By Monteque Pope-Le Beau Edited by Colleen Page As everyone walked in to get ready for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival press conference there was a sense that there was a change in the air. The festival program for the Sundance Film Festival was not only cutting edge this year, but one that spoke to a vast array of issues concerning what has been happening … Continue reading A New Era For The 2019 Sundance Film Festival
By Monteque Pope-Le Beau Edited by Colleen Page Officially the 2019 Sundance Film Festival will start tonight, meanwhile there’s great anticipation in the air as everyone gets ready for the greatest film festival event celebrating independent film. Every year Park City with its old fashion streets of long ago is transformed into a magical wonder devoted to independent film, artist and filmmakers. With an … Continue reading Welcome To The 2019 Sundance Film Festival
By Mike Szymanski With more than 300 diverse film festivals throughout the world, only one of them leaves boxes of tissues at the seats because the programmers know that you’ll be reaching for one to dab your eyes at some point during the evening. Flicks4Change (https://www.flicks4change.org) is the only film festival that focuses on short films that create meaningful social change. Because of that, the … Continue reading Flicks4Change Celebrates Movies with Meaning
By Stephan Pisko, With artistry comes impatience with expectancy breeds a contemplative conjunction with this union there exists a flutter with vibration there is randomness with this purposelessness you have the potential to discover you’re true desires with these sincere wishes rests a peacefulness and this is what the photographer as artist creates an ‘appeasement’ it is a potent artistry. Intuitive imagination feeds the ‘creative … Continue reading Photographer As Artist – Intuitive Imagination
By Mike Szymanski Yep, the doors open to an ocean of porcelain, hand-made sunflower seeds. It took 1,600 artisans a year-and-a-half to create, and there they were, strewn in a room the size of an indoor soccer field. Not just sunflower seeds, nearby there was a pit of broken tea pot spouts, and above flew white dragons made of bamboo and silk. Welcome to the … Continue reading When is 100 Million Porcelain Sunflower Seeds Art? When Ai Weiwei Says So, at One of LA’s Newest Museums
By Mike Szymanski I’ve been covering awards shows — many times with Brian Sebastian — since 1985 and one of the strange sideshows of these celebrity-filled events are the Gifting Suites. That is where stars can come in and get lauded with all sorts of things for free, and only for the price of a quick selfie or promotion. Sometimes the press is allowed in, … Continue reading Going through the Golden Globe Gifting Suite with Brian and Katerina
By Stephan Pisko I must fall in love creatively with the subject (or) object before I can sheer through this ‘unseen mystical barrier’ that lingers between the model and photographic artist it is a trusting serenade into one’s space of fragile vulnerability it is a tapping into an unexplainable playground of psychological and metaphysical treats that tempt the creative urge to explore. It doesn’t matter … Continue reading Metaphysical Psychological Romance Between The Model And The Photographer
By Stephan Pisko Everything cannot be art just like everyone cannot be an artist. Sorry to disappoint, but there must exist some basic prerequisites or it just gets to a very absurdly stupid level of artistic belief where there remains no useful creative meaning whatsoever pertaining to the current time and environment. An ‘artist’s statement’ must be identified ‘standing alone’ for maximum viewer visual impact … Continue reading Everything Cannot Be Art – Everyone Cannot Be An Artist
By Stephan Pisko Beyond Photographic Vision – Spirit Is Unseen & Self Cannot Be Found Through a creative blending the celestial is visually effused via reflexive identity the camera records this transformation within a static flow then through technology we can experience the similitude of ‘quick silver’ a fluid stillness. Physical life is the exploration of this transparency a preparation for our inevitable unfolding … Continue reading Beyond Photographic Vision – Spirit Is Unseen & Self Cannot Be Found
The director’s newest film HIGH FLYING BIRD to sneak preview as part of the festival honor Festival. Also Announces Opening and Closing Night Films, Special Event Screenings and Short Film Lineup The Slamdance Film Festival announced that Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Magic Mike) will be presented with their 2019 Founders Award, given to a Slamdance alumnus who has continued to … Continue reading SLAMDANCE TO HONOR ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER STEVEN SODERBERGH WITH 2019 FOUNDERS AWARD
By Stephan Pisko Canada is literally going to pot! I have been hearing this herb word for (50) years at least of my (65) years living on this “super stupid” global gob it should of been legalized (50) years ago, but the timing would not have been so “right on than right now” it will be so gorgeously good for some and be so brutally … Continue reading Canada Is Going To Pot
The Slamdance Film Festival announced the Narrative and Documentary Feature Film Competition programs, as well as the lineup for its new Breakouts section, for their 25th edition, taking place January 25-31, 2019 in Park City. Slamdance continues to be the premiere film festival “by filmmakers, for filmmakers”, dedicated to fostering a community for independent emerging artists. The Directors Guild of America and Blackmagic Design … Continue reading SLAMDANCE ANNOUNCES 2019 FEATURE FILM COMPETITION LINEUP
By James Groth James Groth shared his article from years past which appeared in Auto Aficionado. We hope you enjoy it! Continue reading James Groth Shares His Enthusiasm For His Jaguar Series I E-type
By Jannie Vaught, If anyone is paying attention and you noticed a difference in the cold temperatures that have arrived, then you are like me scrambling for the door to bring in houseplants, dig and re-pot herbs and tender plants that you want to keep and in general covering your outside faucets and pipes. Also, a very early harvest started on Saturday as I … Continue reading Leaving the Leaves
The Art Of Monteque Celebrates #GivingTuesday and Pledges To Support And Create A Creative Environment For Independent Artists With The Development of The Dreamweaver Artist Ranch #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this … Continue reading The Art Of Monteque Celebrates #GivingTuesday
With less than two weeks until the program is announced, and less than three months until The 2019 Sundance Film Festival is to start, Sundance Institute has announced details about new hires on its programming team and new initiatives to deepen support for independent storytellers and broaden access to the Festival. The 2019 Festival will showcase work drawn from over 14,200 submissions, a record high. … Continue reading 2019 Sundance Film Festival: Amid Record High Submissions, Announcing New Hires, Talent Forum, Data-Driven Demographic Initiatives & Critic Stipends
By Stephan Pisko An artist masters an art form when the artist goes beyond the medium of artistic expression called ‘unique creative identity’ breaking away from the ‘see of mass reproduction’. The absolute duty of the artist be it – poet – painter – photographer whatever is ‘to show people something they have never seen or heard before something memorable that the mind cannot ever … Continue reading Metaphysical Mastery of Creative Form
By Stephan Pisko Harmonic duality distilling pure perpetuated sweet sighs vibrational variance lively lust plucking tender turmoil asking anxious questions’ who are the notes stuck in these spaces’ we want relative release sensual sonata zombiance – Fluid dripping freeze spacial solitude dancing delirious clip clopping together asking questions’ why why do we do lost lips trying to find face it is true but unsure unidentified … Continue reading Poetry Notes
By Stephan Pisko If you take a moment to brief the history of this very contemporary city you soon are revealed that it is indeed a ‘legendary eclectic modern edgy classic’ point in space where a great many artistic movements’ from the 1950’s through to present day not to mention the memorable ‘movie star’ status golden years when movies’ were actually supremely creative … Continue reading Los Angeles Legendary Eclectic Contemporary City
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