Documentary Film Premiere: Mike Osterhout & The Church of the Little Green Man
byAbsurdist art church is a safe place to transgress in the Catskills.
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C.L.G.M. Mike Osterhout and the Church of the Little Green Man It’s a church with a stripper pole. In retrospect, I should have known that...
Body Painting Artist Anastasia Durasova on Emotions, Creativity and Battling Depression.
byIn this short documentary film, we talk with body painting artist Anastasia Durasova about her struggles with depression and motherhood as she developed her unique creative style.
Pakistani American Artist Qinza Najm speaks against gun violence in American schools and culture of invisibility.
byQinza Najm is a multi-disciplinary artist. Originally trained as a painter, she now enlists a broad range of mediums in her creative practice.
Artist Scooter LaForge creates raw, colorful and sexualized paintings.
byIn this short documentary film, we sit down with artist Scooter LaForge in his New York City studio. Scooter is known for painting on anything and for the raw spontaneity of his work. We discuss the childlike life of an artist and his collaboration with Walter Van Beirendonck.
Former New York City Club Kid Walt Cassidy talks about art and transformation.
byIn this short documentary film, we sit down with Walt Cassidy, a former New York City Club Kid. Now an artist and designer working from his Brooklyn studio/apartment, we to talk about adornment, group etiquette and why all scenes must die.
Artist and curator Ben Sisto on collecting evidence and Who Let the Dogs Out.
byIn this short documentary film, we visit Ben at his home in Brooklyn, New York to discuss the origins of his creative impulses and how he became the world’s leading expert on Who Let the Dogs Out.
Tattoo artist Gene Coffey on creativity, originality, and addiction
byGene Coffey comes clean about his struggle to establish a creative practice that satisfies both his artistic compulsions and his financial needs. In this micro-doc, we visit Gene’s Long Island City studio for a frank discussion about his unique watercolor tattoo style, the perils of addiction, and what it means to be an artist.
Interview: Gene Coffey
byThe text of a pre-shoot interview with Gene Coffey
Ana Wieder Blank
byI first encountered Ana Weider-Blank’s work at Honey Ramka gallery in Bushwick, NY. I stumbled in, drawn by her vibrant mythological portraits.