MI's Curator, Alysse Stepanian (USA)
Stepanian is a multimedia, cross-disciplinary, and video artist. She is the creator, Program Director, and Curator of Manipulated Image. She is also the founding co-director of M.A.N.Y. (Musicians & Artists in New York). In 1998-99 she curated and presented multimedia performances by nearly 50 international artists in 5 festivals in New York City. Her videos, installations, webart, performances, paintings, and photogrpahs have been presented in 30 countries. Rrecent screenings of her videos include: Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, USA; Anthology Film Archives, New York City; Vasteras Konstmuseum, Sweden; Gaza International Festival For Video Art; Teatro Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Arte Cubano in Havana; Kunstfilmtag 09 in Düsseldorf; YOVEO International Video Festival in New York City. Her webart was presented on HZ Online Journal and Digital Fringe Online Festival based in Australia.
Stepanian has collaborated with Philip Mantione on multimedia installations under the name BOX 1035. Their 2006 installation, "Don’t be afraid, be ready" at Imagine Gallery in Beijing was listed in Beijing’s City Weekend magazine as number one of the top 5 exhibits. Other collaborative installations were featured at the Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin, and The Islip Museum of Art in New York. L.P. Streitfeld has described their work as "a wry and profound commentary on the conflicted state of America’s emotions."
alyssestepanian.com
box1035.com
Above: still from video by Alysse Stepanian: "What is My Name, Sister?"
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MI's Guest Co-curators
Wilfried Agricola de Cologne (Germany)
http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de
Also listed under "PARTNERS"
For the March 12, 2010, first year anniversary event of Manipulated Image, Stepanian invited Agricola de Cologne to co-curate the video portion of the event, under the title "For Action's Sake."
More details here...
And here...
Above: still from video by Agricola de Cologne
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Kika Nicolela (Brazil)
http://www.dilemastudio.comFor May 2010, Stepanian invited Kika Nicolela to co-curate a show, to include videos by Braziian artists, under the title "Absence||Presence""Ausência || Presença".
Kika Nicolela is a Brazilian artist and experimental filmmaker. Her works include single-channel videos, installations, performances, experimental documentaries and photography. Graduated in Film and Video from the University of Sao Paulo, Kika Nicolela also completed film courses at UCLA. Her works have been screened and awarded in festivals of more than 30 countries, such as: Kunst Film Biennale, ACA Media Arts Festival, Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival, International Electronic Art Festival Videobrasil and Exis Experimental Film & Video Festival. She was the recipient of several grants and has participated in about 60 solo and collective exhibitions in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, UK and the US. Since 2008 Kika Nicolela has been curating and coordinating the Exquisite Corpse Video Project, a collaborative series of videos that involves more than 60 artists from 25 countries. In 2010, she was selected to the artist-in-residence programs in Rondo Studio (Austria), Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation (Germany), and Gyeonggi Creation Center (South Korea). Kika Nicolela is represented by Vtape, a video art distribution company based in Toronto, and Dconcept, an art gallery based in São Paulo.
Above: still from video by Kika Nicolela