experimental websites.  \nThroughout the workshop\, you will be introduced to the basics of virtual reality\, including coding with HTML\, creating three-dimensional objects and environments\, and adding interactive elements such as animations and sounds. You will also learn the various features of A-Frame\, including how to easily add interactivity and functionality to your projects. \nYou’ll be guided through each step of the process\, from creating your first scene to building a more complex environment. You’ll have time to experiment and get creative with your project\, with feedback from the instructor and your classmates.  \nBy the end of the workshop\, you will have created your own virtual world that can be viewed on a VR headset\, or on any device with a web browser – smartphones\, tablets\, computers\, etc. You will have a solid understanding of A-Frame and the basics of virtual reality\, making it easy for you to continue exploring and creating your own immersive experiences. \nNo coding experience necessary\, beginners welcome! All equipment provided\, including Oculus Quest headsets for use during class.  \nClass limited to 8 participants. Members receive a discounted rate. Not a member? Click here to sign up! \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nSee one of your instructor’s A-Frame projects here \nSee other examples of projects made with A-Frame here \nInstructor: Ashley Peresie \nAshley Peresie is a new media artist and self taught scientist from Buffalo\, NY. Working with electronics\, code\, and other earthly materials\, they aim to reshape technological narratives of control into ones of feeling\, listening\, intuiting\, and having faith. Their work usually involves sound and video installation\, objects and instruments. \n\nImage: Three people seated in rolling office chairs\, wearing white VR headsets.
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LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cinematography: Unleash the Power of Your DSLR Camera!
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays and Thursdays\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nMarch 7 – March 16\, 2023\nTotal price for all 4 sessions: \n$135 members/$175 non-members\nClick here to register\n  \nDo you want to learn how to make beautiful videos and tell compelling stories with your DSLR camera? Then you are interested in cinematography\, the art of moving images!  \nOur workshop is designed for adults who are interested in learning the fundamentals of cinematography. You’ll learn how to compose a shot\, use lighting to create mood and atmosphere\, and tell compelling stories through the lens. The workshop will also cover detailed camera setup and settings\, lighting setups and techniques\, and how to work with a tripod. Learn with Squeaky’s Canon and Sony DSLR cameras\, or bring your own! \nParticipants will have the opportunity to work on practical exercises\, shooting short scenes or interviews and experimenting with different lighting setups. You will receive individual feedback and guidance from your instructor\, and collaborate with other participants to develop your skills and creativity. \nWhether you want to pursue a career in filmmaking or simply want to improve your skills for personal projects or social media\, this workshop will give you the tools and confidence to take your videos to the next level.  \nNo experience necessary\, beginners welcome! All equipment provided.  \nClass limited to 8 participants. Members receive a discounted rate. Not a member? Click here to sign up! \n***If you would like to use your own DSLR camera for this workshop\, please contact Caroline to confirm that yours will be a good fit.*** \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Joseph Wachowski \n  \nImage: Smiling woman in profile\, using a black Dslr camera.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/cinematography-2/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Media Art Workshop
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SUMMARY:Exhalations: Films by Kalpana Subramanian
DESCRIPTION:***New date: Friday\, March 3\, 2023\, 7 pm ET***\nIn-person @ Journey’s End Refugee Services\, and online\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here to register\nFor over 20 years\, Kalpana Subramanian has created a remarkable body of work spanning films\, media art\, children’s books\, scholarship\, and curatorial work. Her recent work is invested in a cinema of breath: a framework for radical cinema grounded in intersectional-feminist and decolonial thought\, alternative approaches to embodiment\, and what Achille Mbembe calls “the universal right to breathe.” This solo screening by the celebrated film and media practitioner brings together recent and older short films from 2002 to the present day\, including the entirety of her Light Mediated series. The filmmaker will be present for a Q&A following the screening. \nThis online and event will take place in the theater of Journey’s End Refugee Services\, located at the 5th floor of Tri-Main Center. Please note that the online event will only have the films\, not the Q&A with the artist. The online films will be available for 24 hours. Squeaky Wheel members will receive extended access for 72 hours. \nProgram\nTotal duration: 54 minutes. Please note that woolgathering contains flickering imagery. \nThe Maze of Lanes (SD\, 6 min\, Sound\, Color\, 2002) \nIncantation (HD\, 8 min 37 sec\, sound\, color\, 2021) \nwoolgathering (HD\, 3 min 10 sec\, sound\, color\, 2020) \nTattva (HD\, 4.34 min\, Sound\, Color\, 2018) \nLight Mediated Series \nLiquid is Light (8mm transferred to Digital\, 4 min 2 sec\, sound\, B&W\, 2016) \nEmpyrean (HD\, 6 min 20 sec min\, silent\, color\, 2016) \nLight Rooms (HD\, 1 min 45 sec\, silent\, color\, 2016) \nPrismatic Resonance (HD\, 12 min 46 sec\, sound\, color\, 2016) \nA Dialogue of Dissonance (HD\, 6 min 23 sec\, Sound\, Color\, 2016) \nBio\nKalpana Subramanian is an artist-filmmaker and scholar of experimental film and media. Her current research investigates the poetics of breath in experimental film using a transcultural and interdisciplinary approach. Her work has been supported by grants including a Humanities Institute Advanced PhD Fellowship (University at Buffalo\, 2022-23)\, the UK Environmental Film Fellowship (2006) and the Fulbright Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship (University of Colorado Boulder\, 2015-16). Her films have been presented at venues including the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival\, Toronto International Film Festival\, Interfilm Berlin\, National Gallery of Modern Art (Mumbai\, India)\, UNESCO (France)\, Antimatter Media Arts (Canada)\, Asia Society\, Union Docs and Flaherty NYC Seminar (USA) among others. She has received awards for her films at the Documentary Festival of History and Archeology (Perugia\, Italy\, 2015)\, Montana CINE International Film Festival (2003\, 2005) and CMS Vatavaran (2008). Her curated film programs have been screened at the Alternative cinema series (Colgate University\, USA)\, Bristol Experimental Expanded Film (UK) and Simon Fraser University (Canada) among others. She is presently a doctoral candidate and an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Media Study\, University at Buffalo. \nSpecial thank you to Kathy Spillman and Journey’s End Refugee Services. \nBanner image: Kalpana Subramanian\, Incantation (2021). A photograph depicting multiple images projected on a surface. The shadows of what look like two young people\, arms on each other’s shoulders\, standing under an arched gateway to a historic building in Delhi\, India. Upon this image is an extended hand\, palm open. It looks like the young people are in the palm.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/exhalations-films-by-kalpana-subramanian/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Screenings
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SUMMARY:Intro to Choice-Based Game Design
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays and Thursdays\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nFebruary 21 – March 2\, 2023\nTotal price for all 4 sessions:\n$135 members/$175 non-members\nClick here to register\nLearn how to make interactive games! Using the free Inky engine\, build a scalable text-based game that takes into account player choices when progressing its narrative. Inky is a very simple narrative scripting language for games that can stand alone in web browsers and be integrated into game production engines like Unity. No experience necessary\, beginners welcome! All equipment provided. \nClass limited to 8 participants. Members receive a discounted rate. Not a member? Click here to sign up! \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Famous Clark \nFamous Clark is a current MFA student at the University at Buffalo’s Media Study program. His specific field of study is an interweaving of mythology and folklore\, queer and feminist scholarship\, and interactivity and portrayal within games. Famous’s research and projects to date aim to develop queer allegories of being\, utilizing tropes of fantastical narratives in folklore and fairytales. These allegories\, in turn\, are injected into game mediums\, facilitating the embodiment\, interactivity\, and portrayal of non-heteronormative realities. \nImage: A screenshot of a computer coding environment\, with white text on a black screen. The text is readable as a conversation.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/choices-matter-intro-to-text-based-game-design/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Media Art Workshop
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SUMMARY:Afternoon Filmmaking Workshop: Dreams\, Gestures\, and Memoir
DESCRIPTION:February 14 – March 9\, 2023 (8 sessions)\nTuesdays and Thursdays\, 1–3 pm\n$20 members/$55 nonmembers\nClick here to register\nWe are excited to announce this inaugural weekday afternoon workshop for older adults. The workshop is open to students of all levels\, no experience necessary. \nIn this playful and experimental video workshop for older adults (ages 55+)\, participants will create short films about dreams and memories. Participants will work individually and collaboratively to conduct interviews\, record and edit sound and video\, and learn technical skills while exploring the artistic potential of free association\, repetition\, lighting\, and layering. The instructor will guide students of all levels in using digital cameras\, audio recorders\, iPads\, and Adobe Premiere editing software. The resulting short films may question the line between dream and memory or lead to a narrative story. The workshop will end with a screening and celebration of the finished work. No experience necessary\, beginners welcome! All equipment provided. Space limited to 8 participants. \nRegister here or contact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Avye Alexandres (www.avye.art) \nAvye Alexandres is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work bridges film\, photography\, experimental media\, sculpture and performance. She has produced and exhibited her work nationally since 2005\, including in Squeaky Wheel’s 2018 Workspace Residency at Silo City. She received her MFA from The University at Buffalo and a BFA from Southern Methodist University. \n  \n  \n  \nThis Afternoon Filmmaking Workshop is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies in partnership with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy and supported by Lifetime Arts. \n \nBanner image: A photograph of the shadows of two people on a wall.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/afternoon-filmmaking-workshop-dreams-gestures-and-memoir/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Squeaky Wheel has moved to the Tri-Main Center!
DESCRIPTION:  \nSqueaky Wheel has found a new home at the Tri-Main Center! Our new\, larger space offers more flexibility to adapt to communities’ needs\, new partnerships with neighboring organizations\, and greater accessibility for students\, artists\, and friends. The possibilities are endless! \nStay tuned for our re-opening date\, and see our updated visit\, transportation\, and accessibility information below and on our Visit page. \nSqueaky Wheel is located in the Tri-Main Center on 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310. You can enter the Tri-Main Center from its main entrance on Halbert Street\, parallel to Main Street. We are located in Suite 310\, which you can find by taking the elevator in the lobby to the 3rd floor and walking left and following the signage on the walls. \nParking is available for visitors across from the Halbert Street entrance. The Tri-Main Center can be reached by taking the #8 bus\, the Filmore-Hertel Bus\, #23 Fillmore-Hertel bus\, or via rail to the Amherst Station. \nThe Tri-Main Center has automated doors and lever handles. There is a dedicated lift for wheelchair users on the left when you enter\, so you may avoid the stairs and continue to the elevator. \nRight outside of Squeaky Wheel’s suite are gender-segregated restrooms with accessible stalls. Inside Squeaky Wheel is a gender-inclusive restroom. \nPlease see individual program pages for additional access information\, including virtual attendance options\, ASL interpretation\, CART\, and more. \nArtsAccess Pass holders can gain free entry and request accessible transportation to and from Squeaky Wheel for events. Find out more about the ArtsAccess program\, and how you can sign up\, by clicking here. Note you must make transportation requests at least two weeks in advance. Click here to request transportation. You can also sign up to be an ArtsAccess pass holder at Squeaky Wheel. ArtsAccess is a program offered by Arts Services Initiative\, and Squeaky Wheel is not responsible for the ArtsAccess program. \nWe expect all visitors\, students\, artists\, instructors\, staff\, board members\, and community members to abide by Squeaky Wheel’s Community Guidelines. \n  \nImage: Tri-Main Center – fmr Ford Motor Company assembly plant\, Trico Plant No. 2 – Buffalo\, New York – 20200624 by Andre Carrotflower\, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. A photograph of the Tri-Main Center during the day. You can see four stories with large glass windows on each floor.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/squeaky-wheel-has-moved-to-the-tri-main-center/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Updates
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SUMMARY:Squeaky's Sneaky Peeky
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 15\, 6–8 pm\nFree at 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\nRSVP here\nWe’re moving and we want to hear from you! Join us for our Annual Meeting and a sneak peek into our new home base at the Tri-Main Center (2495 Main Street\, Suite 310) . Hear from our Executive Director\, renew your membership (or become a new member!)\, and give us your feedback on how to utilize the new space. Wine\, beer\, and light fare will be provided. Be sure to RSVP at the link above! \nImage description: An illustration of young people making a movie together. Illustration by Tom Holt.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/squeakys-sneaky-peeky/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Reality intensive: Theory and Praxis with Deniz Tortum
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 12 and Sunday\, November 13\, 2022\n11 am – 3 pm\nLunch provided; ASL interpretation available\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here to register\n \nIn this two-day intensive for intermediate media students\, filmmaker Deniz Tortum will introduce participants to a critical history and practice of virtual reality\, from the stereoscope from the 1850s to the Unity / Unreal based systems of today. Participants will leave the workshop with a sense of serious play of what it means and how to engage in VR and 3D image making. \nThis workshop is intended for artists and technologists who have an intermediate experience with digital tools and skills such as animation\, 3D modeling\, film editing\, among others. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend Tortum’s virtual reality showcase September 1955 that takes place on the evening of Friday\, November 11. Lunch will be provided and ASL interpretation is available by request; register by Wednesday\, November 9 to request ASL interpretation and indicate any dietary restrictions. \nBiography of the artist \nDeniz Tortum works in film and immersive media. His work has screened internationally\, including at the Venice Film Festival\, SxSW\, IFFR\, IDFA\, Sheffield Doc/Fest\, Hot Docs\, True/False and Dokufest. His latest short Our Ark (2021\, co-dir Kathryn Hamilton) has premiered at IDFA 2021 and won Best Short Film award at Istanbul Film Festival. His latest feature film Phases of Matter (2020) premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2020 and received the Best Documentary awards at Istanbul and Antalya Film Festivals. He has worked as a researcher at the MIT Open Documentary Lab and MIT Transmedia Storytelling Initiative\, where his research focused on immersive media. In 2019\, he was featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. \nThis event is presented in partnership with ASI and the Arts Council for Wyoming County\, and made possible with funds from the NYSCA in Partnership with Wave Farm: Immersive Art & Technology Initiative\, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Special thank you to Çağrı Hakkı Zaman. \nImage: Documentation of an installation of Deniz Tortum\, September 1955 (2016). A person wearing virtual reality goggles in a sunny room. They are crouched and their hands are facing out as if they are gently pushing something.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/virtual-reality-intensive-theory-and-praxis-with-deniz-tortum/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Deniz Tortum's September 1955 and Floodplain
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 11\, 6–8 pm and Saturday\, November 12\, 2022\, 3–5 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nReserve a viewing time here or show up!\nSqueaky Wheel invites you to a special event for you to experience two virtual reality experience by Deniz Tortum\, September 1955 and Floodplain. We are excited to welcome back Tortum\, who was a Workspace Resident researching virtual reality documentary practices in 2017\, in conjunction with his virtual reality intensive taking place that weekend.  Viewers can sign up at the link above to reserve a viewing time for September 1955. \n \nDeniz Tortum\, Floodplain (2018). A wide image taken outdoors on a partially sunny day. A dirt road\, plastic chairs\, and some houses are visible. Someone is sitting on a chair\, their back turned against us. On the left\, a minaret is visible.\nDeniz Tortum\, Floodplain\nVirtual reality on Oculus Rift\, 15 min\, 2018 \nA mysterious tree watches over a forest while humans traverse its paths\, planning construction zones and searching for a lost person. As civilization slowly unravels\, quiet new dynamics emerge. \nFloodplain is set against a man-made environmental crisis and explores our relationships to each other at the end of nature. If we can no longer be what we were\, can we really become something new? Can we be a forest\, or a stone; can we be a multitude of organisms; can we be nothing? Can we be something that we don’t know we can be yet? \n \nDeniz Tortum\, September 1955 (2016). A sun dappled room with a cabinet full of photography film. Two pictures are hanging on the wall; one of a person with a camera\, the other of a soccer team lined up. A coat and fedora hang in the corner by a comfortable chair.\nDeniz Tortum with Çağrı Hakkı Zaman & Nil Tuzcu\, September 1955\nVirtual Reality on Vive\, 8 min\, 2016 \nThe 8-minute virtual-reality documentary depicts the Istanbul Pogrom\, a government-initiated organized attack on the minorities of Istanbul that took place on September 6-7\, 1955. This interactive installation places the viewer in a reconstructed photography studio in the midst of the pogrom\, allowing one to witness the events from the perspective of a local shop-owner. \nDrawing on the photographic archive of Maryam Şahinyan (1911-1996) and Osep Minasoğlu (1929-2013)\, Armenian photographers who lived in Istanbul at the time\, the installation materializes an extinct space. The wall in the virtual studio that exhibits Sahinyan’s photos is transformed into a documentation of the raids and their aftermath in the physical space; by overlapping the layouts of the two spaces the project experiments with the transition from a virtual to physical experience. The experience of the space induced by participating in the mundane activities of the photography studio aims to generate unique historical narratives that are reproduced and enacted by the viewer. \nBiography of the artist \nDeniz Tortum works in film and immersive media. His work has screened internationally\, including at the Venice Film Festival\, SxSW\, IFFR\, IDFA\, Sheffield Doc/Fest\, Hot Docs\, True/False and Dokufest. His latest short Our Ark (2021\, co-dir Kathryn Hamilton) has premiered at IDFA 2021 and won Best Short Film award at Istanbul Film Festival. His latest feature film Phases of Matter (2020) premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2020 and received the Best Documentary awards at Istanbul and Antalya Film Festivals. He has worked as a researcher at the MIT Open Documentary Lab and MIT Transmedia Storytelling Initiative\, where his research focused on immersive media. In 2019\, he was featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. \nThis event is presented in partnership with ASI and the Arts Council for Wyoming County\, and made possible with funds from the NYSCA in Partnership with Wave Farm: Immersive Art & Technology Initiative\, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Special thank you to Çağrı Hakkı Zaman. \nBanner image: Deniz Tortum\, Floodplain (2018).
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SUMMARY:Squeaky Wheel's 19th Animation Fest!
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 14\, 2022\, 5:30 pm ET\nIn-person at the Burchfield Penney Art Center as part of M&T Second Fridays\nFree or suggested donation\nTo attend the in-person event\, just come to BPAC!\nFor the online screening\, register here\n \nSqueaky Wheel is excited to present the annual 19th Animation Fest! The annual festival features some of the most exciting voices working in animation today\, from Western New York and beyond. \nThe eleven short films in the 19th Animation Fest feature animation techniques such as rotoscoping\, 3D animation\, stop-motion\, hand-drawn celluloid films\, music videos and documentary works. These unique and personal films address topics and concerns such as gender and sexuality\, women in the history of animation\, disability and belonging\, the perceptual possibilities of animation\, and much more. \nFeaturing films by Ahmad Saleh\, Anne-Marie Bouchard\, Hannah R.W. Hamalian\, James Leong Holston\, Kelly Gallagher\, LIZN’BOW (Liz Ferrer & Bow Ty Enterprises Venture Capital)\, Lynn Kim\, Marisa Michaels and Sianna Le\, Poyen Wang\, Wenhua Shi\, and Youmee Lee. Curated by Ekrem Serdar and Zainab Saleh. \nAccess information:  \nFor in-person viewers\, see accessibility information for BPAC here. The in-person screening will feature an ASL interpretation for the introduction and Q&A. See individual film descriptions for caption and subtitle information in the “Program” section below. \nFor online viewers: See individual film descriptions for caption and subtitle information in the “Program” section below.The screening will be available to view for 24 hours\, and 72 hours for Squeaky members. Ahmad Saleh’s Night is not available for online viewers. \nPlease see the individual film descriptions for content notes. Some of these films may contain strong themes such as war\, trauma\, body dysmorphia\, flicker\, or images that may be unsuitable for young children. \n            <strong>Program</strong>                        \nYoumee Lee\, Rite of Identity\n4:16 min\, sound\, 2022\, USA \nA 2D animation film about a deaf girl who has exceptional artistic talent but struggles with an overwhelming soundscape. Many deaf symbols and motifs are conveyed through her lens. The film is based on Youmee Lee’s personal experience as a deaf student in a mainstream school. \nWenhua Shi\, Because the Sky is Blue\n4 min\, sound\, 2021\, USA \nMuybridge captured the galloping horse one hundred forty years ago in a brief 12 frames. The duration of today’s social media video clips is similar to Muybridge’s brevity. Wenhua tries to reimagine what subject Muybridge would capture today. All source footage is from Wenhua’s social media feed. He used the cyanotype method to reprint the individual frames to create the final short videos. \nAnne-Marie Bouchard\, Bleue\n2:48 min\, sound\, 2021\, Canada\nContent notes: Flickering imagery \nAn improvised film around the color blue and a questioning. This gestural film is woven over my moods during the pandemic lock-down. Constraints: 100 feet of transparent film; work on the persistence of vision (drawings 1 image out of 2). Acrylic paint\, nail polish\, and inks are applied directly on 16mm film. Marie-Loup Cottinet improvised the music on her cello over the animation. \nJames Leong Holston\, Olive and Otis\n5:20 min\, sound\, 2022\, USA\nContent notes: Animated nudity\, body dysphoria\, brief animated images of surgery and blood \nA short animated horror film about dysphoria\, gender transition\, and the self. \nMarisa Michaels and Sianna Le\, You Are What You Eat\n1 min\, sound\, 2022\, USA \nA short\, gem-like and precise animated film by two students working collaboratively at Nichols School. Winner of the Squeaky Wheel award at the 2022 Nichols School Flickfest. \nHannah Hamalian\, The Golden Age\n9:58 min\, sound\, English with captions\, 2021\, USA \nAn experimental documentary examining the traumatic history of being a woman at work in the animation industry. I put myself into conversation with a generation of women who experienced restricted creative opportunities in animation and a lack of acknowledgement as artists. Each manipulated frame is an ode to the disregarded labor of women\, wielded to create films that told young girls to dream. \nPoyen Wang\, Recess\n4:16 min\, silent\, 2020\, USA \nRecess is a moving image work from The Black Sun series\, which is informed by the literature of Japanese author Motojiro Kajii. Melancholy atmosphere permeates throughout a series of dreamlike vignettes in Recess\, depicting a boy-man figure sitting alone in a timeless\, cave-like classroom. The wind blows the curtains; ceiling fans operate endlessly; clouds slowly pass through the blue sky; a group of butterflies subtly flap their wings on a bulletin board. Conversely\, the protagonist remains still while a ray of sun breaks the darkness of the room through the window\, almost like a rope\, illuminating the statue-like figure. Written in a confessional manner\, Kajii conflates fiction and autobiography\, reflecting on the banality and wonder of quotidian life through the vision of a dying person. Reinterpreting Kajii’s literature through my lived experience as a queer person and an immigrant from East Asia\, I create a series of portraits and still lifes to explore repressed emotions and foreground mortality and alienation as a universal human experience. \nKelly Gallagher\, In the Future\n3:30 min\, sound\, English with captions\, 2021\, USA \nKnowing that another world is possible\, individuals young and old share their hopes and dreams for the future. \nAhmed Saleh\, ليل (Night)\n16 min\, sound\, Arabic with English subtitles\, 2021\, Palestine/Germany\nContent notes: Non-violent depictions of war victims and parental trauma \nThe dust of war keeps the eyes sleepless. Night brings peace and sleep to all the people in the broken town. Only the eyes of the mother of the missing child stay resilient. Night must trick her into sleeping to save her soul.\nPlease note: This film will only be available in the in-person screening \nLynn Kim\, CONDUIT\n5:25 min\, sound\, 2022\, USA\nContent notes: Flickering imagery \nA running body powers the cycle between states of being. CONDUIT is a tribute to Korean musical rituals and the wonder of locomotion\, both spiritual and physical. \nLIZN’BOW (Liz Ferrer & Bow Ty Enterprises Venture Capital)\, Dame Leche\n3:24 min\, sound\, English and Spanish partially subtitled\, 2022\, USA\nContent notes: Flickering imagery\, brief language \nLiz Ferrer and Bow Ty’s collaborative work spans film making\, photography\, video\, and performance art. Through a queer and comedic lens\, their work together has been building a reputation for critiquing American and Latin pop. Their most recent projects together are feminist reggaeton band Niña and new media collaborative LIZN’BOW. Niña is a feminist reggaeton duo and performative art project. They started this project to bring diverse voices to the traditionally male genre of reggaeton. Dame Leche was directed\, produced\, written\, edited\, and animated by Liz Ferrer and Bow Ty. This video is part one of our visual album Niñalandia. Niñalandia pushes social constructs by bringing diverse voices to the traditionally male genre of reggaeton. Dame Leche is set in a post climate change Miami where half of the city is underwater\, people ride jet skis to work and everyone has an addiction to leche. This project has been funded by Oolite Arts Ellies Creator Award. \n            \n            Filmmaker biographies                        \nAhmad Saleh is a Palestinian/German writer and director. His first film\, HOUSE\, 2012 was nominated for the German Short Film Award and his second film\, AYNY\, 2016 won the Student Academy Award. Recently he finished his third short film\, NIGHT and is developing his first feature. \nAnne-Marie Bouchard lives and works in Québec City. She directed several experimental videos and installations. Her work is about exploring the mysteries and wonders of the world and questioning the way we perceive and analyze it. To sense\, to feel\, to be immersed\, and to question: her cinema is poetry.\n \nHannah R.W. Hamalian (she/her) is an artist intrigued by how complicated the world is. In her animation and film practice she tends towards an experimental and poetic mode of expression\, working with the movement of animation in collaboration with dance and landscape to represent paradox and complexity. She uses an interdisciplinary approach to aim for the emotional core of an experience and craft immersive soundscapes that create a space specifically designed for asking questions. \nJames Leong Holston is a Los Angeles-based animator and filmmaker originally from Berkeley\, California. He studied Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts and graduated in 2022. \nKelly Gallagher is a filmmaker\, animator\, and Associate Professor of Film at Syracuse University. Her creative work is rooted in themes of resistance\, struggle\, political histories\, and personal explorations. Her award-winning films and commissioned animations have screened internationally at venues including: the Museum of Modern Art\, the National Gallery of Art\, Sundance Film Festival\, the Smithsonian Institution\, and Tribeca Film Festival. Her most recent animations have also screened on Netflix and PBS. She’s presented solo programs of her work at institutions including: SFMOMA\, Close-Up Cinema London\, SF Cinematheque\, and Wexner Center for the Arts. \nLiz and Bow‘s work has been featured at Mana Contemporary\, Squeaky Wheel\, Borscht Film Festival\, ICA Miami\, The Bass Museum\, The Satellite Show Art Fair Art Basel\, Albright-Knox Art Gallery\,  The Koubek Center\, Cunsthaus\, MOCA Miami\, Museum of Modern Art Santo Domingo\, and Albright Knox Center. They are recipients of the Knights Art Challenge award from the Knight Foundation\, Franklin Furnace Grant\, Locust Projects WaveMaker\, Oolite Arts Ellies Award\, Knight Sundance Short Film Miami Intensive Fellows\, Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency\, Elsewhere Southern Constellations Fellowship\, Caldera Arts Residency\, Squeaky Wheel Residency\, Borscht Film Festival Grant\, En Residencia Fellowship\, Tempus Projects Residency Fellowship\, Acre Residency\, and La Sierra de Santa Marta Residency. \nLynn Kim is a Korean American filmmaker and educator who uses live-action and animation techniques to create short films that explore the social conditions and realities of the human body. She is particularly interested in how questions around gender\, race\, health and sexuality can be explored through metaphorical and abstract means\, and her work is often centered in her own body and lived experiences. \nPoyen Wang was born in Taiwan and is currently based in New York City. His recent practice employs world building through 3D computer graphics to create narratives that grapple with issues of identity\, sexuality and masculinity. He has solo exhibitions at Taipei Digital Art Center (2020)\, 18th Street Arts Center (Los Angeles\, 2018)\, Flux Factory (New York\, 2018)\, and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (2016). \nWenhua Shi pursues a poetic approach to moving image making\, and investigates conceptual depth in film\, video\, interactive installations and sound sculptures. His work has been presented at museums\, galleries\, and film festivals. He is the founder and one of curators of RPM Fest. \nBased in upstate New York\, Youmee Lee is a deaf Korean American animator who weaves narrative illustrations into her art. She currently teaches courses on deaf art and cinema after earning her M.F.A. in Film and Animation at Rochester Institute of Technology. Growing up with limited access to the aural world\, she delved entirely into the visual world and studied art in New York City\, Amsterdam\, and Seoul. As a first-generation American raised by an immigrant family\, her work is a colorful tapestry of her intersectionality. She strives to deconstruct the stigma towards people with disabilities. Youmee continues to explore storytelling with different materials\, embodying the nuances of sign language and physical movements. Her goal is to create visually poetic work that is accessible to a wide audience.             \nAbout our Partner Sponsor \nAnimators belong at Villa. Look around: Animation is everywhere—movies and TV\, advertising\, video games. Future animators are curious\, creative\, and embrace technology in meaningful ways. But most importantly—they’re storytellers. They have rich imaginations and take inspiration from other disciplines like photography\, music\, and film. At Villa\, you’ll channel what you discover to create characters and environments that capture the interests of a range of audiences. Click here for more information. \nImage: Lynn Kim\, CONDUIT (2022). A traced image of a person moving over a black backdrop. An abstract white shadow falls on the floor.
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LOCATION:Burchfield Penney Art Center\, 1300 Elmwood Ave\, Buffalo\, 14222\, United States
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SUMMARY:Squeaky Wheel's Excellent Adventure!
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 24\, 2022\nTeam check-in: starts at 11 AM\nGameplay: 12–4 PM\nParty: 6–9 PM\nSliding scale: $10-25 per person.\nLocation: Anywhere! With optional opening and closing events at Five Points Bakery\, 44 Brayton Street\, Buffalo\, NY\nClick here for tickets\nClick here for the event guide+ team placards \n* Event guide available on September 24\, 2022\, at 12 pm ET \n  \nSqueaky Wheel’s Excellent Adventure is on!  \nBring your creativity and a team of up to 4 of your friends and family. Compete to win prizes by posting photos and videos to Instagram to solve clues. \n\n\n11:00 am-12 pm – Check in at Five Points Bakery\, grab a team photo\, and register before the clues drop! \n\n\n12:00 pm – Clues released and the Excellent Adventure Begins! \n\n\n4:00 pm-Finish Line. The Excellent Adventure ENDS! No late photo posts will be accepted. \n\n\n6:00 pm-Party! –  and winners are announced \n\n\nHailed by Buffalo Spree magazine as the “Best New Fundraiser”\, the Excellent Adventure is “a brilliant mashup of scavenger hunt and selfie culture…truly family-friendly\, educational\, and\, most of all\, super fun.” \nGet to know the place you live\, share your creativity\, have fun with your friends\, and win prizes.\nHere is the deal: \n\n\nTeams have four hours \n\n\n50 clues in 5 categories \n\n\nBonus points awarded for creativity and effort \n\n\nClues completed by posting photos and videos to instagram with hashtag #squeakyadventure \n\n\nThe Excellent Adventure promises to bring out the artist\, tour guide\, historian\, and/or goofball in all of us! Players can take part  in their own backyard or on the other side of the world. All you need is an internet connection\, a smart phone\, and a few hours for fun. \nAnd did we mention there is an After Party!? \nIf you are local\, celebrate a day of adventuring through Buffalo at Five Points Bakery with music from ABCDJ. There will be food and drinks available for purchase\, and all proceeds benefit Squeaky Wheel\, an excellent excuse to get out and enjoy the last Saturday of September. \nDon’t want to quest for clues – why not come and party anyway!  We have a special party-only ticket available (only $10)\, so you can still support Squeaky Wheel\, check out the work of the Excellent Adventure teams and celebrate the winners at the Five Points After Party\, 6-9 pm. \n“The Squeaky Wheel Excellent Adventure was a great opportunity to get outdoors\, be creative\, and see lots of Buffalo sights that I don’t often take the time to notice. My friends and I had a lovely afternoon of competitive fun and learned some new ways to use digital media!” \n—Sarah Wooton\, 2020 participant\, Team Inspector Catjets \nA panel of Excellent Adventure judges made up of media professionals and community members will review submissions\, assigning points for the completion of each clue\, and assigning bonus points for creativity or effort. At exactly 4 pm\, gameplay ends. No late submissions! At 6 pm we’ll gather at Five Points Bakery for the after-party where posts will be shared on screens and prizes will be awarded. DJ? Check. Dancing? Check. Fun? Absolutely! \nWhat does my ticket support? \nSqueaky Wheel’s mission is to continue a legacy of innovation in media arts through access\, education\, and exhibition. We envision a community that uses digital media and film to celebrate freedom of expression and diversity of voice. Buying a ticket to this fundraising event supports the amazing work that Squeaky Wheel does to bring Media Arts Education to youth\, schools\, seniors\, artists\, and communities throughout and beyond Western New York. \n  \n \nSqueaky Wheel’s Excellent Adventure is made possible through the generous support of Five Points Bakery\, Allen Street Consulting\, Buffalo Expendables\, Buffalo Spree\, Buffalo State College Dept. of Communication\, Catholic Health\, Delaware Camera\, FGI Landscaping\, Lumpy Buttons\, PUSH Buffalo\, Rigidized Metals\, UB Media Study. \nBanner photo: A collage of posts from previous Excellent Adventures responding to prompts such as (left to right\, top to bottom): Favorite Public Artwork\, Favorite Mural\, Hottest Wings\, Photo Finish Team Photo\, Team Headstand\, Make a New Friend\, Five Fall Colors\, Twisted Tongues\, Stupid Human Trick.
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SUMMARY:Silo City Reading Series (with Johann Diedrick)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 27\, 7:30 pm @ Silo City\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here to get your tickets\nSqueaky Wheel is excited to collaborate with Just Buffalo Literary Center in presenting the Silo City Reading Series! Featuring poets Jericho Brown\, JBLC Poetry Fellow Ashia Ajani\, a musical performance by Florist\, we are excited to finally welcome artist Johann Diedrick to Silo City as originally intended: Diedrick will be performing Prelude to Wake\, which he worked on remotely for Silo City as a Workspace Resident in 2020. \nPrelude to Wake is an urgent\, mournful\, and world-building sonic performance that centers the loss of ourselves and environments due to climate change. The work is performed by a fictional character named “The Sound Collector” who collects buried vibrations and releases them from material through an ancient technological device. Combining field recordings\, original music composition\, and generative audio techniques\, Prelude to Wake stages an encounter between the audience\, a past that we are losing due to catastrophe\, and what may exist in the future. \nBiography of the artist \nJohann Diedrick is an award-winning artist\, engineer\, and musician that makes installations\, performances\, and sculptures for experiencing the world through sonic encounter. He surfaces resonant histories of past interactions inscribed in material and embedded in space\, peeling back vibratory layers to reveal hidden memories and untold stories. He shares his tools and techniques through listening tours\, workshops\, and open-source hardware/software. He is the founder of A Quiet Life\, a sonic engineering and research studio that designs and builds audio-related software and hardware products for revealing new sonic possibilities off the grid. He is the Director of Engineering at Somewhere Good\, a 2022 Future Imagination Collaboratory Fellow at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU\, a 2021 Mozilla Creative Media Award recipient\, a 2020 Pioneer Works Technology resident\, a member of NEW INC\, and an adjunct professor at NYU’s ITP program. His work has been featured in Wire Magazine\, Musicworks Magazine\, and presented internationally at MoMA PS1\, the New Museum\, Ars Electronica\, Science Gallery Dublin\, Somerset House\, and multiple NIME conferences\, among others. \nAbout Just Buffalo \nJust Buffalo Literary Center’s mission is to create and strengthen communities through the literary arts. And for more than 45 years\, we have brought the world’s greatest writers to Buffalo\, hosted poetry events and readings\, and supported the development of young writers. We believe in the love of reading\, the art of writing\, and the power of the literary arts to transform individual lives and communities.
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SUMMARY:Jenson Leonard's Workflow
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 26\, 7 pm ET\nOnline or in-person at Squeaky Wheel\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here to get tickets\nOnline and in-person at Squeaky Wheel (617 Main Street\, Buffalo\, NY 14203). For in-person attendees: Participants must be masked through the duration of the event. The online video will be available to register and view for 24 hours. SW members will have access to the event for 72 hours. \nSqueaky Wheel is excited to present a screening of Jenson Leonard’s newest short video Workflow. Presented as the closing event of the artists exhibition GLAND PRIX\, Leonard will be joined by his Summer 2020 co-resident Johann Diedrick for a conversation on the film after the screening. \nLearn more about GLAND PRIX here. \n“Drawing from Aria Dean’s essay ‘Notes on Blaccelleration’\, Workflow is a film centered around the velocity and momentum of blackness as it relates to the philosophical concept of acceleration-the idea that the only way out of capitalism is through its intensification. Workflow is primarily concerned with the interplay of blackness and aesthetic vocabularies of finance capital\, how the black (non)subject grapples with its commodified status within the labor market despite\, or resultant of its own history as a commodity via chattel slavery\, threading linkages between the primitive accumulation of the New World and speculative accumulation of latter day. Workflow is defined as “the sequence of industrial\, administrative\, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion”\, my film seeks to disabuse notions of completion wherein blackness is\, as Dean notes\, ‘always already accelerationist’ via its incongruence with western humanism\, and thus always already disengaged from the locomotive fetish of capital. The film presents a quarterly earnings report for a fictitious financial advisory firm that depicts a floating phantasmagoric Michael Jackson Halloween mask espousing a surrealist poem/public relations speech that points to the shared grammars inherent in afro pessimism and speculative finance. Behind the floating head\, stock footage premised around the shape of ‘the grid’ and the promise of sustainability & renewability highlight the inherent relationship of infrastructure\, visual knowledge production\, and statecraft.” – Jenson Leonard \nBiographies of the artists \nJenson Leonard\, (artist) b. Detroit\, Michigan\, and raised in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, United States of America. Lives and works in New York\, United States of America. Initially a poet\, Jenson Leonard became interested in memes during his six-year tenure as a cook at a Belgian waffle kiosk. He found himself drawn to the immediacy and reach of instant publication on social media\, the confluence of which exacerbate the arguably inherent power of the image for those who see. His early work used the canonical Twitter meme format\, but developed into the more ornately parodic style that predominates in the left-leaning corners of Facebook. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Pratt Institute. He has completed residencies at Obracadobra (Oaxaca\, Mexico)\, Squeaky Wheel (Buffalo\, NY) and Pioneer Works (Brooklyn\, NYC). His work has been featured in VICE Motherboard\, Juxtapoz\, AQNB\, and Rhizome. \nJohann Diedrick (guest speaker for Screening: Jenson Leonard’s Workflow\, taking place on August 25\, 2022) is an award-winning artist\, engineer\, and musician that makes installations\, performances\, and sculptures for experiencing the world through sonic encounter. He surfaces resonant histories of past interactions inscribed in material and embedded in space\, peeling back vibratory layers to reveal hidden memories and untold stories. He shares his tools and techniques through listening tours\, workshops\, and open-source hardware/software. He is the founder of A Quiet Life\, a sonic engineering and research studio that designs and builds audio-related software and hardware products for revealing new sonic possibilities off the grid. He is the Director of Engineering at Somewhere Good\, a 2022 Future Imagination Collaboratory Fellow at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU\, a 2021 Mozilla Creative Media Award recipient\, a 2020 Pioneer Works Technology resident\, a member of NEW INC\, and an adjunct professor at NYU’s ITP program. His work has been featured in Wire Magazine\, Musicworks Magazine\, and presented internationally at MoMA PS1\, the New Museum\, Ars Electronica\, Science Gallery Dublin\, Somerset House\, and multiple NIME conferences\, among others. \nImage description: An image from Workflow\, courtesy of Jenson Leonard. A floating\, plastic\, seemingly smiling mask of Michael Jackson with no eyeballs is super-imposed on a distorted landscape of futuristic blue skyscrapers.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/jenson-leonards-workflow/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Screenings
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SUMMARY:(Re)mnants: The Anatomy of Memory with Muse Dodd
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, August 23\, 2022\, 6–8 pm\nIn-person at Squeaky Wheel\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here for tickets\nInstructor: Muse Dodd \nHow can we tap into ancestral ways of re-memory? (Re)mnants: The Anatomy of Memory will explore Black people’s relationship to memory and time focusing on alternative ways of knowing and the questions; How do you remember and what do you choose to forget? \nIn this workshop intended for Black and brown people of African descent\, ages 16 and up\, Workspace Resident Muse Dodd will guide participants in dissecting the components of memory through meditative exercises\, collage\, sound\, and smell. There will also be a screening of (Re)mnants\, the short film by Muse Dodd\, and a sound bath meditation. Participants will leave with new perspectives on memory making\, a collaborative collage and some journal prompts. Free notebooks and pens will be provided. \n* Workshop space is limited. Masks required. Free masks are available. \nBio of the instructor \nMuse Dodd (They/Them) is an Anti-disciplinary Artist\, Curator and DJ from Severn\, MD based in Atlanta. Their work centers on the questions\, How do you remember and what do you choose to forget? Through the act of remembering\, Muse uses their body to map the lived experience of Africans in America. Muse channels trauma to connect with\, process and alchemize pain; both personal and collective through movement\, ritual and collective dreaming. Muse holds a BA in Film Production from Howard University and studied at the Film Academy in Prague. Muse was a 2020 Corrina Mehiel fellow and a 2019-2020 Leslie Lohman Museum Artist Fellow and was the 2019 DCAC Curatorial Fellow. A former Artist-in-Residence at the Flux Factory\, they were also a 2018 Artist-in-Residence at the ARoS Museum in Denmark. Muse video work has been commissioned for performances at The Shed\, Mabou Mines Theater\, and Dixon Place. Muse has also screened and exhibited work at Lincoln Center\, The BWI Marshall Airport\, Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center\, The DC Arts Center\, and The Flux Factory. Through their work\, Muse hopes to create space for Black bodies to be free\, if only for a frame. \nSqueaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nImage: Muse Dodd\, Kendi (2018). A young Black child rests their head\, eyes closed on their bike in a field of overgrown grass. The American flag is propped against a rust colored storage unit and blows gently in the wind.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/remnants-the-anatomy-of-memory-with-muse-dodd/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Intro to Motion Capture for VR with Eric Souther and Yunda Sun
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 20\, 2022\, 1–4 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here to register\nInstructor: Eric Souther\, IEA Media Arts Project Director & Associate Professor of Video Art assisted by Yunda Sun\, EA Research Associate \nLed by former Workspace Resident Eric Souther\, this hands-on workshop will introduce the creative uses of motion capture and 3D scanning for the creation of immersive experiences. Motion capture allows anyone to animate a humanoid avatar with the simple movement of their body in real-time. This allows for the performative and rapid development of animations for use in game engines\, augmented reality applications\, and virtual film production. 3D scanning allows creators to easily create digital models from physical objects. This workshop will focus on the creative use of these technologies for the creation of VR experiences within the Unreal 5 Game Engine. \n* Workshop space is limited. Masks required. Free masks are available. \nBio of the instructors \nEric Souther is a new media artist who draws from a multiplicity of disciplines\, including anthropology\, linguistics\, ritual\, critical theory\, and New Materialism. He develops video instruments that investigate technological & cultural ecologies\, agency\, and emergence. He looks for new ways of seeing beyond the seductive qualities of an image\, and to find unseen connections that help us understand our digital and non-digital existence. His work takes many pathways\, which include single-channel video\, interactive installation\, projection mapping\, print\, virtual reality\, and audiovisual performance. \nHis work has been featured nationally and internationally at venues such as the Museum of Art and Design\, NYC\, Everson Museum of Art\, Syracuse\, NY\, and the Museum of Art\, Zhangzhou\, China. His work has screened in The Athens Digital Arts Festival\, Athens\, Greece\, Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival\, Beyoglu\, Istanbul\, Cronosfera Festival\, Alessandria\, Italy\, the Galerija 12 New Media Hub\, Belgrade\, Serbia\, the Simultan Festival\, Timisoara\, Romania\, and the Festival ECRÃ of Audiovisual Experimentations\, Rio de Janeiro. \nIn 2016\, Eric won the Juried Award for Time-Based at the international art competition ArtPrize. He received his B.F.A. in New Media from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2009 and his M.F.A. in Electronic Integrated Arts from the New York State School of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2011. He currently is an Associate Professor of Video Art in the Division of Expanded Media at NYSCC at Alfred University. \n\nThis project is made possible with funds from the NYSCA in Partnership with Wave Farm: Immersive Art & Technology Initiative\, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \nImage courtesy of Eric Souther.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/intro-to-motion-capture-for-vr-with-eric-souther-and-yunda-sun/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Media Art Workshop
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SUMMARY:Meet the Residents: Muse Dodd and Rob Cosgrove
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 19\, 2022\, 7 pm ET\nOnline or in-person at Squeaky Wheel\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here for tickets\nFor in-person attendees: Participants must be masked through the duration of the event. \nSqueaky Wheel is pleased to present this virtual artist talk with our Summer 2022 artist residents\, Muse Dodd (Atlanta\, GA) and Rob Cosgrove (Sunnyside\, NY). The two artists will be presenting and speaking to their previous and current projects\, and engage in a Q&A moderated by curator Ekrem Serdar. \nDuring their residency\, Muse Dodd will be utilizing the facilities of Squeaky Wheel and our Workspace partner The Foundry to build models and sets for their installation and performance work Black in Both Directions that supposes that Black people invented time travel. Their project will utilize projection mapping\, draw on Afro-diasporic notions of time using oral testimonies\, and images created by the artist and archival video footage. Rob Cosgrove will be utilizing the space and resonance of Silo City to work on Floaters\, a networked sonic performance in Silo City Marine A\, performed live for the public at the end of his residency. Inspired by the floating grain elevators used in the First Ward of Buffalo\, and drawing on the artist’s own family history in the area\, Cosgrove’s work contemplates the shifting networked relationship between the industrial and social communities in one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. \nThe event will be available to register and view for 24 hours. SW members will have access to the event for 72 hours. \nTo find out more about the Workspace Residency\, click here. \nBiographies of the residents \nMuse Dodd (They/Them) is an Anti-disciplinary Artist\, Curator and DJ from Severn\, MD based in Atlanta. Their work centers on the questions\, How do you remember and what do you choose to forget? Through the act of remembering\, Muse uses their body to map the lived experience of Africans in America. Muse channels trauma to connect with\, process and alchemize pain; both personal and collective through movement\, ritual and collective dreaming. Muse holds a BA in Film Production from Howard University and studied at the Film Academy in Prague. Muse was a 2020 Corrina Mehiel fellow and a 2019-2020 Leslie Lohman Museum Artist Fellow and was the 2019 DCAC Curatorial Fellow. A former Artist-in-Residence at the Flux Factory\, they were also a 2018 Artist-in-Residence at the ARoS Museum in Denmark. Muse video work has been commissioned for performances at The Shed\, Mabou Mines Theater\, and Dixon Place. Muse has also screened and exhibited work at Lincoln Center\, The BWI Marshall Airport\, Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center\, The DC Arts Center\, and The Flux Factory. Through their work\, Muse hopes to create space for Black bodies to be free\, if only for a frame.  \nRob Cosgrove is a percussionist\, composer\, and artist interested in creating embodied sounding through intermedia installations and performances. His works explore the feeling of a sound as a tactile\, visual\, and visceral entity by investigating the peripheries of sonic experience and the ways these contexts affect our perception. Rob has exhibited / performed at Pioneer Works (Brooklyn)\, Harvestworks (Manhattan)\, Chicago Design Museum (Chicago)\, National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.)\, Coaxial (Los Angeles)\, Eastern Bloc (Montréal)\, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art (Prague)\, and KM28 (Berlin). Rob is a member of Ensemble Decipher and most recently completed residencies at Practice Gallery (Philadelphia) and the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (Troy). \nWorkspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.  \nImage description: Two photographs side by side. On the left is Muse Dodd\, a brown skinned\, Black\, non-binary person with blonde eyebrows\, wears a red camo durag while gazing at the camera and stands in front of a mustard backdrop. Their photograph is by Landon Spears. On the right is a photograph of Rob Cosgrove\, looking down surrounded by trees.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/meet-the-residents-muse-dodd-and-rob-cosgrove/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Hybrid,Residencies
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SUMMARY:Sonic Links: An Introduction to Networked Performance with Rob Cosgrove
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 17\, 2022\, 6–8 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nClick here to register\nInstructor: Rob Cosgrove \nRob Cosgrove will lead Sonic Links: An Introduction to Networked Performance\, a workshop on how to utilize the internet and other networks for sound production. Intended for participants both new and with intermediate experience in broadcasting online\, the workshop will prepare participants for high-fidelity sound-based networked performance and live-streaming over the web using free\, open-source softwares.  \nUp until recently\, tools for networked performance could be expensive\, difficult to use\, and limited to institutions with access to high-speed internet. With the rise of residential internet speeds\, the development of more user-friendly networking applications\, and increased public access to technology\, networked performance has become available for many. \n* Workshop space is limited. Masks required. Free masks are available.  \nBio of the instructor \nRob Cosgrove is a percussionist\, composer\, and artist interested in creating embodied sounding through intermedia installations and performances. His works explore the feeling of a sound as a tactile\, visual\, and visceral entity by investigating the peripheries of sonic experience and the ways these contexts affect our perception. Rob has exhibited / performed at Pioneer Works (Brooklyn)\, Harvestworks (Manhattan)\, Chicago Design Museum (Chicago)\, National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.)\, Coaxial (Los Angeles)\, Eastern Bloc (Montréal)\, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art (Prague)\, and KM28 (Berlin). Rob is a member of Ensemble Decipher and most recently completed residencies at Practice Gallery (Philadelphia) and the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (Troy). \nSqueaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is a residency open to artists and researchers working in art and technology\, and provides support for new or ongoing projects in collaboration with our partners. Workspace Residency is supported by generous support by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, County of Erie and County Executive Mark Poloncarz\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of governor and the New York State Legislature\, and individual members\, businesses\, and supporters.  \nImage: Rob Cosgrove\, Broadcast presence (2021). Two silhouettes of drummers illuminated in windows of a building at night.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/sonic-links-an-introduction-to-networked-performance-with-rob-cosgrove/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:DATA Summer Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 11 at 6 pm\n@ Squeaky Wheel 617 Main Street\, Buffalo\, NY 14203\nLocation + Accessibility information\nFree and open to the public \nLead Teaching Artist: Nyles Moore\nTeaching Assistant: Naomi Frisch\nStudent Mentor: Diego Diaz \nJoin us to view the work the DATA (Digital Art & Technology Access) students created this summer in the Digital Art + Animation workshops! The showcase will feature digital and printed artwork and animations. Light snacks and drinks will be available. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGraphic image: Courtesy of Nyles Moore\, 2022 \n  \nSpecial thanks to DATA’s generous funders and partners: \n \n \n  \n \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/data-summer-showcase/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Equipment Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 9\, 2022\, 11am–12pm\nFree\nRegister here\nCurious about Squeaky Wheel’s equipment offerings? Interested in using equipment but don’t know where to start? Have a project concept but aren’t sure how to go about making it? If you answered yes to any of these\, then this orientation is for you! \nIn this free and relaxed workshop\, participants are invited to a hands-on look at Squeaky Wheel’s various equipment and access offerings with Tech Director Mark Longolucco. The orientation will cover the basic operations of camera\, sound and lighting equipient as well as procedures in reserving and renting from Squeaky Wheel. Mark will also discuss the process for applying to the Equipment Access Grant and Big Picture programs. This is a great way to familiarize yourself with the equipment available to you and meet others in Buffalo’s creative community. \nAccess information: This event will take place in person at Squeaky Wheel. Participants must be masked through the duration of the workshop.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/equipment-orientation/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Access
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SUMMARY:In conversation: Jenson Leonard and American Artist
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 15\, 12 pm ET\nFree or suggested donation\nRegister here\nAccess information: ASL interpretation and automated captions provided\nJenson Leonard is joined by American Artist for a virtual conversation on the occasion of Leonard’s exhibition GLAND PRIX. GLAND PRIX is a multiple-screen video exhibition to explore the stressors and somatic effects that racial capitalism and white supremacy have on Black life. Learn more about the exhibition here. \nThe live artist talk will be accessible to audiences for 24 hours after the event. Squeaky Wheel members will have access for 72 hours. Not a member? Sign up here. \nThis event was made possible through support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. \nAbout the artists \nJenson Leonard\, b. Detroit\, Michigan\, and raised in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, United States of America. Lives and works in New York\, United States of America. Initially a poet\, Jenson Leonard became interested in memes during his six-year tenure as a cook at a Belgian waffle kiosk. He found himself drawn to the immediacy and reach of instant publication on social media\, the confluence of which exacerbate the arguably inherent power of the image for those who see. His early work used the canonical Twitter meme format\, but developed into the more ornately parodic style that predominates in the left-leaning corners of Facebook. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Pratt Institute. He has completed residencies at Obracadobra (Oaxaca\, Mexico)\, Squeaky Wheel (Buffalo\, NY) and Pioneer Works (Brooklyn\, NYC). His work has been featured in VICE Motherboard\, Juxtapoz\, AQNB\, and Rhizome. \nAMERICAN ARTIST makes thought experiments that mine the history of technology\, race\, and knowledge production\, beginning with their legal name change in 2013. Their artwork primarily takes the form of sculpture\, software\, and video. Artist is a 2022 Creative Capital and United States Artists grantee\, and a recipient of the 2021 LACMA Art & Tech Lab Grant. They are a resident at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn and a former resident of Red Bull Arts\, Abrons Art Center\, Recess\, EYEBEAM\, Pioneer Works\, and the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. They have exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art; MoMA PS1; Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Kunsthalle Basel\, Switzerland; and Nam June Paik Center\, Seoul. They have had solo museum exhibitions at The Queens Museum\, New York and The Museum of African Diaspora\, California. Their work has been featured in the New York Times\, Artforum\, and Huffington Post. Artist is a lecturer at Parsons\, NYU\, UCLA and a co-director of the School for Poetic Computation. \nBanner image courtesy of Jenson Leonard. A digital image with two giant wheels\, a logo stating “GLAND PRIX: The Bio Labor Simulator” over a field of flames. On the left of the image is a portrait photograph of Jenson Leonard\, a portrait of a brown skinned person smiling while wearing glasses and a yellow sad face emoji hat. On the right is a portrait photograph of American Artist\, a brown-skinned person wearing a white hoodie\, blue puffer jacket on a red curtain backdrop. On the bottom is the text “In conversation: Jenson Leonard & American Artist”. American Artists photograph by Myles Loftin.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/in-conversation-jenson-leonard-and-american-artist/
LOCATION:Virtual\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Jenson Leonard: GLAND PRIX
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, May 27\, 2022 at Squeaky Wheel\nOn view through August 29\, 2022\, Tuesday and Wednesdays\, 12–5pm and by appointment.\nClick here to download the GLAND PRIX Strategy Guide (V. 3.00)\nSqueaky Wheel is excited to present a new solo exhibition by new media artist Jenson Leonard. GLAND PRIX is a multiple-screen video exhibition to explore the stressors and somatic effects that racial capitalism and white supremacy have on Black life. \nFeaturing a drum and bass soundtrack\, the newest work by the Philadelphia based new media artist and poet functions as a manifestation and reflection of the embodied effects of settler-colonial violence. The work is emblematic of Leonard’s singular\, joyous\, and concentrated work: Using the visual tactics and language of viral internet memes\, and wrapped within racing iconography\, GLAND PRIX considers and draws from pop culture\, medical racism/medical apartheid\, the video game Gran Turismo\, Achille Mbembe’s notion of necropolitics\, anime aesthetics\, and much more to raise awareness\, invite conversation\, and reflect upon the cumulative\, cellular burden of chronic stress and traumatic life events. \nThe opening of the exhibition will feature remarks with the artist in person. A “Strategy Guide” for the exhibition provides a walkthrough of the exhibition with visual and audio descriptions\, explanations of Leonard’s key references\, and a newly commissioned essay by Cameron A. Granger. \nThe exhibition is on view Tuesdays and Wednesdays\, 12–5 pm and by appointment. To make an appointment\, email ekrem@squeaky.org. \nThis project was made possible through support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. \nPublic programs \nPOSTPONED – Tuesday\, May 24\, 6–8:30 pm : Workshop | Meme workshop with Jenson Leonard (in-person and virtual). \nFriday\, May 27\, 7 pm: Opening | GLAND PRIX  with Jenson Leonard (in-person) \nWednesday\, June 15\, 12 pm ET: Artist talk | Jenson Leonard and American Artist in conversation. Virtual – Click here to register. \nFriday\, August 26: Screening | Jenson Leonard’s Workflow\, followed by a conversation with Jenson Leonard and Johann Diedrick (in person and virtual). Click here to register. \nAbout the artist\nJenson Leonard\, b. Detroit\, Michigan\, and raised in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, United States of America. Lives and works in New York\, United States of America. Initially a poet\, Jenson Leonard became interested in memes during his six-year tenure as a cook at a Belgian waffle kiosk. He found himself drawn to the immediacy and reach of instant publication on social media\, the confluence of which exacerbate the arguably inherent power of the image for those who see. His early work used the canonical Twitter meme format\, but developed into the more ornately parodic style that predominates in the left-leaning corners of Facebook. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Pratt Institute. He has completed residencies at Obracadobra (Oaxaca\, Mexico)\, Squeaky Wheel (Buffalo\, NY) and Pioneer Works (Brooklyn\, NYC). His work has been featured in VICE Motherboard\, Juxtapoz\, AQNB\, and Rhizome. \nAbout the writer\nCameron A. Granger came up in Cleveland\, Ohio alongside his mother\, Sandra\, inheriting both her love of soul music\, and habit of apologizing too much. A video artist\, he uses his work as both a site for memory making\, and as means to strategize new ways of remembrance in our age of mass media. His recent projects include “The Get Free Telethon” a 24 hour livestream community fundraiser sponsored by Red Bull Arts\, “Pearl” a body of collaborative works with his mother at Ctrl+Shft in Oakland\, and “A library\, for you” a traveling community library most recently housed at ikattha project space in Bombay\, India. He’s a 2017 alumni of the Skowhegan School for Paint & Sculpture and a current artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem. \nBanner image courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/jenson-leonard-gland-prix/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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