Jeanne Liotta (born 1960) is an American visual artist who is primarily known for her experimental films. She is also currently a professor of film studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College.CV" Retrieved 21 April 2014. She lives between New York City and Colorado.Liotta, Jeanne. "Bio: Jeanne Liotta" Retrieved 21 April 2014.
Early life Jeanne Liotta was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York."Jeanne Liotta" Whitney Biennial, Retrieved 21 April 2014. As an undergraduate, she studied theatre at New York University."Jeanne Liotta" Retrieved 21 April 2014. During her time at NYU Liotta was involved with several collaborative artist groups, including Gargoyle Mechanique, The Living Theatre, and the Alchemical Theatre Company.
Career From 1985 to 1995 Liotta collaborated with the artist Bradley Eros on films, performances and other artworks."Jeanne Liotta - Film Studies" Retrieved 21 April 2014. During that time they also collaborated with the band Circle X, making visuals and films for their performances. In 1993 Liotta founded the Firefly Cinema, an outdoor cinema that showed experimental films for free during the summers at the 6th and B Garden, Loisaida NYC."Other Projects", Retrieved 21 April 2014. The Firefly Cinema stopped operating in 2010. Liotta has worked as a solo artist since 1996.
Since 2004 Liotta has been a Film-Video faculty member at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. Since 2008 she has also been an assistant professor in the Film Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Liotta has also been conducting ongoing research on the Joseph Cornell Film Collection at the Anthology Film Archives."Bard Faculty: Jeanne Liotta" Bard College, Retrieved 21 April 2014.
Many of the artist's works focus on the intersection of art and science. For instance in Observando el cielo (2007) the artist examined our relationship with space, using seven years worth of night-time recordings of the sky.Weinkle, Brette. "The Poetry of Science: Jeanne Liotta at Anthology" Cinespect, Retrieved 21 April 2014. She also produced a series of short films entitled Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments.Smith, Sara. "Citizen Science: The enlightenment of Jeanne Liotta" The Austin Chronicle, Retrieved 21 April 2014. She has said: "Each person has the responsibility or opportunity as a human being to discover what their world is made of and what they think about it - to observe and take notes and reflect upon - that's our jobs as human beings somehow, that's what I feel like I'm doing when I make things. It's just my thinking."
Films
Film festivals The artist's films have been shown at several film exhibitions, including: New York Film Festival (2003)Holden, Steve. "Film Festival Review: The World and Beyond" The New York Times, Retrieved 21 April 2014. International Film Festival Rotterdam (2008)
Select exhibitions Whitney Biennial (2006)"2006 Biennial: Artists" Retrieved 21 April 2014. Sharjah Biennial 11 (2013)"Sharjah Biennial: Participants" Retrieved 21 April 2014.
Recognition In 2008 Liotta won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam for her film Observando el cielo."Previous Winners", Retrieved 21 April 2014.
Public collections Liotta's works can be found in a number of public institutions, including: Museum of Modern Art"Jeane Liotta. Observando El Cielo" Museum of Modern Art, Retrieved 21 April 2014. The Film-Makers' Cooperative"Search Results | The Filmmakers Cooperative The Film-Makers Cooperative, Retrieved 11 March 2017.
See also No Wave Cinema Underground film Cinema of Transgression Expanded Cinema
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