Photos of our most recent new 1-credit intensive course called, From Body to Movement: Performative Art and Film with mixed media artist, filmmaker and IMA alum Yehui Zhao @yehui_zhao The class met for three Saturdays and connected about the ways that performance art has played a significant role in deconstructing colonialism and how it explores the intersection of identity, history, and the impact of globalization across communities. One of the sessions took place at nearby Central Park where the class reflected about Seneca Village (1858-1862) which was home to 264 residents, the majority of whom were African American. By 1857, everyone was forced to move, and Seneca Village was erased by the creation of the park. On Saturday March 15th, the class gathered at the former site of Seneca Village and retraced its legacy through their embodied performance. Photos by IMA alum, Nate Dorr @rock_hyrax During the last class session, the film and media artists enrolled shared a performance piece that they developed for the class, which could be film, audio, or live performance. #Performance #film #audio #1creditIntensives #collaboration #CentralPark #SenecaVillage #history #movement

IMA alum, multimedia maker and filmmaker Theresa Loong @theresaloong is at NY Tech Meetup @nytechalliance at Civic Hall tonight, April 14, 6:30pm sharing about her project, Bought/Broken, an interactive healing art project for survivors of intimate partner violence and allies. She started it as an installation in the IMA class, Interactive Installation taught by Sha Sha Feng. The event is in partnership with NY Tech Alliance, the meetup will showcase FORM360 and other tech demos in the gaming space (storytelling, experiential and interactive). Tickets + info here: https://www.nytech.org/ny_tech_meetup_april_2025_20250113 #interactive #storytelling #installation #virtualreality #event

Tonight! Neirud! A film by IMA alum Fernanda Faya @fefa_faya Tonight, Friday, April 11, 6-9pm NEIRUD had its World Premiere at Olhar de Cinema - Curitiba Int’l Film Festival, receiving Best Film and Best Editing awards. After its International Premiere at DOC NYC the film has continued to receive festival awards. Fernanda is currently writing her first fiction feature film script, BETE, which was awarded the SpCine developing fund. More about Neirud: https://www.neirudfilm.com/ | @@neirud_film “Growing up, filmmaker Fernanda Roth Faya knew Neirud as her “aunt,” a family member close to her grandmother. What Faya uncovers after Neirud’s death is a mysterious and colorful life, from her time as a wrestler and circus performer to her secret and complicated love triangle. Neirud is a fascinating story about race and identity, and queer life in last century’s Brazil”. – Murtada Elfadl (DOC NYC) “...Mixing archival film and video footage, Neirud alternates poetic lyricism with poignant anecdotes, the net result is a heartfelt ode to the pioneers of the past who have made today possible.” - Hammer to Nail After the film there will be a Q&A and discussion with Fernanda Faya and researcher, Flor Barceló. #event #film #archive #documentaryfilm

Filmmakers G. Anthony Svatek and IMA alum Kaija Siirala are co-facilitating a workshop at the awesome Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center in Buffalo NY @squeakybuffalo as part of their artist residencies there. The workshop is called: Found-Footage and Archival Experimental Filmmaking Wednesday, April 16, 6–8 pm “In this special workshop led by G. Anthony Svatek (Brooklyn, NY) and Kaija Siirala (Hamilton, ON), participants will learn about creative approaches and strategies for making experimental films using no-cost archival, found, and/or reappropriated materials. Resources for both image and sound archives will be explored, as well as examples of historical and contemporary artists who work with such materials, including work by Bruce Conner among others. Students will also gain basic knowledge of legal frameworks for re-appropriating images and sounds, including acquiring material releases, credit attribution, and frameworks such as Creative Commons among others. Open to anyone new to making artist-driven and non- commercial found-footage filmmaking.” https://squeaky.org/event/found-footage-and-archival-experimental-filmmaking-with-g-anthony-svatek-and-kaija-siirala/ Follow Kaija’s work: https://www.kaijasii.com #workshop #experimentalfilm #foundfootage #artistresidency image: Audience of seated men attending a petroleum conference in the 1950s overlaid with a waterfall in a National Park by G. Anthony Svatek @gasvatek

Emergent City, a feature doc by Jay Arthur Sterrenberg and IMA Professor and Department Chair, Kelly Anderson is screening at DCTV Firehouse Cinema from April 25 - May 1 More info and tickets: https://www.dctvny.org/s/firehousecinema “Emergent City is an observational civic epic. It sheds light on power and process, illuminating systems and giving viewers a front row seat to the public and private spaces where the city is shaped. With extraordinary access, it tracks an ensemble of participants including the local council member, Industry City’s developers and community members with divergent stakes. The film explores the profound intersections of gentrification, climate crisis and real estate development, and asks how change might emerge from dialogue and collective action in a world where too many outcomes are constrained by money, politics and business as usual.” More info about the film + follow : https://www.emergentcitydoc.com/ | @emergentcitydoc #EmergentCityFilm #DCTVFirehouseCinema #DCTV #film #filmmaking #filmscreening #documentary

IMA alum Nate Dorr is sharing images from a new project called Water Qualities on Tuesday, April 8 at 7pm, at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse @gowanusdredgers. Nate’s project investigates environmentally compromised waterways by washing 16mm film in them. It’s a free event, location: Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse - 165 2nd Street, Brooklyn @gowanusdredgers Link for more info: https://gowanusdredgers.org/event/mucking-things-up-nate-dorr-will-van-dorp/ And more about Nate and his work: http://natedorr.com | @rock_hyrax #16mmfilm #water #environment #WIP