Vanessa Renwick
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Portland Oregon USA |
Position: Filmmaker Contact Type: Artist |
| Affiliation: Oregon Department of Kick Ass | |
| web: http://www.odoka.org/ | |
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Bio:
I have a new film, "Britton, South Dakota" showing in the NW Film Festival this week. The film is made with archival footage (Prelinger Archives) that Ivan Besse shot in 1938. the distance formula : Johnne Eschleman composed the amazing score for it. It is showing in the Shorts 1 program Friday Nov 7th at 7 Pm at the Guild Theatre and Monday Nov 10th same time and place. "Not only found footage, but a found film made 60-some years ago directly addressing contemporary structural concerns. I wish I had made this film today. Oh, it was made today." James Benning ********************************************************* Core Sample was the brainchild of two of the Portland art scene’s most seasoned observers: longtime arts and culture writer Randy Gragg and Terri Hopkins, curator of The Art Gym at Marylhurst University. Recognizing that the city’s art scene has reached an entirely new level of eclecticism, energy and sophistication, their idea was to create an “institution for a weekend” to take a “core sample” of Portland art in the year 2003. The show took place October 11-19th. Check Core Sample for more info. For “The Hunt” show, curated by painter Michael Brophy and myself, I made a video refrigeration installation entitled “Hunting Requires Optimism”. It focused on a segment of the hunt as experienced by the North American Gray Wolf. My work reflects an interest in place, relationships between bodies and landscapes, and all sorts of borders. Working in experimental and documentary forms,I produce films, videos and installations that explore the possibility of poetry in contemporary society, while sometimes providing a vicious, satirical commentary on that society. Currently I am making a 16mm experimental documentary essay entitled “CRITTER”, about the reintroduction of gray wolves into the modern West. My focus is on the battles that humans play out over the management of the wolf, the most managed animal in the West, and the political borders that the wolves unknowingly cross. Filmography/Awards Info: Filmography: 1983-Present 9 is a Secret - Video - 6 minutes - 2002 Richart - Video - 23 minutes - 2001 Westward Ho - Video - 2 minutes - 2001 Lovejoy - Video - 10 minutes - 2000 Satan's Holiday - Video - 3 minutes - 2000 Rubberneck - Video - 4 minutes - 2000 Clearcut - Video - 6 minutes - 2000 The Ugly Movie - Video - 10 minutes - 1999 Stretcher - 16mm - 3 minutes - 1999 Yawn - 16mm - 2 minutes - 1998 The Yodeling Lesson - Video - 3 minutes - 1998 Olympia - Super 8 - 11 minutes - 1998 Mine - Video - 1 minute - 1998 Food is a Weapon - 16mm - 4 minutes - 1998 Crowdog - Super 8 - 7 minutes - 1998 Below - 16mm - Film loop - 1998 Warning - Video - 4 minutes - 1997 Ring - Super 8 - Film loop - 1997 U C A Box - Super 8 - 3 minutes - 1996 Worse - Video - 5 minutes - 1994 Random Union - Video - 1 minute - 1993 Rube Ranch - Super 8 - 3 minutes - 1985 Toxic Shock - 16mm - 3 minutes - 1983 Fatal Plus - 16mm - 3 minutes - 1983 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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