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“We Have an Anchor” to premier at EMPAC – Friday, April 27 at 8pm

Jem Cohen — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:49:40 +0000

A new show of projected images with live music, commissioned by EMPAC, the experimental media and performing arts center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, will premier this friday. The show consists of footage shot over the past ten years in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, with texts and live music…
Musicians are Guy Picciotto (Fugazi), T.Griffin (Quavers), Jim White (Dirty Three), Jessica Moss (Silver Mt. Zion), and Sophie Trudeau and Efrim Menuck. (SMZ and Godspeed You! Black Emperor).

GRAVITY HILL NEWSREELS INSTALLATION OPENING AT TIFF LIGHTBOX

Jem Cohen — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:40:29 +0000

A new installation of Cohen’s 12 newsreels about Occupy Wall Street will premiere in Toronto on Weds. 22 in the Bell Lightbox atrium. Running from Feb. 22nd-March 23rd, the installation is presented in conjunction with the Reel Artists Film Festival.

New ‘Newsreels’ about Occupy Wall Street

Jem Cohen — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:19:42 +0000

Jem has made 4 new short films observing Occupy Wall Street in New York, with a 5th on the way.
The films are playing as shorts, one per week, before feature films at the IFC Center theater, 6th Ave. at West 3rd st.
Online, they can be seen at:
www.vimeo.com/ifccenter

Mexico City film with live soundtrack to Chile for SANFIC film fest

Jem Cohen — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:26:28 +0000

A new version of Manifiesto D.F., now called Ciudad de Mexico por Azar will be presented on Aug. 20th in Santiago, Chile as part of the SANFIC film festival. Musicians DJ Rupture, Andy Moor, Guy Picciotto, and T. Griffin will be on board, with new narration read by Juan Pablo Bastarrachea. Cohen will also give a workshop and present several evenings of screenings.

GALLERY SHOW IN NYC; LIVE SHOW and RETROSPECTIVE in MEXICO CITY

Jem Cohen — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:09:31 +0000

Show up through April 18, 2009, at the Robert Miller Gallery, 524 West 26th st., NYC.NEW YORK, STILL & MOVING consists of photographs and composite images which originated as Polaroids. It also includes short films. http://www.robertmillergallery.com/artists/all_artists/cohen/cohen.html There will be a reception on March 28th, 6-8 for Jem and Patti Smith, whose show, VEIL, runs concurrently in the gallery.March 26 will bring the Mexico city premiere of MANIFESTO D.F., an evening of Mexican city portrait films shot on 16mm, with live soundtracks by T. Griffin, Guy Picciotto, Andy Moor, DJ Rupture, and Sonido Changorama. The event is part of the 25th Festival de Mexico en el Centro Historico, which is also presenting an extensive series of Jem’s films through Cinema Global.http://festival.org.mx/programa/espectaculo/98

LONG FOR THE CITY (10 min., 2008) plays at MoMA

Jem Cohen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:05:44 +0000

LONG FOR THE CITY (9 minutes) made in collaboration with Patti Smith in 2008, will show at the Museum of Modern Art in a program of recent works shot on Super 8 (it’s part of their Documentary Fortnight series). Thursday, February 12, 2009, 8:00 p.m., Theater 1, T1 (New York premiere. Discussion with filmmakers) Thursday, February 19, 2009, 6:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2

EVENING’S CIVIL TWILIGHT IN EMPIRES OF TIN on NOV. 1

Jem Cohen — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:13:48 +0000

Jem will present a program of projected films for live music, EVENING’S CIVIL TWILIGHT IN EMPIRES OF TIN, at the Viennale
(Vienna Film Festival) on Nov.1st. He will be joined for the project by Vic Chesnutt, members of Silver Mt. Zion, Guy Picciotto, T.Griffin and Catherine McRae.
A dvd of this show is currently in the works.

New Patti Smith Film

Jem Cohen — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:48:41 +0000

The new film commissioned for Patti Smith’s cover version of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” now online.

New online short

Jem Cohen — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:10:07 +0000

Shortfilm, FREE (2007, 16mm, 60 seconds) is now online at: renewmedia.org or on youtube.com