Distinguished Juror, Out of Competition, Special Events 2018

Laura Kraning (in person) – 2018

Saturday, April 14, 5:30 PM Laura Kraning’s moving image work navigates landscape as a repository for memory, cultural mythology, and the technological sublime. Exploring absence and the fluidity of time, she evokes liminal spaces of neither past, nor present, but

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Joseph Keckler (in person) – 2018

Thursday April 12, 8:00 PM An Evening with Joseph Keckler Performance with video and sound. Combining a powerful voice with vivid, humorous accounts of everyday life that stretch out towards the mythic, Joseph Keckler shares highlights of his original work:

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Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (In Person) – 2018

Friday, April 13, 5:00 PM They Director: Anahita Ghazvinizadeh Narrative 80 minutes USA Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun ”They” and lives with their parents in the suburbs of Chicago. J is exploring their gender identity while taking hormone blockers

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Kelly Sears- 2016

Kelly Sears 2016 Festival Juror and Visiting Artist Juror’s Screening: Wednesday, April 6th, 7:00 PM Biography: Kelly Sears is an experimental animator that cuts up and collages imagery from American culture and politics to intervene with the history embedded in

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Lydia Moyer- 2016

Lydia Moyer 2016 Festival Juror and Visiting Artist Juror’s Screening: Tuesday, April 5th, 5:00 PM Biography: Lydia Moyer is a visual artist and media maker who lives and works in central Virginia where she is an associate professor at the

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Jesse McLean- 2016

Jesse McLean 2016 Festival Juror and Visiting Artist Juror’s Screening: Thursday, April 7th, 7:30 PM Biography: Jesse McLean is a media artist utilizing collage both aesthetically and conceptually. Her video work employs highly recognizable appropriated material alongside more elusive sources

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