Marianna Ellenberg
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London United Kingdom |
Contact Type: Artist |
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Bio:
ARTIST STATEMENT You are what you eat. The body is my subject and object—I utilize the mediums of film, video and photography to create work that explores the myriad processes of the body. Incorporating fantastical color landscapes, macro photography and stop frame animation, I create works that address issues of identity, gender & sexuality with a playful, irreverent eye. Drawing on the history of feminist film and performance art, my work engages with the darker and more private moments of the contemporary psyche, from the ubiquity of bodily functions to the obsession with the cure. FILMMAKER’S BIOGRAPHY: Marianna Ellenberg is an American filmmaker and photographer, currently based in London, receiving her MA in Media from the Slade School of Fine Art. Marianna’s films have been shown both in festivals across America and at international festivals in Canada and France. Before moving to London, Marianna had been living and working in New York City as an artist, video editor, and film curator since graduating from Wesleyan University in 1999. Ellenberg’s photographic series of Amoxicillan capsules, 250mg, was recently exhibited in BODY, at the TIXE art gallery in New York City (September, 2003). Marianna has also curated a range of contemporary film and video screenings at Ocularis Film Series and The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema in New York. Ellenberg ‘s film and video work has developed alongside a long term collaboration with electro-acoustic composer James Fei. This collaboration has manifested itself in their most recent project, Exercises in Seething and Soothing, an improvisational live video and analog electronic performance piece, currently being edited into a single channel video. Filmography/Awards Info: Cut Snip Ooze (S8mm/16mm, 5 min, 2003) • The Collectif Jeune Cinéma 5th Annual Festival of Cinemas Different, Paris, France 2003 • The Dumbo Arts Center Short Film and Video Festival, New York, USA 2003 • The 7th Annual Madcat International Women’s Film Festival, Berkeley, USA 2003 • The 10th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, USA 2003 • The 1st annual Ladyfest Halifax, Canada 2003 250mg® (S8mm/DV, 3 min, 2002) Screened in the Invisible Film Series, Millennium Film Workshop, New York, NY, USA 2003 Exercises in Seething & Soothing (Digital Video, live analog electronics, 18 min, 2003) Snap!Crack!Pop!, The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, NYC, 2003. Collaborated with composer James Fei to produce live audio/visual performance piece. War of the Worlds, 2001 (Super 8mm, 2001) Collaborated in Super 8mm feature, consisting of 3 minute films, produced by 18 filmmakers. Screened in Ocularis Film Series, New York, USA 2001 Screened in Brighton Cinemateque ,U.K. & the Cinilingus Film Collective, Ireland , 2002 Smudge (16 mm, 5 min, 1998) Screened in Ocularis Film Series, Brooklyn, NY, October 2001 Tail (Single Channel Video Installation, 1999) Exhibited in “August Art” Multi-disciplinary Arts Festival, Raw Space, New York, NY 2001 Exhibited in “No-TV and Movies #18” Visual Studies Center, Rochester, NY 2000 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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