Magic for Beginners
20:00, Video, 2010
Magic for Beginners examines the mythologies found in fan culture, from longing to obsession to psychic connections. The need for such connections (whether real or imaginary) as well as the need for an emotional release that only fantasy can deliver are explored.
SCREENINGS + EXHIBITIONS:
Transmediale, Berlin, Germany
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart, Germany
Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, ND
Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque, NM
Iowa City Documentary Festival, Iowa City, IA
Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Shadowbox Cinema, Detroit, MI
Cortopotere FF, Bergamo, Italy
Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux, Paris, France
25 FPS Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Images Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Planete FF Doc, Warsaw, Poland
Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria, BC
Dallas VideoFest, Dallas, TX
video_dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
Cornell Cinema Series, Ithaca, NY
Rooftop Films Summer Series, Brooklyn, NY
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Union Theater, Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, Twin Cities, MN,
Detroit IFF, Experimental Block, Detroit, MI
Skalitzer140/Temporary, Berlin, Germany