Fallingwater Design Competition Winner Announced
Congratulations to Patkau Architects of Vancouver, British Columbia, the winner of the first-ever design competition for new construction on the property of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. The competition, organized by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which preserves and maintains Fallingwater, called for the design of green, energy-efficient cottages—to be situated some distance from the house—that will accommodate students, teachers, academics, and researchers.
The second-place winner of the competition is Wendell Burnette Architects of Phoenix, Arizona. Olson Kundig Architects of Seattle, Washington, has been chosen as the third-place winner.
According to Patkau Architects, their six efficient, sustainable cottages are “an intensification of the swelling ground-plane of the meadow” above and to the north of the original Wright house. Their winning proposal will serve as the basis of a final design, to be implemented following regulatory approval and fundraising.
Starting June 12, the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art will exhibit models and drawings from all six architecture firms invited to participate in the competition. The firms, known for designing structures of environmental sensitivity, also include Marlon Blackwell Architect, MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, and Saucier + Perrotte Architectes. The exhibition, Design Competition: New Cottages at Fallingwater, will be on view until August 22.
Design Competition: New Cottages at Fallingwater, June 12–August 22, 2010, The Heinz Architectural Center
Pittsburgh, PA… Carnegie Museum of Art will exhibit design proposals by six architectural firms for green, energy-efficient cottages to be built in the vicinity of Fallingwater at Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Situated some distance from the house, the cottages will accommodate students, teachers, academics, and researchers interested in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, America’s greatest architect, and in the ecology of the 5,000-acre Bear Run Nature Reserve surrounding this cultural landmark.
This is the first time a competition has been held for new construction at the Fallingwater property. The proposals by three American and three Canadian practices were submitted to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which preserves and maintains Fallingwater, at the beginning of May, and the winning design will be announced on May 21. Presentation boards and models by each firm will be exhibited June 12–August 22 in the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, where they will be on view to the public and to students participating in the museum’s summer architecture camps.
“We are delighted to exhibit these proposals, which represent a 21st-century interpretation of many of Wright’s concerns in the 1930s yet also address today’s pressing issues of environmental stewardship and sustainability,” said Raymund Ryan, curator of architecture at the Heinz Architectural Center.
“Contestants should not only integrate good design and modern technology into their ideas,” added Cara Armstrong, Fallingwater’s curator of education, “but also ask themselves how living in harmony with nature is inseparable from the modern ideals of good design.”
The six participating firms, each known for environmental sensitivity, are:
- Marlon Blackwell Architect, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Wendell Burnette Architects, Phoenix, Arizona
- MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Olson Kundig Architects, Seattle, Washington
- Patkau Architects, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Saucier + Perrotte Architectes, Montreal, Quebec
The winning design should incorporate the use of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly building materials. The cottages will be situated to take full advantage of natural heating and cooling opportunities and to minimize environmental impacts. Each structure should include a basic kitchen, a fireplace, and a shower, and should recycle kitchen and shower gray water for use in the toilets. They must be easily maintained during three seasons and just as easily closed over the winter.
“Our goal,” according to Ryan, “is not merely to exhibit proposals by these six distinguished practices but to integrate their drawings and models as exemplary references into our annual summer architecture camps presented in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon’s School of Architecture, which run from June 14 through August 13.”
For six years, the museum has hosted architecture camps that serve more than 200 children and teens each summer. For the 2010 camps, there will be a special weeklong workshop for high school students including discussions and design activities related to the exhibition and an overnight stay at Fallingwater, where students will work to refine their project ideas. Younger campers will use the exhibition to explore topics ranging from green building design to the creation of a model city or a dream house. The full summer camp schedule is available online or by calling 412.622.3288.
Additionally, Design Competition: New Cottages at Fallingwater will inspire a number of programs throughout the summer:
- Culture Club: Building Beauty, June 17, 5:30–9 p.m. Raymund Ryan and Cara Armstrong tackle issues of aesthetics and architecture in a gallery conversation designed to spark audience participation. The evening begins with happy hour at 5:30, followed by gallery conversation at 6:15; the galleries remain open until 8 p.m., and the bar until 9 p.m. $10 includes admission and two drink tickets.
- ARTventures Family Day, July 31, 12:30–4:30 p.m. Cara Armstrong offers readings throughout the afternoon of her children’s book about Moxie, the dachshund from Fallingwater. Gallery games and art-making activities inspired by Fallingwater continue on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through August 22.
- “Bound Together” Book Club, August 12, 6:30–7:45 p.m. Raymund Ryan leads a brief gallery talk followed by discussion of T. Coraghessan Boyle’s The Women: A Novel, inspired by the life of Frank Lloyd Wright.
About Fallingwater
Designed by the great Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) for the Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh and built between 1936 and 1939, Fallingwater is the most important house in 20th- century American architecture and one of the most famous in the world. In 1963, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., transferred ownership of Fallingwater and its grounds to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (www.WaterLandLife.org). Today, Fallingwater welcomes approximately 150,000 visitors annually and serves as a symbol of living in harmony with nature.
Support
The design competition is organized by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which preserves and maintains Fallingwater, through a grant from The Fine Foundation. The programs of the Heinz Architectural Center are made possible by the generosity of the Drue Heinz Trust. General support for the exhibition program at Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by The Heinz Endowments and Allegheny Regional Asset District. Carnegie Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Area Museums to Join in Association of Art Museum Directors’ Celebration of International Museum Day
Pittsburgh, PA…The Frick Art & Historical Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and Westmoreland Museum of American Art announced today that they will offer free admission on May 18 (Frick Art & Historical Center); May 20 (Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History); and May 22 (Westmoreland Museum of American Art) as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) celebration of International Museum Day. Participation by AAMD member museums will focus attention on the important roles that art museums serve in their communities, further showcase their remarkable collections, and increase opportunities for audiences to engage with the many educational programs art museums offer.
On Tuesday, May 18, the Frick Art & Historical Center will offer free admission for docent tours of Clayton, the restored turn-of-the-20th-century home of the Henry Clay Frick family. In addition, on May 18, admission to The Frick Art Museum and the Car and Carriage Museum will be free, as it is every day the Frick is open to the public. Reservations for tours are recommended and may be made by calling
412.371.0600, Monday–Sunday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Museum of Natural History will offer free admission 3:30–8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 20.
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will offer free admission 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and a 10% discount in An American Marketplace—The Shop at The Westmoreland on Saturday, May 22.
AAMD member museums—located across the United States, Canada, and Mexico—include smaller regional museums as well as large international institutions. International Museum Day is organized annually around the world by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
“We are pleased to join museums around the world in celebrating International Museum Day,” said Frick Director Bill Bodine. “Offering free admission to our institutions provides an incentive for area residents to visit us and see how our museums contribute to Pittsburgh’s world-class cultural status.”
“The Westmoreland welcomes area residents to take advantage of our offer of free admission to the museum and a discount on shop purchases on Saturday, May 22,” said Westmoreland Museum of American Art Director/CEO Judith O’Toole. “We hope this incentive provides an occasion to experience the art of our country and southwestern Pennsylvania.”
“We are pleased to join our colleagues at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in offering free admission on the evening of May 20. I hope many people will take advantage of the opportunity to see the exemplary arts and culture on exhibit throughout our region,” said Lynn Zelevansky, The Henry J. Heinz II Director of Carnegie Museum of Art.
Michael Conforti, president of AAMD and director of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA, said, “We believe that art museums are crucial to our understanding of world history and cultures, and provide a unique and irreplaceable public service. AAMD is committed to exploring new ways to underscore the value of the visual arts in civic society, and we are excited that the Frick, Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, and Westmoreland Museum of American Art are joining with us and the global community of museums to focus on this message of public service.”
A comprehensive list of participating AAMD member art museums will be available in the newsroom of the AAMD Web site. Note that while ICOM’s International Museum Day is formally held each year on May 18, some institutions shift their celebrations to adjacent dates. More information about ICOM’s International Museum Day can be found here.
About the Museums
Frick Art & Historical Center
The Frick Art & Historical Center— located at 7227 Reynolds Street in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh— is the legacy of Helen Clay Frick, daughter of 19th-century industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick. Having established The Frick Art Museum in 1969, Miss Frick desired that her family home, Clayton, and the surrounding estate be preserved for, and opened to, the people of Pittsburgh after her death. Her vision was realized in 1990. Since that time, the Frick has adapted the facility built by Miss Frick to significantly increase its public, school and outreach programs; developed an ambitious program of temporary exhibitions that are recognized among Pittsburgh’s most important art offerings; increased its commitment to visitor amenities through The Café at the Frick (opened in 1994) and the Museum Shop; and improved facilities and grounds that make the Frick accessible to all as a place of quality and beauty.
The Frick is located at 7227 Reynolds Street in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood. Free parking is available in the Frick’s off-street lot or along adjacent streets. The Frick is open 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday and closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission to The Frick Art Museum, Car and Carriage Museum, Greenhouse, and Playhouse is free. Information regarding the Frick is available by visiting the Web site or calling 412.371.0600.
Carnegie Museum of Art
Located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art was founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895. One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, it is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the 16th century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to enhancing understanding of the physical environment through its exhibitions, collections, and public programs. For more information about Carnegie Museum of Art, call 412.622.3131 or visit the Web site.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, is ranked among the top five natural history museums in the country. It maintains, preserves, and interprets an extraordinary collection of 20 million objects and scientific specimens used to broaden understanding of evolution, conservation, and biodiversity. More information is available by calling 412.622.3131 or by visiting the Web site.
Westmoreland Museum of American Art
The Westmoreland is situated 35 miles east of Pittsburgh at 221 N. Main Street in the heart of Greensburg, houses collections featuring artwork by such celebrated American artists as Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Westmoreland captures the American spirit in a way few museums do. See how the American experience is brought to life through the inspired eyes of artists at The Westmoreland. It’s the only museum of American art in western Pennsylvania. Regular Museum hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday until 9 p.m. Museum admission is a $5 suggested donation for adults, children under 12 and students with valid ID are free. Guided tours can be arranged by calling 724.837.1500 ext. 10. An American Marketplace – The Shop at The Westmoreland carries books on American art, posters and note cards, children’s books and activities, unique gift ware, and jewelry, and features a coffee bar. For directions to The Westmoreland or other information, the public should call 724.837.1500 or visit the Web site.
“Bound Together” Book Club: T. Coraghessan Boyle’s The Women: A Novel
Space is limited; call 412.622.3288 to register.
In this collaborative program of Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, enjoy a casual 15-minute gallery talk highlighting visual and literary connections followed by a book discussion with fellow readers and library staff. This month’s book is T. Coraghessan Boyle’s The Women: A Novel (exhibition: Design Competition: New Cottages for Fallingwater; discussion led by Raymund Ryan, curator of architecture).
“Bound Together” Book Club: Gwyn Cready’s Flirting with Forever
Space is limited; call 412.622.3288 to register.
In this collaborative program of Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, enjoy a casual 15-minute gallery talk highlighting visual and literary connections followed by a book discussion with fellow readers and library staff. This month’s book is Gwyn Cready’s Flirting with Forever (a romance novel set in Carnegie Museum of Art; the Pittsburgh-area author will join the discussion).
“Bound Together” Book Club: Hella S. Haasse’s In a Dark Wood Wandering
Space is limited; call 412.622.3288 to register.
In this collaborative program of Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, enjoy a casual 15-minute gallery talk highlighting visual and literary connections followed by a book discussion with fellow readers and library staff. This month’s book is Hella S. Haasse’s In a Dark Wood Wandering (exhibition: Gods, Love, and War: Tapestries and Prints from the Collection).
“Bound Together” Book Club: Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger
Space is limited; call 412.622.3288 to register.
In this collaborative program of Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, enjoy a casual 15-minute gallery talk highlighting visual and literary connections followed by a book discussion with fellow readers and library staff. This month’s book is Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger (exhibition: Imagining Home: Selections from the Heinz Architectural Center).
Photographer’s Lecture: Maggie Taylor
Maggie Taylor is one of the most influential and inventive photographers working with cutting-edge digital media today. By layering and manipulating her photographs of objects—including battered dolls, bird eggs, old photographs, and hand-colored backdrops—Taylor creates complex, haunting, and dreamlike narratives. Visit Silver Eye Center for Photography May 14 through August 21 to see These Strange Adventures: The Art of Maggie Taylor, featuring the acclaimed series Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland. A booksigning with the artist will follow the lecture.
This lecture is cosponsored by Silver Eye Center for Photography and Carnegie Museum of Art.
Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation, July 2–October 3, 2010, Forum Gallery
Pittsburgh, PA…Carnegie Museum of Art presents Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation, two films and a digital projection featuring silent, hypnotic loops that bring to life different objects, images, and history, casting each in a new light.
The darkened Forum Gallery will be animated by three artists’ works that draw on varied cultural artifacts: archival photography from the Great Depression (Punctured by William E. Jones), a centuries-old Italian folk dance originally created as a cure for poisonous spider bites (Tarantism by Joachim Koester), and artworks on display in a museum (Flash in the Metropolitan by Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer). In each, the artist employs subtly choreographed movements to expose and alter cultural, perceptual, and historical circumstances. Activated by the basic yet infinitely mutable ability of film and video to allow action to unfold over time, each work creates a complex interplay between stillness and movement, agitation and contemplation, and darkness and light.
The exhibition features artists William E. Jones (b. 1962, Canton, OH, lives in Los Angeles), Joachim Koester (b. 1962, Copenhagen, Denmark, lives in Brooklyn, New York and Copenhagen), and collaborating artists Rosalind Nashashibi (b. 1973, Croydon, UK, lives in London) and Lucy Skaer (b. 1975, Cambridge, UK, lives in Glasgow and London). None of these artists has exhibited at Carnegie Museum of Art before. Forum 65 also includes an opening night film screening of recent works by each artist, two of which will receive their United States debut. This is the first exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art organized by associate curator of contemporary art Dan Byers, who joined the museum in May 2009.
Altering cultural, perceptual, and historical circumstances
In Punctured, William E. Jones sequences 100 photographs shot for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression that were rejected by punching a hole through each negative. A number of these rejected (or “killed’) images are among the negatives the Library of Congress has scanned and made available on their Web site, Jones has animated the killed photographs by stringing the images together, beginning each frame at the black hole of the photograph and then slowly zooming out, revealing the surrounding image before moving onto the next frame of blackness and exposing a new Depression-era scene. Joachim Koester’s film Tarantism takes its starting point from the spastic, possessed condition known as tarantism and the exorcism dance meant to cure the effects of the tarantula’s bite. A group of dancers individually interpret this state of reverie with hypnotic, frenzied results. In Flash in the Metropolitan, Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer navigate darkened galleries and film objects in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, capturing them with rhythmic flashes of illumination. Ancient artifacts are animated by alternating moments of absence with moments of exposure, thus triggering questions about the permanence of memory and culture.
Opening reception
Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation will have a public opening reception beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 1. William E. Jones will discuss his work before a screening of three short films: Morning of the Magicians (2005) by Joachim Koester, which is receiving its American debut; Our Magnolia (2010) by Nashashibi/Skaer; and the worldwide debut of selections from the No Product series (2010) by Jones.
About the works of art
William E. Jones
Punctured, 2010
DVD; sequence of digital files, black-and-white, silent, 4:56 min., looped
Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
During the Great Depression, the Farm Security Administration (FSA), commissioned more than 100,000 photographs of American life according to scripts developed by project director Roy Stryker. (Stryker is familiar to Pittsburgh as the director of the Pittsburgh Photographic Library, the initiative that documented the city in the 1950s and is now housed at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.) Of the 145,000 negatives exposed and sent back to Washington (taken by the likes of Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Ben Shahn), Stryker edited out, or “killed,” nearly 68,000, marking the rejected negatives with a hole-punch. Drawing on high-resolution scans made by the Library of Congress, Jones’s Punctured (2010) strings together 100 killed images, calling into question the criteria by which the photos were selected, and thus the way history is represented. The viewer is offered a meditation on the material life—and afterlife—of images. In Jones’s seductive presentation, the black mark of the hole-punch creates a formal rhythm that guides our navigation through the sequence of photographs. The black abstraction is in constant antagonistic contrast to the images of poverty and social circumstances, filled with historically distant yet emotionally immediate expressions on the faces of Depression-era America.
Jones has shown his films and artworks at major institutions throughout North America and Europe. In 2009, he was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio, and ar/ge kunst, Bolzano, Italy. Recently, his work has been included in Beg, Borrow and Steal, the Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2009–2010); the Nordic Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale (2009); the 2008 Whitney Biennial; and The Porn Identity: Expeditions into the Dark Zone, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2009), among other exhibitions. Programs dedicated to Jones’s films have been held at institutions such as Tate Modern, London (2005); the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2006); and The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (2003). In 2010, Jones was the subject of a retrospective at Anthology Film Archives in New York.
Joachim Koester
Tarantism, 2007
16 mm film; black-and-white, silent, 6:31 min., looped
Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York
Tarantism was a condition diagnosed in Southern Italy resulting from the bite of the wolf spider, known as the tarantula. The bite causes nausea, difficulties in speech, delirium, heightened excitability, and restlessness. The bodies of the victims are seized by convulsions that, in the Middle Ages, were thought curable only by a sort of frenzied dancing. This “dancing-cure” emerged as a local phenomena around the city of Galatina and was practiced everywhere in the region until the mid-20th century. The stylized dance developed from a form of uncoordinated movements, where, as Koester describes it, people would “quiver and hurl their heads, shake their knees, grind their teeth and make the actions of madmen.”
Koester has written, “My interest in tarantism lies in its original promise—a dance of uncontrolled and compulsive movements, spasms and convulsions. My intention was to film a group of dancers that explore this grey zone, the fringes of the body, and make a 16mm film structured around six individually choreographed parts, each defined by a different set of rules. The process of creating and filming Tarantism therefore takes the form of a ‘game,’ an idea put in motion to generate the movements of the dancers, making a constructed anthropological platform for a journey towards the ‘terra incognita’ of the body.”
Each of the dancers, despite their agitated outward gestures and possessed interiority, relates to the others through the camera’s movements. These connections are achieved through panning shots that overlap the performers or mass them together, as well as sequences that feature just one dancer, connected by short spells of the screen fading to black. The moments of blackness create inky fields that the dancers slowly infiltrate, sometimes led into the frame by a foot or arm. Koester creates tension between the specificities of each performer (his or her dress or body) and the generality of an archetype that can reach, obliquely, back through cultural history. Tarantism presents an affective experience that somehow translates this “terra incognita” state through inchoate movement.
Koester works predominantly in film and photography. His recent solo exhibitions include From the Secret Garden of Sleep, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York (2010); The Hashish Club, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (2010); Ghost Tracks, Overgaden, Copenhagen (2008); and Tarantism & Pit Music, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen (2008). Koester has also had solo shows at Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Galeri Jan Mot, Brussels; Extra City Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp; Lund Kunsthall, Lund, Sweden; CASM, Center d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Recent group exhibitions include Altermodern, the Tate Triennial (2009); Heaven, 2nd Athens Biennale, Athens (2009); Dance with Camera, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2009); Manifesta 7, Trento, Italy (2008); and the Danish Pavilion, 51st Venice Biennale (2005).
Nashashibi/Skaer
Flash in the Metropolitan, 2006
16 mm film; color, silent, 3 min., looped
Courtesy of the artists, doggerfisher, Edinburgh; Commissioned by Spike Island; Supported by the Elephant Trust
In Flash in the Metropolitan, darkened galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art are momentarily lit by flash bulbs that illuminate ancient, stoic objects in the Near Eastern, African, and Oceanic collections. This fleeting, focused attention casts each passive statue in a new light; the centuries of existence embedded in each object come up against the stop-motion flash of the strobe light. The second collaboration by artists Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer, Flash in the Metropolitan is an uncommon documentary portrait of the museum’s collection, of museum atmospherics, and the experience of time and vision. A soft, deep blackness is punctuated by the appearance of each object, which illuminates the film for a matter of seconds. As the light fades to dark, shadows fill the screen, and a slight afterimage remains. Along with stationary “portraits” of each bust, statue, fragment, and ceremonial vase or totem, the film offers slow tracking shots, taking in the glass vitrines, pedestals, and other museum displays.
Nashashibi and Skaer coax motionless, reticent objects out of their withdrawn stasis, reversing the strobe light’s ability to freeze actions for photography. In the film, each flash brings the viewer face to face with an already still, mute artifact, the work of human hands centuries past, reanimated and glowing, before a brief fade to darkness, and a return to itself.
Nashashibi and Skaer began collaborating in 2005, fueled by a shared interest in each other’s work and a sense of experimentation. Their first film, Ambassador (2005), was a portrait of the British Consul General in Hong Kong. In 2008, Nashashibi and Skaer were commissioned by the Berlin Biennial to make a new work, Pygmalion Workshop, which was inspired by the Vence Chapel designed by Henri Matisse. From 2008 to 2009, they exhibited a related two-screen film, Pygmalion Event, in Tate Britain’s Art Now. Their most recent work, Our Magnolia, is a meditation on a 1940s painting by British artist Paul Nash.
Two-Minute Film Festival
In conjunction with Forum 65, Carnegie Museum of Art is presenting “A Brief History of…”: A Two-Minute Film Festival on Thursday, July 15. The museum is currently seeking submissions for the film fest. Submissions should respond in some way to the broad theme “A Brief History of…” and may be created using media (camera, camcorder, cell phone, animation program) of the filmmaker’s choice. Entries must be two minutes or less in length, include a title card, and be submitted via CD or DVD as uncompressed QuickTime files for compilation purposes. Entrants must also include a screening copy of their film—either by providing a YouTube link or a playable DVD—and a completed entry form. Submission guidelines, the entry form, and terms and conditions are available here. The deadline for submissions is June 15. The museum’s contemporary art department will review the submissions and select works to screen at the July 15 Culture Club, the museum’s conversational happy hour held on the third Thursday of the month.
The Two-Minute Film Festival audience will be encouraged to vote for their favorite film, and the Viewer’s Choice award winner will be announced at the end of the evening. Drinks and food will be available in the museum’s outdoor sculpture courtyard beginning at 7:30 p.m., and the film screening will begin at 9:30 p.m. A $10 fee includes admission to the museum galleries and to the film screening, as well as two drink tickets.
Support
General support for the museum’s exhibition program is provided by The Heinz Endowments and Allegheny Regional Asset District. Carnegie Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Photos for this exhibition are available on Carnegie Museum of Art’s media photo website. Contact the communications office at 412.688.8690 or jamese@carnegiemuseums.org for the access code.
Carnegie Museum of Art Announces a Call for Submissions for Two-Minute Film Festival themed “A Brief History of…”
Films will be screened on July 15 during a late-night Culture Club.
Deadline for submissions is June 15.
Pittsburgh, PA…Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation opens July 2 at Carnegie Museum of Art, bringing together three moving-image works: silent, hypnotic loops that reanimate different forms of cultural history, images, and actions. To complement this exhibition, the Museum of Art invites artists and filmmakers (amateur or professional) to submit their finest—and shortest—work for consideration for inclusion in the Two-Minute Film Festival, an evening of food, drink, and film in the museum’s outdoor Sculpture Court.
Submissions should respond in some way to the broad theme “A Brief History of…” and may be created using media of the filmmaker’s choice (camera, camcorder, cell phone, animation program). Entries must be two minutes or less in length, include a title card, and be submitted via CD or DVD as uncompressed QuickTime files (.mov) for compilation purposes. Entrants must also include a screening copy of their film—either by providing a YouTube link or a playable DVD—and a completed entry form. There is no fee to enter and entrants must be at least 18 years of age.
Submission materials (nonreturnable) should be mailed to:
Amanda Donnan
Department of Contemporary Art
Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
The deadline is June 15. See www.cmoa.org/2minutefilms for submission guidelines, entry form, and terms and conditions.
Carnegie Museum of Art’s contemporary art department will review the submissions and select works to screen at the July 15 Culture Club. The Two-Minute Film Festival audience will be encouraged to vote for their favorite film, and the Viewer’s Choice award winner will be announced at the end of the evening. Drinks and food will be available in the museum’s outdoor Sculpture Court beginning at 7:30 p.m., and the film screening will begin at 9:30 p.m. A $10 entrance fee includes admission to the museum galleries and to the film screening, as well as two drink tickets. Picnic-style fare will be available for purchase.
About Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation
Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation, consists of two films and a digital projection featuring silent, hypnotic loops that bring to life different objects, images, and history, casting each in a new light. The darkened Forum Gallery will be animated by three artists’ works that draw on varied cultural artifacts: archival photography from the Great Depression (Punctured by William E. Jones), a centuries-old Italian folk dance originally created as a cure for poisonous spider bites (Tarantism by Joachim Koester), and artworks on display in a museum (Flash in the Metropolitan by Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer). In each work, the artists employ subtly choreographed movements to expose and alter cultural, perceptual, and historical circumstances. Activated by the basic yet infinitely mutable ability of film and video to allow action to unfold over time, each work creates a complex interplay between stillness and movement, agitation and contemplation, and darkness and light.
Support
General support for the museum’s exhibition program is provided by The Heinz Endowments and Allegheny Regional Asset District. Carnegie Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.