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James Fotopoulos (1976)
- 1998 founded Fantasma, Inc.
- 2009 partnered in Thermidor Releasing, Inc.
selected film/video screenings
2009
- “Coonley/Fotopoulos”, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
- Cinemad: Almanac 2009, Cinefamily, Los Angeles, CA
- Cinevegas Area 52, Onyx Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
2008
- Art(Core): The Avant Garde and The Cinematic Body, Cinematic Body, Office of Contemporary Art, Osolo, Norway
- Conversations on the Edge, “CUFF Retro: Program One”, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
- Art(Core): The Avant Garde and The Cinematic Body, Cinematic Body, Pleasure Dome, Toronto , Canada
- Aurora Picture Show, “Cinematexas Eulogy: The Living Whale”, Houston, TX
- The Silent Movie Theatre, “Cinevegas: 10 Years on the Edge”, Los Angeles, CA
- Doc Films, Impossible Adaptations, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Fuse Box, Austin, TX
- Struttgarter Filmwinter, “Mike Plante’s Lunch Short Show”, Stuttgart, Germany
2007
- Kino.Lab, "New York Now," Warszawa, Poland
- Woodland Pattern Book Center, “Mike Plante’s Lunch Short Show”, Milwaukee, WI
- The Roxie New College Film Center, "Crazy Rays: Science Fiction and the Avant-Garde", San Francisco, CA
- Jewels and Gems from the Film-Makers' Coop presents: "1 Minute (+) Films from the Film-makers' Cooperative", Collective:Unconscious, New York, NY
- Festival Cinema Nouveau, “Mike Plante’s Lunch Short Show”, Montreal, Canada
- Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle, UK
- Austin Film Society, Regal Arbor Cinema, Austin, TX
- Aurora Picture Show, “Mike Plante’s Lunch Short Show”, Houston, TX
- Jacksonville Film Festival, “Mike Plante’s Lunch Short Show”, Jacksonville, FL
- Pacific Film Archives, “Mike Plante’s Lunch Short Show”, Berkeley, CA
- New York Underground, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
- White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
- Sundance Film Festival, “Mike Plante’s Lunch Short Show”, Park City, UT
2006
- Triskel Art Center, Cork, Ireland
- Cinematexas International Short Film & Video Festival, “Mike Plante’s Lunch Short Show”, Austin, TX
- Chicago Underground Film Festival, Music Box Theater, Chicago, IL
- “James Fotopoulos: One-Man Show”, Jewels and Gems from The Film-Makers’ Coop, Collective: Unconscious, New York, NY
- “Barney Rosset Presents: Samuel Beckett’s Film & Literary Cinema”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- “The Theatrically of Cinema”, Irish Film Institute, Dublin, Ireland
- New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2005
- Cine Contour, Mechelen Biennale, kc nOna, Mechelen, Belgium
- Ocularis, “An Evening with James Fotopoulosk,” Galapagos Art & Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY
- Cinematexas International Short Film & Video Festival, Austin, TX
- Chicago Underground Film Festival, Music Box Theater, Chicago, IL
- The Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival, Chicago Filmmakers Chicago, IL
- “HHORRRAUTICA,” Roberta Beck Memorial Cinema, curator: Torsten Zenas Burns, Participant, Inc., New York, NY
- Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
- PDX – Portland Documentary/Experimental Film Fest, Portland, OR
- New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2004
- Anthology Film Archives, “James Fotopoulos: New Works,” New York, NY
- Cinematexas International Short Film & Video Festival, Austin, TX
- The Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival, “Judge’s Show”, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago. IL
- Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
- Cinevegas, Las Vegas, NV
- Lemp Art Center, St. Louis, MO
- Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
- New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
- Brooklyn Underground, Weekly Screening, DUMBO Artspace, Brooklyn, NY
- Ocularis, Galapagos Art & Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY
2003
- Cinematexas International Short Film and Video Festival, Special Screening - The Nest, The Hideout, Austin, TX
- Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
- Brighton Cinematheque, Brighton, England, UK
- Chicago Filmmakers, “Paradise Lost/Paradise Found: New Experimental Film & Video,” Chicago, IL
- Arsenal/Friends of German Kinemathek, Berlin, Germany
- Dresdener Small Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
- Arizona International Film Festival, The Screening Room, Tucson, AZ
- New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2002
- “Here and Now: Recent Films by Local Film & Video Artists,” Presented by Chicago Filmmakers and Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Cultural Center
- Block Cinema, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
- Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
- Festival Tous Courts, Reves En Coors (Dreams in Progress) program, Aix-en-Provence, France
- Cinescape, Presented by Blue Screen, The Hideout, Austin, TX
- International Film Seminars, “Selections from the 48th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar,” Donnell Media Library, New York, NY
- Union Theater, Milwaukee, WI
- SeNef Film Festival, Seoul, Korea
- Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
- Cleveland Cinematheque, Cleveland, OH
- Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- CineVegas, Las Vegas, NV
- Chicago Filmmakers, “Chicago’s Own: James Fotopoulos - Short Films (1999 - 2001),” Chicago, IL
- Brighton Cinematheque, Brighton, England, UK
- Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX
- Other Cinema, “Abject Flesh,” ATA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
- Arizona International Film Festival, The Screening Room, Tucson, AZ
- Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema “Danger After Dark” program, Philadelphia, PA
- Anthology Film Archives, “Urban Legends: The Films of James Fotopoulos,” (Retrospective) New York, NY
- New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, “Nature’s a Language, Can’t You Read?” program, Cinerama, Pathe Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2001
- Regus London Film Festival, “Experimenta” program, National Film Theatre, ICA Cinema, London, England, United Kingdom
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, “Orgasmic Cinema” program, Presented by the Cinematexas International Short
Film and Video Festival, Olympion Renault, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent, “A Look Apart” Film/Video Series, Curator: Cis Bierinckx, Film/Video
Curator at Walker Art Center, Studio Skoop, Ghent, Belgium
- The Screening Room, Presented by Cinemad, Tucson, AZ
- Cinematexas International Short Film and Video Festival, “Precious Bodily Fluids” and “Into the Aether” programs, Alamo North, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and The Hideout
Coffee House & Theater, Austin, TX
- Chicago Underground Film Festival (Opening Night Film), Biograph Theater, Chicago, IL
- Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
- Walker Art Center, “A Look Apart” Film/Video Series, Minneapolis, MN
- Arizona International Film Festival, Presented by Cinemad, The Screening Room, Tucson, AZ
- Lux Centre, New York Underground Film Festival Program, “A James Fotopoulos Special,” London, England, United Kingdom
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Presented by the Cinematexas International Short Film and Video Festival and the Austin Film Society, Austin, TX
- The Blinding Light Cinema, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, “Birth of Tragedy (Redux),” Collective Unconscious, New York, NY (Programmed Screening)
- Film Fest New Haven, New Haven, CT
- New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
- Cleveland Cinematheque, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2000
- Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
- The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, “ZERO + 1 = 0,” Collective Unconscious, New York, NY
- Cinematexas International Short Film and Video Festival, “Not a Dry Seat in the House” program, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Austin, TX
- Athens International Film Festival - Opening Nights Ericsson, “Greeks of the Diaspora” program, Apollon, Athens, Greece
- Chicago Underground Film Festival, The Fine Arts Theater, Chicago, IL
- Film Fest New Haven, New Haven, CT
- New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
1998
- Welsh International Film Festival, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Exhibitions
2009
- HHORRAUTICA 4: (CRYPTO), Parsons Hall Project Space, Holyoke, MA (drawings)
- No Soul for Sale, Migrating Forms – “Half-inch Half-life”, X-initiative, New York, NY (video)
2008
- VII Salon De Arte Digital, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia, MACZUL, Maracaibo, Venezuela (digital drawings, videos)
2007
- "The Fourth Symposium on Synergetics and Morphology: Explorations into the Shape of Nature", The Synergetics Collaborative (SNEC) in collaboration with the Philomorphs
and The Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI (poster paper)
2006
- Triskel Art Center, Cork, Ireland (video)
-“Fotopoulos/Arcangel Part 3” with Cory Arcangel, New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY (video)
- “James Fotopoulos & Saya Woolfalk”, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY (videos) (catalog)
2005
- Mechelen Biennale, “Contour” 2nd Bienniale for Videoart, Mechelen, Belgium (video, drawings, digital prints) (catalog)
- “Arcangel/Fotopoulos Part 2” with Cory Arcangel, New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY (audio installation)
2004
- Vertex List, "F#@K Perfection,” Brooklyn, NY (video)
- “Fotopoulos/Arcangel Part 5” with Cory Arcangel, New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY (audio installation)
- Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (video) (catalog)
Performances
2008
- Bambi performance, The Zipper Theatre, New York, NY (video)
2007
- White Flag Projects with Grandpa’s Ghost/The Prairie Drone Refractors, St. Louis, MO (video, drawings)
2006
- Monkeytown, with Grandpa’s Ghost, Brooklyn, NY (video)
- “Breaking the Frame Series: LoVid and James Fotopoulos,” Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
2004
- Rag Tag Cinema, Grandpa’s Ghost with James Fotopoulos Video, Columbia, MO
- “Movies with Live Soundtracks,” The Ice Factory, Chicago, IL
- Chicago Underground Film Festival, Grandpa’s Ghost with video by James Fotopoulos, The Hungry Brain, Chicago, IL
- The Knitting Factory, New York, NY, with Grandpa’s Ghost (video)
2003
- Audio/Visual Competition, Presented by the New York Underground Festival, with Grandpa’s Ghost, Northsix, New York, NY (video)
- “An Evening with Filmmaker James Fotopoulos & Grandpa’s Ghost,” A.D. Brown Building, St. Louis
Awards/Nominations
2005
- Creative Capital Foundation Grant, Film/Video
2004
- No Budget Award for The Lighthouse, Cinematexas International Short Film & Video Festival
2003
- Nominee Rockefeller Fellowship Film/Video, New York, NY
2002
- Nominee Rockefeller Fellowship Film/Video, New York, NY
2001
- Chicago Underground Film Fund Grant for Consumed 1-5, a program of the Chicago Underground Film Festival
2000
- Made in Chicago Award for Migrating Forms, Chicago Underground Film Festival
- Best Feature for Migrating Forms, New York Underground Film Festival
Commission
2005
- The Mirror Mask, 2nd Contour Bienniale of Videoart, Mechelen Biennale, Mechelen, Belgium
Lectures/Symposiums/Juries
2007
- Texas Production Fund Panelist, Austin Film Society, Austin, TX
2006
- Outlaw Cinema Panel with Greg Araki, Abel Ferrara, Bobcat Goldthwait, Nina Menkes , Cinevegas, Las Vegas, NV
2005
- Guest lecturer, “Non-Narrative,” Aesthetics of Film & Video, Columbia College of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Guest lecturer, “How to Watch Movies,” National Louis University, Chicago, IL
2004
- Juror, The Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival, Chicago, IL
2003
-“Meet & Greet with James Fotopoulos,” Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
- Guest lecturer, New Jersey City University, Jersey City NJ
- Juror, Cinematexas International Short Film & Video Festival, Austin, TX
- Guest lecturer, “Film One” (non-sync sound, b/w) production class, The University of Texas at Austin
2002
- “Getting your work out into the world - An Audience Development Panel for Independent Film and Videomakers,” Presented by The Media Arts Environmental Scanning Tour of Regional Organizations, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture and Video Data Bank, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
- Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Cinemad Presents panel discussion with James Benning and Scott MacDonald, Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson, AZ
2001
- Guest lecturer, “Film One” (non-sync sound, b/w) production class, The University of Texas at Austin
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