CNYPG welcomes filmmaker Matt McCormick.
November 2 - 6, 2008
George
Eastman House, Rochester, NY, Sunday, November 2
Cayuga Community College, Auburn, NY,
Monday, November 3
Binghamton University, Binghamton,
NY, Tuesday, November 4
Sanctuary
for Independent Media, Troy, NY, Wednesday, November 5
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Thursday,
November 6
Matt McCormick
makes films that combine found and original sounds and images to fashion abstract
and witty observations of contemporary culture. In his recent documentary Towlines,
which features an original soundtrack by James Mercer, Matt explores the role
of the tugboat in modern society, while in American Nutria
he examines the plight of an imported species and chastises capitalism’s
tendency to create its own disasters. The Subconscious Art of Graffiti
Removal makes the observation that the process of destroying one art
form unwittingly creates another, while The Vyrotonin Decision,
created with scraps of 16mm television clips from the early 70's, reflects on
some the advertising world’s more embarrassing moments.
Matt's work has screened in film festivals, galleries, and d.i.y. art spaces
around the globe, and his film The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
was named as one of the ‘Top 10 Films of 2002’ by both The Village
Voice and Art Forum magazine. Matt has also worked and collaborated with several
artists and musicians, including The Shins, Miranda July, The Postal Service,
Avalon Kalin, and Calvin Johnson. DVD includes Towlines (2004), Grounded (2004),
American Nutria (2003), Past and Pending (2003), The Subconscious Art of Graffiti
Removal (2001), Going to the Ocean (2001), The Vyrotonin Decision (1999) and
Sincerely, Joe P. Bear (1999).