a Hybrid Film & Live Performance 

*Poster by Brock Stephens

After curating many events this year, I'm finally sharing my own work with the community, starting tonight!

A BODY (SUR)RENDERS/UN CUERPO (SE) RINDE

BY ANTO ASTUDILLO

a Hybrid Film & Live Performance

TRT 50 min.

Showing for 3 nights:

Saturdays August 6 & 13 and Sunday August 14

8pm, at Millennium Film Workshop

167 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Tickets $10
 

This project is part of (My) Body (Your) Body, a two week residency at Millennium Film Workshop exhibiting the work of trans non-binary artists Anto Astudillo and Kelley Van Dilla.

On view from Thursday, August 4, through Sunday,  August 14, 2022

Check the complete program

A Body (sur)renders/Un Cuerpo (se)rinde is a psychophysical hybrid film & live performance where images, audio and movement are intertwined for the audience to experience it as a single synchronized piece. The films included, shot over the past 4 years, are in itself a process of transformation and raw performances captured on 16mm film that address physical and psychological changes in the human body at a personal level. This hybrid film/performance is an intimate piece where I manifest who I am today as queer trans human and how this identity is deeply intertwined with me as an artist. (This project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.)

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAM:

EXO, 2019, 3:47 min, 16mm-to-digital (color, sound)

SOME KIND OF DIAGRAM, 2021, 13:13 min, 16mm-to-digital (color/black & white, sound)
RENDER MY BODY, 2022, 8:25 min, 16mm (color, silent)

HOW TO MAKE AN AVATAR, 2022, 5min, HD video (color, sound)

AVATAR CHOREOGRAPHY, 2022, 8:30min, HD video (color, sound)

A BODY (SUR)RENDERS, 2022, 8:27 min, 16mm-to-digital (color, silent)

PERFORMANCE PROGRAM:

A set of 5 short performances will take place in between or during some of the films/videos.

*Still frames from "Render my body II" (multimedia & live performance hybrid, 2022)

Anto’s Artist Statement: 

My path is defined by creating experimental film and performance pieces that exceed the genre and connect with the fluidity of my gender identity. My practice navigates the queer trans consciousness where film and performance co-exist and are intertwined. In it I examine the conventions of cinema to create hybrid film experiments where I play with visual poetry, autobiographical reflection and use of movement and performance to trace dialogues within and beyond the frame.What do you want your readers to know? Make your text stand out by customizing the font, style and format.

*Still frame from "Some kind of diagram" (16mm to digital, 2021)

Hi, this is Anto. I have created this Newsetter with much love and dedication as a way to keep you in the loop about events I'm organizing and that I am a part of. As independent artists we often have to promote our own work to find our audiences. I appreciate you taking the time to open this email and read through. You can check more of my work here. You can also give me a hand in the link below!

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