The end of the year is always a time of reflection and consideration; the end of a decade even more so. As I’ve been working on a “Best Experimental Films of 2000-2009” list, mulling over the thousands of films and videos and live moving image works that I’ve seen during that time, it’s hard not [...]
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Patrick Friel is the Director and Programmer of the Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival (organised by Chicago Filmmakers), founder and programmer of the independent screening series White Light Cinema, and former Program Director (1996-2007) for Chicago Filmmakers. He has published in Film Comment, Cineaste and Time Out Chicago and is the current Managing Editor for the volunteer-run Chicago online film resource Cine-File.
Articles by Patrick Friel:
3-5 October 2008 New York City in early October 2008 seemed to be feeling the weight of impending history. Obama filled the air, from the patter of the homeless (“Obama ain’t the only one who wants change”), to the street merchants (who all had Obama buttons for sale, amidst the clothing, books and paintings), to [...]
4 – 8 March 2008 They say good things come in small packages. Case in point: the Media City International Festival of Experimental Film and Video Art, now in its 14th year. Media City is indeed a “small” festival in size – it is four days and nine or ten programs (if you don’t count [...]
6-7 October 2007 My annual pilgrimage this year to the Views from the Avant-Garde (the experimental film sidebar at the New York Film Festival) was coloured by viewing experiences in the two days prior to the festival. One was a new film projector performance by Bruce McClure, Evertwo Circumflicksrent…Page 298, which was part of the [...]
