Fear Revere

Fear Revere 2007

Fear Revere is a collection of 13 short films by an international group of artists and filmmakers. They were asked to reflect on the genre of horror and the general idea of making something for the purpose of frightening ones audience. Boo!

Videos by:
Michael Amter, Santiago Cohen, Bill Dyszel, David Howell, Jenny Hyde, Bradley Hyppa, Raymond Kristiansen, Joe Nanashe, Rob Parrish, Memo Salazar, Mica Scalin, Noah Scalin, Melissa Schubeck and Wunderkrafthaus. Special thanks to Ray Privett

FEAR REVERE was originally presented on Tuesday October 30th,2007 by Mica Scalin at the Pioneer theater for the Fourth Annual Month of Horror, Terror, and General Mayhem.

 

Social Contract - Bradley Hyppa

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Social Contract
2003

mini-DV, 3:41

About the workk:
Amidst an environment of distortion and manipulation, what are the impacts on the ability to differentiate the inner from the external, fact from fiction?  an individual is placed within a situation that challenges the very notion of the social contract by exploiting a loophole in Hobbesian logic.  "social contract" explores this situation that over time, acts not only as a reminder, but was a mirror to explicitly recognize the transgressions of the past.

About the artist:
Bradley resides in san francisco, ca.  he makes art.  he has fun. his art has been shown internationally.  bradley is a recipient of a Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fellowship in Fine Art.

www.bradleyhyppa.com

Tick Tick Tick - Wunderkrafthaus

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Tick Tick Tick...
2007

DV, 3:35

About the work:
"Tick Tick Tick..." explores the border of recognition with giant snakes.

About the artist:
Wunderkrafthaus an artist collective experimenting in various media and technologies.

They formed in Berlin in 2006 and soon moved to New York to fulfill their dreams of being very famous and very successful and very experimental artists.

www.masterkontrol.net

 

The Real Horror - Raymond Kristiansen

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2007
DV, 1:15

About the work:
As a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the horror movies and their obsession over serial killers and zombies, this movie is a short meditation on the difference between the horror of the world of movies and what is horrifying in the real world.

About the artist:
Raymond M. Kristiansen is a Norwegian videoblogger based in Denmark. He mostly deals with political issues in one way or another. This is his first exploration of the horror genre.

http://raymondmk.tumblr.com/

The Horror - Mica Scalin

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The Horror
2007
DV, 5:00

About the work:

Some things should stay inside of the box.

About the artist:

I really really like Halloween. I live in New York. Most of my art lives on the internet.

www.micawave.tv

 

Skull-A-Day 1-126 - Noah Scalin

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Skull-A-Day
2007
Digital Photographs, 6:00

About the work:

Skull-A-Day is an ongoing project to create 365 daily skull images using a variety of media. The images are posted daily online at www.skulladay.com. The site has encouraged readers to submit hundreds of their own found and self-made skulls as well as create songs and videos inspired by the project. This video is a sampling of the works to date, set to a soundtrack of reader submitted music.

About the artist:
Artist/designer Noah Scalin is founder of the socially conscious design and consulting firm Another Limited Rebellion, based in Richmond, VA.

He also teaches a course on socially conscious design at Virginia Commonwealth University. Noah's work has been featured in dozens of international publications and websites as well as in galleries in Virginia and the Printed Matter Bookstore in NYC.

Melissa Schubeck - Shower Scene Take 5

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Shower Scene Take 5
2000
DV, 1:30

http://www.joymore.org

No Bush Left Behind - Memo Salazar

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No Bush Left Behind
2007
DV, 7:00

About the work:
There aren't too many movies that I find scary- even the ones people swear as being heart-attack inducing make me laugh more than cry. Two things that do scare the hell out of me, however, are George Bush and deluded Born Again Christians gleefully awaiting the apocalypse. This is their story, by way of Kirk Cameron.

About the artist:
Some things Memo has made: long films, short films, music videos, a comic book about technology, hand-painted t-shrits, different types of animation, lots of music with and without vocals, and a website full of helpful tips for not ruining our planet... most of which can be found at his online home of http://www.foolfactory.com

 

 

Your Metal Brain - Rob Parrish

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Your Metal Brain
2007
Film and DV, 5:00

About the work:
Computers absorbing humanity is a classic sci-fi/horror theme. Some of today’s futurists believe computer hegemony is nearly at hand. “Your Metal Brain” - a mix of a 1980’s Japanese horror-art film and a lecture by a leading futurist - is a grim and comic take on the human/machine marriage.

“Your Metal Brain” represents my reaction to reading “The Singularity Is Near” by Ray Kurzweil. Mr. K sees us merging with our computers, eventually becoming pure computational energy. He makes a plausible case that it will happen in our life times and that resistance is futile. Are you scared yet?

About the artist:
Rob Parrish is the DC-based creator of the web series Next To Heaven. NTH features public domain films re-cut to newly recorded voice-overs. According to New Tee Vee, NTH fits nicely into that very popular niche “the comedy of personal misery.”

www.nexttoheaven.net

Joe is Dead - Joe Nanashe

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Joe's Dead
2007
DV, 1:25

About the work:
Joe is in danger. Joe dies. Joe is dead.

About the artist:
Joe was born and raised in Akron, OH. Currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

http://www.joenanashe.com/

The Barn - Jenny Hyde

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The Barn
2007
Video, 3:00

About the work:
The Barn is a short video using previously recorded material from a longer video performance piece that was a collaboration with artist Nadine Sobel. In this context it becomes a short experimental narrative about the psychological implications of a barn's unknown or dark history. This work is also a collaboration with sound artist Leif Solem.

About the artist:
Jenny Hyde is an opportunist. Her work is often created spontaneously for specific events and spaces. If she can't do something new, old work is digitally hacked up to fit into new places. Thats what she likes about digital media. Nothing stays the same from viewing to viewing, content changes with context.

http://jennyhyde.com

Thirsty For Love - Santiago Cohen

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Thirsty For Love
2007
DV, 2:16

About the work:
The film explores the human impulse to be loved

About the artist:
Santiago Cohen is an artist and film animator who is scared of broccoli.

http://www.santiagocohen.com/

Dullovision Episode 17 - Bill Dyszel

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Dullovision Episode 17
2007
HD Video, 2:07

About the work:
A one-man horror musical in which the world’s dullest scientist creates the world’s dullest monster.

About the artist:
Bill Dyszel, a compulsive instant movie maker and CinemaSoloist, is the most prolific player in the 48-Hour Film Project, with a total of 14 appearances in 8 different cities. He plans to keep doing this until he gets it right, which won’t be soon

http://www.cinemasolo.com/

Mendota - Michael Amter

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Mendota
2007
DV,2:57

About the work:

Inspired by the cinematic horror genre, specifically the work of Alfred Hitchcock.  'Mendota' is a three minute animated video study, employing the bizarre 'art' of taxidermy.  The work is a contemplation of the horrific necrophiliac behavior of the murderer Ed Gein.  Titled 'Mendota', as Mr. Gein was committed to the Mendota State Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.

About the Artist:

From early shows at the infamous 01 Gallery on Los Angeles' Melrose Boulevard in the 1990’s, Michael Amter has developed an exquisite personal vocabulary of graphic symbols and metaphorical imagery.  The artist known for complex - obsessive painting, gradually evolved his unique expression into a striking personal language, entertaining thematic properties of scientific theory.  Michael Amter's work has exhibited extensively, including the Meridian International Organization's 'True Colors' memorial 9-11 Exhibition.  The artist has toiled in film production with Propaganda Films and NBC Television, held residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and was even commissioned by NYC’s highly regarded Creative Time.   

http://www.patmedia.net/amter/