This past Fall it was our pleasure to interview recent SAIC graduate, Marisa Tolomeo about her video Smart Nightmares. If you’re interested in viewing more of her work go to her website http://www.marisatolomeo.com/.
Read More »In celebrating the new year of 2019, we’re starting off the new ExTV Presents on some feel-good vibes. All of our videos for “Brand New Day” play with bright colors and joy, while offering dark or contemplative considerations for us, going into the new year. This month’s featured artists are shown as listed: “Everyday…” – Shuheng Fu (2016) (@00:07) “A Love Story” – Shuheng Fu (2016) (@00:33) “Yikes” – Bridget Bilbo (2018) (@01:07) “Dough-Not” – Shelden Paterson (2014) (@01:58) “some time.” – Craig Stam(atelaky) (2016) (@03:16) “Interrupted” – Sarah Banks (2018) (@05:39) “Pig & Panda” – Sara Payne (2014) (@09:05) “Birth of a Paragon” – William Bacarella (2011) (@10:10)
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OPEN TO GAMERS, 3D ANIMATORS, VR ARTISTS, AND OTHER NEW MEDIA-BASED ART Poly Play is SAIC’s annual experimental arcade gallery held by ExTV in the middle of the spring semester. We have seen in recent years, the swift emergence of technology within the art world without much time to reflect on the purpose of the medium itself specifically in relation to its inherent necessitation of direct audience engagement. Unlike other forms of time-based media art, such as performance events or film screenings, video games have yet to define its objective within the context of art galleries. We showcase and welcome new games made by students (present or graduated) exploring the new media world. In the past, we have mainly exhibited computer-operated games, along with a performance and few experimental art games (including a magnet-based one)! In our fourth running year, […]
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With only a few weeks to go we are approaching the end of both the school and calendar year. But before we wrap this up to take a well deserved break, for this month’s monitor programming we want to make sure to use exclusively new work that was made during the 2018 semesters. The L Word Hands Ashlyn Napoletano – 2018 A detail study of physical acting and how popular gay media from the late nineties/early aughts influences culture Melanin – Take & Cover (Super 8 M.V) Thaib Wahab – 2018 This music video is a film I produced on black & white super 8 celluloid film which has been digitized and edited to create this narrative. It is an amalgamation of the band’s identity politics which revolves around the concepts of injustices against people of color and […]
Read More »Can you believe that it’s been 20 years since ExTV was founded? Since 1998, the student-run organization ExTV has been building an archive of SAIC students’ time-based works. Despite the FVNMA department being the second largest department at SAIC, film, video, new media, and animation works have always been underrepresented at various on-campus exhibits. In order to provide more prominence to these works, ExTV focuses on creating a community that not only connects students within the filmmaking community but also familiarizes a broader public outside of school with the moving image medium. With 20 works from the early 2000s till now, ExTV’s 20th Anniversary Screening takes a look back at the various topics, narrative styles, post-production editing techniques both parallels and at time transcends its respectful technological development. Through genres such as experimental documentary, narrative driven from personal history and cultural traditions, […]
Read More »As the great Mr. Miyagi would say: “Wax on, wax off.” This month, we feature two specific video performance works dealing with repetition and intervention. This month’s featured artists are shown as listed: “At Rest (The Body in Architecture)” – Michael and Alan Flemings (2007) (@00:12) “Amidst Endless Repetition Lies Equally Endless Variability” – Matty Davis (2014) (@14:42)
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As the weather dips back down to its Chicago norm we are all spending more time inside, so for this November we’re covering some maybe too familiar territory in celebration of the coming winter. All of us filmmakers are also no doubt about it stressed and plagued – maybe not now but soon will be – with an undeniable artist’s block. What are we supposed to film? What is it possible to film (when it’s twenty below outside)? For this month, we’ve answered the unanswerable. What else or more relevantly who else are we spending more time with, now that we’re stuck inside, than with our pets? So for this month’s monitors, ExTV is focusing on animals so if you’re stuck get inspired! If you don’t have animals, find one like Hannah Schiff did with their piece Don’t fuck with Birds or become […]
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That’s a wrap on this year’s ExFEST! We had so much fun putting it together and seeing everyone’s work this year. Thank you to all who submitted and congratulations on our winners of ExFEST 2018. Jury Award – “Tell us what happened that November” by Jullian Musielak Audience Favorite – “Ellipse” by Catie Rutledge Best Animation – “Smart Nightmares” by Marisa Tolomeo ExTV Staff Pick – “苏 Soo” by Yitong Lu We’d like to give our thanks to our judges and everyone who came and voted. This was the biggest turnout we’ve had at ExFEST, and we couldn’t be any happier and more excited to get ready for next year’s festival. See you next year!
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