Events, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
EngageMedia is a non-profit media, technology, and culture organisation in the Philippines. EngageMedia uses the power of video, the Internet, and open technologies to create social and environmental change. They harness old and new media to assist movements challenge social injustice and environmental damage, as well as to present solutions. Continue reading →
Events, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
Salome Chasnoff is a Chicago-based filmmaker, installation artist, and educator who is inspired by the enlightening, humanizing and healing capacities of storytelling. For the past 30 years, she has maintained a collaborative social practice and exhibition career embracing and interrogating the indivisibility of the making of art and the making of relationships. Continue reading →
Events, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
Bombozila is a platform in Brazil for documentaries that tell the sociopolitical history of recent years. They highlight the achievements of small producers, community film collectives, and documentary filmmakers who respond to the political urgency of our struggling and enduring territories. Continue reading →
Blog, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
Media Burn is thrilled to announce that we’ll be joined by activist and conceptual artist Nancy Buchanan for the next of our Virtual Talks. Buchanan is an accomplished artist in multiple fields, and we’re excited to exhibit a selection of her film works. Continue reading →
From June to September, Media Burn’s five interns, collaborating virtually, created videos examining on the impact of the pandemic in their own communities–from Belmont Cragin on Chicago’s northwest side all the way to Guangzhou, China. Some chose to examine their quarantine life at home while others ventured out around the globe. Every video is a unique reflection upon this abnormal time. We’re so proud of the work they have done and can’t wait to share it with you! You can … Continue reading →
Blog, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
The documentary TRANSSEXUALS features a look at the transgender community in New York in 1971. Continue reading →
Blog, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
Laurie Little is a Chicago-based filmmaker, artist, and educator. Continue reading →
Blog, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
Skip Blumberg is an activist and video artist whose work has been shown widely on TV, the web, media art centers, and museums. Continue reading →