Discussion with programmer Steve Cossman and artist Lauren Noelle Oliver in person.

THE MEADOW, 2022 / 16MM HAND DRAWN CELL ANIMATION by MAYA EDELMAN, 4min 
A mysterious girl and a black dog wander and sometimes intersect along the sides of highways, flanked by a dystopian landscape inspired by the Meadowlands area of New Jersey.

FOR CYNTHIA, 2022 / 16MM 2-D CUT OUT & HAND DRAWN ANIMATION by NORA RODRIGUEZ, 11min
Part radio drama, part tree care manual, this animation is a story about a story. At its center is a piece of family lore that has passed through so many hands it becomes surreal and nonsensical.

DEPRIVATION / 16MM FILM WITH OPTICAL SOUND - CAITY ARTHUR & CHANDLER ARTHUR, 11min
Just a year after losing their partner, Chuck is still battling nightmares and paranoia, leading them to believe that what appears in the shadows is all in their mind. Deprivation asks what limitations there are when it comes to blurring reality from personal fear.

STEPPING INTO THE FRAME, 2022 / 16MM TRIPLE PROJECTION PERFORMANCE by LAUREN NOELLE OLIVER, 15min 
Stepping into the frame, by Lauren Noelle Oliver, is an intimate glance into the artist’s paradoxical self-portraiture practice. Best known for her still photographic work, Oliver now turns her gaze to her process. Through the use of a 16mm bolex, the artist has opened her self-portraits beyond the moment of capture, allowing viewers into her unique process.

This series is made possible by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.