First Person Cinema is the longest running university program in the world screening avant-garde film and video work. It was started in 1955 by Carla Selby and Gladney Oakley under the name "The Experimental Cinema Group", and was later carried forward by Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage. Now called First Person Cinema, the program invites film/video artists to Boulder to present their work in person with the intention of bringing an awareness of the personal cinema. First Person Cinema has become a highly respected international showcase and was programmed by Don Yannacito from 1965 to 2021. It is now programmed collaboratively by the Moving Image Arts faculty.
All screenings are in the Visual Arts Complex 1B20 at 7 PM unless otherwise noted. Admission is free.
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Spring 2024 Schedule
![eric leiser with art](/cinemastudies/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/callout/ericleiser.jpg?itok=2e338Vj5)
Feb 5th - Eric Leiser
Eric Leiser is an award-winning filmmaker, animator, puppeteer, writer, holographer and multi-media artist working in the New York and London area. A graduate from CalArt's Experimental Animation program, Leiser creates animated and live action feature films and shorts as well as works integrating animation, puppetry, holography, live performance and installation. Leiser is interested in how animation transforms perception when it is combined with live action space, creating a fantastical, spiritual, or surrealistic quality.
His most recent solo exhibitions include: The Horse Hospital Museum in London, The Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco, Galerie Entropia in Poland, MaRS Gallery in Los Angeles, Galerie du Haut Pave in Paris, Sound of MU Gallery in Oslo, Flux Factory/Holocenter in New York City, Fringe Exhibitions Gallery in Los Angeles, Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Ruben H. Fleet Space Museum in San Diego, Goldsmiths, University of London and Shapeshifters Cinema in Oakland.
Recent group exhibitions include: The Whitney Museum of American Art, The MIT Museum, MassMoCA, Armory Arts Center, Holocenter Museum, Spencer Brownstone Gallery and Cabinet Magazine among others.
His animated/live action films have screened at the: Whitney Museum of American Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum of Modern Art Antwerp, The Istanbul Modern Museum of Art, Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Museum, MASS MoCA, Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas Muse-um de Buenos Aires, The Ruben H. Fleet Space Museum, Four-Dimensions Space Art Museum Beijing, The Exploratorium Museum, The Wexner Center, (BFI) British Film Institute, Anthology Film Archives, Los Angeles Filmforum, San Francisco Film Society, Aster Arts Plaza Hiroshima, Armory Art Center, Oxford University, Goldsmiths-University of London, Royal College of Art, Harvard University, California Institute of the Arts, The Art Institute in Chicago, The New School, SVA, Pratt Institute, The Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing and Sonoma State University among others. His films have screened in the world's top film festivals most recently at the Cannes Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Festival and the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. His recent 4th feature film Apocalypsis was released by Lionsgate in 2018.
![Alison Nguyen](/cinemastudies/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/callout/andra_v04_redux.00_02_10_18.still001_cc-4.jpg?itok=t5iXVzDt)
March 4th - Alison Nguyen
Alison Nguyen is a New York-based artist whose work spans video, installation, performance, and sculpture. Her work has been presented at the Museum of Modern Art, MIT List Center for Visual Arts, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea, The Everson Museum, The Dowse Art Museum, e-flux, The International Studio & Curatorial Program, AC Gallery Beijing, Signs and Symbols, KAJE, Ann Arbor Film Festival, CPH:DOX, International Film Festival Oberhausen, Channels Festival International Biennial of Video Art, among others. Nguyen received her MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University and her BA in Literary Arts from Brown University. She is currently a 2023β2024 Studio Artist in the Whitney Independent Studies Program.
![SofΓa GallisΓ‘ Muriente](/cinemastudies/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/callout/sofia-gallisa-muriente.jpg?itok=vrK9cXtm)
April 15th - Sofia GallisΓ‘ Muriente
SofΓa GallisΓ‘ Muriente is an artist whose research-based practice resists colonial erasures and claims the freedom of historical agency, proposing mechanisms for remembering and reimagining. Her work deepens the subjectivity of historical narratives and contests dominant visual culture through multiple approaches to documentation. She employs text, image and archive as medium and subject, exploring their poetic and political implications. SofΓa has been a fellow of the Smithsonian Institute, Cisneros Institute at MoMA, Puerto Rican Arts Initiative, Annenberg Media Lab at USC and the Flaherty Seminar, and participated in residencies with the Vieques Historical Archive, Alice Yard (Trinidad & Tobago), FAARA (Uruguay) and Fonderie Darling (Montreal), among others. She has exhibited in Documenta, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, Queens Museum, Savvy Contemporary, Museo de Arte ContemporΓ‘neo de Puerto Rico, and galleries like Km 0.2 and Embajada. From 2014 to 2020, she co-directed the artist-run organization Beta-Local.ΜύIn 2023 she was awarded the Latinx Artist Fellowship.
Previous Visiting Artists
- Ahwesh, Peggy β90, β13
- Alsharif,ΜύBasma β17
- Andersen, Thom β11
- Anger, Kenneth β81
- Angerame, Dominic β97
- Anker, Steve β06
- Antin, Eleanor β06
- Archer, Ina β22
- Asili, Ephraim β17
- Aurand, Ute β12
- Avikunthak, Ashish β11
- Baillie, Bruce β85, β12
- Baldwin, Craig β10
- Barber, Stephanie β00, β16
- Barlow, Melinda β97, β98, β99
- Baron, Rebecca β15
- Battle, Christina β09
- Beavers, Robert β12, β17
- Beckman, Ericka β85, β12
- Beloff, Zoe β08
- Benning, James β06, β09, β22,
- Berliner, Alan β86, β87, β92, β99
- Blanchard, Jenny β89
- Blank, Les β88
- Biermann, Gregg β16
- Boord, Dan β04
- Boultenhouse, Charles β82
- Brakhage, Marilyn β97, β98
- Brakhage, Stan β76 - β00
- Breer, Emily β93
- Breer, Robert β78, β86, β05
- Bridgers, Lee β91, β93
- Brodsky & Treadway β82
- Bromberg, Betsy β98, β07
- Broughton, James β77, β81
- Bruck, Patti β90
- Burr, Peter β20, β23
- Cameron, Donna β97
- Camper, Fred β01
- Caplan, Elliot β08
- Chase, Doris β86, β87, β92
- Child, Abigail β90, β98, β11
- Christman, Sarah β20
- Cokes, Tony β07
- Columbus, John β89, β00, β01 β11
- Conner, Bruce β77, β85
- Conrad, Tony β83
- Creely, Robert β78
- Criss Cross β78
- Crosthwaite, Hugo β22
- Cuthand, TJ β22
- Davis, Sandra β86
- Delanda, Manuel β83
- Dinell, David β12
- Dobermann, Gary β 78
- Dorsky, Nathaniel β89, β99, β03, β06, β07, β15
- Downey, Juan β88
- Duke and Battersby β19
- Dunferd, Mike β77
- Eisenberg, Dan β98
- Elder, Bruce β88, β93, β99, β01
- Emshwiller, Ed β84
- Espelie, Erin β16
- Export, Valie β88
- Farrel, Christian β95
- Felker, Lori β16
- Fenz, Robert β04
- Fischinger, Elfriede β80
- Fitzgerald, Kit β85
- Fleming, Shellie β95
- Fonoroff, Nina β94, β04
- Frampton, Hollis β81
- Freidrich, Su β97
- Fuerman, Carol β04
- Fulton, Robert β76
- Gardner, Robert β91
- Gatten, David β03, β17
- Gault, Tony β03
- Gaylor, Bob β79
- Gehr, Ernie β77, β78, β79, β05, β09
- Geiser, Janie β99, β06
- George, Amir β18
- Gianvito, John β10
- Gibson + Recoder β19
- Gibson, Sandra β07
- Gidal, Peter β76
- Gilooly, Jane β15
- Gluckstern, Jay β89
- Godmilow, Jill β78, β00
- Gorin, J.P. β06
- Goss, Jackie β08
- Green, Vanalyne β91
- Greenfield, Amy β79
- Grenier, Vincent β79, β89, β94, β01, β14, β19
- Gusella, Ernest β85
- Guttnplan, Howard β77
- Haller, Eve β03
- Halter, Ed β09
- Hammer, Barbara β89, β99, β18
- Heit, Laura β07
- Heller, Eve β00
- Herbert, Jim β99
- Hills, Henry β82, β95
- Hindle, Will β77, β84
- Hock, Louis β04
- Holdt, Jacob β85
- Hopinka, Sky β18
- Hoskins, Courtney β03
- Hutton, Peter β88, β96, β07
- Im, Hyun β95
- Iris, Denise β13
- Jacobs, Ken β78,- β04
- Jennings, Jim β98
- Jordan, Larry β82, β84, β94, β14
- Jost, John β86, β07
- Kaul, Shambhavi β15
- Keller, Marjorie β83
- Kitchen, Diane β02
- Klahr, Lewis β92, β01, β05, β13
- Klosky, Linda β91
- Knecht, John β10
- Kraning, Laura β17
- Kren, Kurt β78, β82, β94
- Kubelka, Peter β77
- Kuchar, George β82, β83, β88, β06
- Laitala, Kerry β09
- Landow, George β76, β79
- LaPore, Mark β97, β05
- Larcher, David β77
- Lawder, Standish β80, β90
- Le Grice, Vi Malcolm β76
- Leacock, Richard β80, β84, β85
- Leaf, Caroline β93
- Lee, Francis β77
- Legget, Mike β76
- Lertxundi, Ladia β14
- Leventhal, Dani β11
- Levine, Saul β92, β08, β16
- Liotta, Jeanne β07
- Lipman, Ross β18
- Lowder, Rose β87, β12
- Lowe, Pelle β96
- Lucier, Mary β86
- Lusztig, Irene β19
- Luther, John β77, β79
- Mack, Jodie β14
- Madsen Minex, Angelo β22
- Mann, Kathleen β02
- Marslett, Geoff β15
- Matreyek, Miwa β08
- Maxy, Fox β21
- Maysel, Albert β77
- Mclean, Jesse β15
- Morrison, Bill β00
- Moulton, Shana β11
- Mouris, Frank β78
- Muller, Matthias β94, β00
- Murray, Julie β01, β06
- Myers, Richard β78
- Myers, Skinner β21
- Nelson, Gunvor β79, -β92
- Nelson, Robert β79
- Nishikawa, Tomonari β10
- Noren, Andrew β81
- OβNeill, Pat β82, β10
- Ondine β82
- Otis, James β84, β99
- Owusu, Akosua Adoma β17
- Oxygen, Anna β08
- Palazzolo, Tom β77, β87
- Peterson, Sidney β76, β80
- Pierce, Leighton β97, β02
- Piller, Madi β18
- Plays, Dana β05
- Plumb, Shannon β12
- Price, Luther β00
- Pryce, Charlotte β23
- Rappmund, Peter Bo β11
- Ravett, Abraham β04
- Recoder, Luis β00, β07
- Reed, Mary Beth β01
- Reeder, Jennifer β05
- Reeves, Dan β97
- Reeves, Jennifer β96, β03, β16
- Renwick, Vanessa β09
- Rey, Nicholas β13
- Reynolds, Reynold β02
- Rimmer, David β99
- Rivera, Alex β21
- Robenson, Michael β08
- Rose, Peter β90, β98, β08
- Rowe, Phil β02
- Rubin, Jon β77, β78
- Rumsby, Martin β85
- Russell, Ben β10
- Sachs, Lynne β14
- Saks, Lynn β96
- Samarasinghe, Rajee β22
- Sanders, Talena β14
- Saxs, Erin β94
- Schaller, Robert β98, β03
- Scheuren, Zach β01
- Schilling, Alphonse β80
- Schneemann, Carolee β78, β85
- Sears, Kelly, β14
- Seid, Steve β06, β11
- Sharits, Paul β79, β81
- Sherman, David β03
- Silva, Fern β15
- Sitney, P. Adams β79, β10, β17
- Smith, Jack β80
- Snider, Dean β86
- Snow, Michael β90
- Solomon, Phil β91 - β04, β11
- Sonbert, Warren β84
- Stamets, Bill β86
- Stark, Scott β93, β13
- Steers, Stacey β90, β07, β12
- Steiner, Konrad β00
- Stephens, Courtney β23
- Sternberg, Barbara β08
- Stiglicz, Zach β95
- Strand, Chick β80
- Stratman, Deborah β09
- Street, Mark β96, β14
- Sullivan, Chris β01
- Szlam, Malena β19
- Thornton, Leslie β88
- Torosian, Garine β01, β02
- Trainer, James β06
- Valdovino, Luis β96, β99, β04
- Vanderbeek, Stan β83
- Vasulka, Steina β84, β95, β12
- Vasulka, Woody β89, β12
- Velez, Edin β91
- Vesulka, Woody & Steina β79
- Vigil, Carmen β76, β80
- Viola, Bill β83
- Voorhuis, Nelly β89
- Wenhua Shi β15
- West, Jennifer β13
- Wilkins, Tim β95, β99, β04
- Wojtaski, Pawel β13
- Worden, Fred β87, β93
- Yasinsky, Karen, β14
- Youngblood, Gene β83, β87, β05, β16
- Zdravic, Andrej β80, β92