PARSONS HALL PROJECT SPACE - RETCON

PARSONS HALL PROJECT SPACE 
was not always what it seemed to be,

for a brief time in 2009 between the Spring screening of SPECULATION(ELATION)2 and the Fall exhibition HHORRRAUTICA 4:(CRYPTO) there existed another curation event not shared with the public. This variable experience existed for only two days inside 362 Dwight Street, known then as Lake Hitchcock Center for the Arts. After re-contacting all of the participants it was decided that the RETCON projects would be shared sometime in the nearest future. We would like to give a special thanks to George Kuchar who inspired the first RETCON gathering and who now has prompted that this new continuity be rebooted. 

RETCON
((RETROACTIVECONTINUITY)))
PARSONS HALL PROJECT SPACE
OCTOBER 8TH+14TH 2011
CURATED BY TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS / PRODUCED BY KARI GATZKE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8TH: 
MOBILE GEOGRAPHY PERFORMANCE SERIES #4: 12-2PM
OPENING: 6-8PM - OUTDOOR VIDEO SCREENING: 8-11PM 
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14TH: 
RETCON / MUSICON PERFORMANCES: 6-11PM
CLOSING: 6-11PM - L-DOCK EXHIBITION 


L-DOCK: RETCON
TED SZCZEPANSKI
MICHAEL O'MALLEY
JEFF DEROSE
DENIS LUZURIAGA
JORDAN BIREN AND URSULA BROOKBANK
CASPAR STRACKE
VILM ALLEY: RETCON
GEORGE KUCHAR
JEFF DEROSE
MONICA PANZARINO
MICHAEL O'MALLEY
CASPAR STRACKE
MARIE LOSIER
MOBILE GEOGRAPHY 
PERFORMANCE SERIES#4 
MICHAEL O'MALLEY: SPRAYING MANTIS
VILM ALLEY: RETCON:MUSICON
THE WARBLERS
Hedges

VIDEO_DUMBO - KICKSTARTER

ABOUT THIS PROJECT
video_dumbo is the annual festival of international contemporary video art. This year video_dumbo will be held on September 23-25th as part of the 2011 Dumbo Arts Festival.

We are proud to present 67 artists from 27 different countries, a number of NY/East Coast and world premieres, including works from places as remote as Chittagong, Bangladesh and Tripoli, Lebanon.

For the past seven years, video_dumbo has been an important exhibition platform for emerging filmmaker and media artists. In our continuing mission to exhibit rarely seen video art, we present a growing selection of international, thought-provoking works to our audience.

Last year, video_dumbo was described as the most outstanding and best curated event of the Dumbo Arts Festival 2010 by the 18-person festival jury of NYC-based arts professionals.

Highlights this year include eight installations under the exhibition title QUASI CINEMA, featuring works that re-appropriate film technology as well as cinematic metaphors. Exhibition artists include Leslie Thornton, Aram Bartholl, Ernesto Klar, Ali Miharbi, Naho Taruishi, Andy Graydon and Ken Jacobs. Plus, there will be an introduction by the Boston-based media art DVD magazine "Aspect," as well as a special DVD release of the video duo HALFLIFERS.

This year's program can be seen online at: www.videodumbo.org
We hope to hear back from you and looking forward to welcoming you at our festival!
Caspar Stracke and Gabriela Monroy
directors of video_dumbo
www.videodumbo.org