About Manipulated Image
Manipulated Image features experimental short videos by artists that explore the innovative use of technology and software to manipulate image. Guest artists discuss the way they digitally transform images to achieve their personal vision, and the conceptual framework that holds the work together. Past screenings have presented diverse work within contexts that have allowed fresh discoveries about the possibilities of video as a creative medium.
Manipulated Image provides a venue for artists with a unique voice, and seeks to compare and contrast current movements in contemporary video art. The curated programs strive to show a body of work by each artist, in order to better present the artist's vision. Screenings of varied work in each program expose audiences to the unfamiliar, encourage a reexamination of the familiar, and inspire a fresh outlook toward the world. Letting go of one’s preconceived notions is fundamental in understanding the motivational drives of social forces, and the emergence of innovative and constructive dialogues.
Manipulated Image has exposed local audiences to culturally diverse mix of ethnicities. It has increased worldwide opportunities for local artists by giving wider exposure to their work, and has provided a venue for artists from around the globe to have their work shown in the US. Works of emerging artists are shown alongside the internationally known, scanning across age, sex, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and economic status.
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News
Manipulated Image currently seeks a new home for screenings and events in Los Angeles and continues its online and offline global collaborations, the latest of which is a curation of work by 9 Iranian artists for CologneOFF 2011, which has traveled to 3 countries and has been featured online. Stepanian sees MI as a global endeavor, not restricted to one location or presentation format, and she looks forward to future local and international curatorial collaborations and online and offline exhibition venues.
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Brief History of MI
Video and cross-disciplinary artist, Alysse Stepanian lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico for three years. In February of 2009, she launched Manipulated Image in order to fill the void that she sensed for a venue that offered regular presentations of contemporary video art in New Mexico. During its first year of inception, Manipulated Image pioneered in bringing work by a global community of experimental video artists to this city in the US. Fresh and innovative work was culled from local, national and international artists, for unique programs that offered a sampling of current movements and conceptual frameworks in video art. Many of the videos screened were Santa Fe, US, or world premieres. Co-curatorial projects included two partnerships with VideoChannel Cologne based in Germany (MI #11 & #12), and a co-curation with Brazilian filmmaker Kika Nicolela (MI #13).
During its first 13 events, Manipulated Image hosted 22 guest video artists who discussed their work in person. It presented work by 121 video artists from 25 countries (5 continents), and live and online performances by 15 artists. Two of these programs presented live cinema performances, and one took the audience on a tour of virtual art on Second Life. In a special MI program in April of 2009, pioneers of video art, Steina and Woody Vasulka, made a two hour historic presentation from the Vasulka Archives.
MI's first year anniversary show, "For Action's Sake" was featured on the cover story of Pasatiempo, Santa Fe's major arts and culture magazine (Scroll down to see the article here). This 4.5 hour program presented videos and live and online performances by 23 artists from 10 countries, and a special one hour curated compilation of videos by MI's partner, VideoChannel Cologne.
For more details see MI's Archives.
Read more about MI and its curatorial philosophy on the German partner’s site.
Contact Alysse Stepanian: info[at]alyssestepanian.com
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