24 Sep 2009

video_dumbo 2009, NY

video_dumbo 2009
curated by Caspar Stracke and Gabriela Monroy

SEPTEMBER 25 - 28, 2009
@ 81 Front Street (corner of Washington Street) Dumbo Brooklyn NY

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, September 25, 2009, 7pm
81 Front Street, Dumbo

In addition to the weekend long screenings of new contemporary video art, this year's edition of video_dumbo will feature:

video_installations
by Mathieu Borysevicz, Abbey Williams, J.G. Zimmerman, Susanne Ludwig, Les Leveque, Kevin Medal and Andreas Templin.

guest curated program
The special city program focus will be a selection of video works from Split, Croatia, guest curated by Dan Oki.

two book presentations and DVD release
in connection with film and video work by Rosa Barba (GER) and Steve Reinke (CAN)
plus a special DVD release of Jalopy Hour by Jeffrey Plansker and Owen o'Toole (LA)
*Reception at powerHouse Arena (powerHouse Bookstore)
Saturday Sept. 26th
7 pm, 37 Main Street

two live AV performances:
Animal Charm (Richard Bott and Jim Fetterly, LA)
and SuperDraw with Ezekiel Honig (NY)
Saturday, 26th
10 pm, 81 Front Street gallery

a reception marking the 25th Anniversary New York's Standby Program
a non-for-profit media artists' service
www.standby.org
*Reception will follow after screening program
Sunday 27th
2 pm, 81 Front Street gallery

video_dumbo's main location: 81 Front Street, Main Floor Gallery, Dumbo, Brooklyn
book event/screening and DVD release: Powerhouse Arena 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn
all receptions sponsored by CAMPARI

video_dumbo is a festival for contemporary video art, part of the annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under The Bridge Festival™

Many thanks to: Arsenal Experimental [Berlin], Simon Preston Gallery, Kyle Chepulis, Video Data Bank, Rebecca Cleman [EAI], New City Video, Rooftop Films, The Thing [NYC], Sorroundart, powerHouse Arena, Lara Kohl, Catalina Restrepo and Kerstin Erdmann.