Joel S. Bachar
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San Francisco California USA |
Position: Founder Contact Type: Curator |
| Affiliation: Blackchair Collection | |
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Bio:
Joel S. Bachar, Curator, founded Blackchair Productions in Seattle in 1992. Since 1996, Blackchair Productions, LLC has curated and promoted Independent Exposure, a monthly Microcinema screening which has programmed over 700 short works to audiences in 38 countries plus Palestine and Antarctica! In January of 2000, Bachar and Patrick Kwiatkowski formed a new company, Microcinema International which promotes, exhibits and distributes independent film and video via the International Microcinema Network, a syndication of alternative venues and festivals. Bachar co-founded and promoted Satellites: Screens from Outer Spaces, the yearly alternative media festival to the Seattle International Film Festival. He also promoted the 2nd and 3rd Annual Seattle Underground Film Festival. Bachar also co-founded the Seattle Independent Film and Video Consortium (SIFVC), an inter-organizational and inter-disciplinary network and community and will sit on the Advisory Board of the Northwest Chapter of the Independent Feature Project. In 1999, Joel was invited to sit on Seattle Mayor Paul Schell’s Arts Task Force, which was responsible for making recommendations to the Mayor regarding the future of the Arts in Seattle. Joel has been a member of the National Nominating Committee for the 1998 and 1999 Rockefeller Foundation’s Film and Video Fellowship, and he also has sat on numerous arts granting panels and film festival juries. In the Fall of 2002, Bachar has been invited to lead a delegation of media artists to China as part of an international cultural exchange program. founded Blackchair Productions in Seattle in 1992. In 1999, Bachar was invited to sit on Seattle Mayor Paul Schell's Arts Task Force, which was responsible for making recommendations regarding the future of the Arts in Seattle. Joel has been a member of the National Nominating Committee for the 1998 and 1999 Rockefeller Foundation's Film and Video Fellowship, the Jury for the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Bellevue Art Museum's Film and Video Festival, and the Jury for the NW Region of the 2000 Student Academy Awards. Additionally, Bachar has presented lectures at festivals in 7 countries. Bachar currently resides and curates in San Francisco. Filmography/Awards Info: This Contact appears in this database if Microcinema International has screened a film directed by the Contact, a film directed by the contact is featured in a DVD distributed by the Blackchair Collection Shop, or featured an organization or activity linked with the Contact. This database is used for commercial as well as informational, non-commercial purposes. It is a historical archive of Microcinema International's activities. Inclusion in this database and archive in no way implies a continuing formal relationship or affiliation with Microcinema International or the Blackchair Label nor an endorsement of its activities by the Contact. Contact details are not displayed in order to protect privacy. If you wish to contact this artist please see their website as listed above or write Microcinema International and we will be happy to forward your e-mail.
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