Abigail Child: Events

upcoming:

Dec 15-Jan 27th. 2007-08. Punchbowl at Metaphor Contemporary Gallery, Brooklyn. Group show.

Rotterdam Film Festival. World Premiere SURF AND TURF

Feb 5. Department of Art + Design Lecture Series at Northeastern University, Spring 2008. Solo show.

February 28th. Syracuse University Lecture series in Film. Solo show.

March 1st, Reading at Bowery Poetry Project, NYC, w/Bruce Andrews

March 7th, Scribe Video Center’s Producers Forum, Philadelphia. w/Arthur Jafa.

Queens Museum of Art, “NY State of Mind” (THE FUTURE IS BEHIND YOU) Dec 16th March 23rd. 3pm on Sunday March 16th. w/catalogue.

Dziga Vertov Project, Scene 28: Pingyao. Sheffield Site Gallery, as part of their 30th Birthday celebrations; March 18 – 23 Presented by Sheffield Railway Station.

March 27, 2008 Spring Lecture Series at MICA, Baltimore. Solo show.

"Chicks Make Flicks" Spring. MIT. Presented by the MIT Women's Studies Department. April TBA, solo.

IN THE LIFE, PBS Television. Interview with Abigail Child. To be broadcast in NYC + National Affiliates. TBA

AVA Gallery, Burlington Vermont. 3 person show “We”. April-May

Recent shows and installations:

SOLO SHOWS:

Midcareer Retrospective. Harvard University Film Archive. 4 shows November 1-3, 2007

USC Conference: “Experimental Film and the Vernacular” Curated David James + Daniel Tiffany. Keynote Speaker. Oct 26-28.

California Institute of the Arts, Show at Bijou and Workshop (Oct)

ON THE DOWNLOW, Feature Documentary broadcast on LOGO August 4, 2007 and throughout the year (4x).

Keynote speaker: Conference "Feminisms: Film, Video, Politics” University of Hartford, Connecticut.

Walker Art Museum. March. Installation of 2 films for the month. (DARK DARK and CAKE AND STEAK) with THE FUTURE featured Screening March 19.

Agassiz House Show , Baker Room, Radcliffe Yard, Harvard University. April 3-21, 2006. Installation and Talk. MIRROR WORLD Premiere
(read more about the show: Karen Schiff’s “Fragment Fiesta”)

GROUP SHOWS:

KQED.com Radio Link Interview June 22, 2007

Orchard Gallery, NYC. Group show “The Collective for Living Cinema”. Opens April 1 in conjunction with Anthology Film Archives program.

Travels to Wilkinson Gallery, London UK. September.

Tribeca Film Festival Premiere ON THE DOWNLOW. (Read more about film here)

Zoo Art Fair. in No.w.here’s “Instructions for Films” Exhibit. w/ Catalogue. UK. Leeds. September. Travelling.

May 11 MacDowell Retrospective at MoMA. (B/side)

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. “New York: State of Mind” Opening August 24-Nov 4 2007.

Berlin Film Festival THE PARTY in “Fucking Different” Feb.

Rotterdam Film Festival. MIRROR WORLD European Premiere. curated by Mark McElhatten. Jan 1007

additionally:

a surround sound loop entitled Blonde Fur from "Cake and Steak" was featured in Parasolka Floats Exhibit: "Workspace 2005" audio and video surround sound installation. Sep 18th through Oct 2nd, 2005 in Union City, New Jersey.

And, a number of Child's films have been featured at the following festivals, museums and galleries around the globe:
Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel (July) (The Future)
Les Etats Généraux du Film Documentaire in Lussas in France. (July)
Ville de Paris (June) (The Future)
“Rencontres international de cinéma" (NEMO) in Paris. 11th Edition. (SOLO show: The Future; Cake and Steak) (May)
San Francisco Film Festival (June)
Tribeca Film Festival, New York City (The Future) May
Philosophy Box, 199 Lexington Ave, NYC. Three-person show. (B/Side; Cake and Steak plus prints) June 6-28th
Oscar Micheaux Festival, Louis Stokes auditorium and Cleveland’s MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) July 29-30, 2005 (The Party)
Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Solo Show (B/Side; Mayhem; Mutiny: Covert Action) curated by Jennifer Jones as part of Feminale Cologne. August
“Workspace 2005" audio and video surround sound installation. June in Philadelphia. Sponsored by Harvestworks. Featured “Blonde Fur”.


upcoming: Dec 15-Jan 27th. 2007-08. Punchbowl at Metaphor Contemporary Gallery, Brooklyn. Group show. Rotterdam Film Festival. World Premiere SURF AND TURF Feb 5. Department of Art + Design Lecture Series at Northeastern University, Spring 2008. Solo show. February 28th. Syracuse University Lecture series in Film. Solo show. March 1st, Reading at Bowery Poetry Project, NYC, w/Bruce Andrews March 7th, Scribe Video Center’s Producers Forum, Philadelphia. w/Arthur Jafa. Queens Museum of Art, “NY State of Mind” (THE FUTURE IS BEHIND YOU) Dec 16th March 23rd. 3pm on Sunday March 16th. w/catalogue. Dziga Vertov Project, Scene 28: Pingyao. Sheffield Site Gallery, as part of their 30th Birthday celebrations; March 18 – 23 Presented by Sheffield Railway Station. March 27, 2008 Spring Lecture Series at MICA, Baltimore. Solo show. "Chicks Make Flicks" Spring. MIT. Presented by the MIT Women's Studies Department. April TBA, solo. IN THE LIFE, PBS Television. Interview with Abigail Child. To be broadcast in NYC + National Affiliates. TBA AVA Gallery, Burlington Vermont. 3 person show “We”. April-May Recent shows and installations: SOLO SHOWS: Midcareer Retrospective. Harvard University Film Archive. 4 shows November 1-3, 2007 USC Conference: “Experimental Film and the Vernacular” Curated David James + Daniel Tiffany. Keynote Speaker. Oct 26-28. California Institute of the Arts, Show at Bijou and Workshop (Oct) ON THE DOWNLOW, Feature Documentary broadcast on LOGO August 4, 2007 and throughout the year (4x). Keynote speaker: Conference "Feminisms: Film, Video, Politics” University of Hartford, Connecticut. Walker Art Museum. March. Installation of 2 films for the month. (DARK DARK and CAKE AND STEAK) with THE FUTURE featured Screening March 19. Agassiz House Show , Baker Room, Radcliffe Yard, Harvard University. April 3-21, 2006. Installation and Talk. MIRROR WORLD Premiere (read more about the show: Karen Schiff’s “Fragment Fiesta”) GROUP SHOWS: KQED.com Radio Link Interview June 22, 2007 Orchard Gallery, NYC. Group show “The Collective for Living Cinema”. Opens April 1 in conjunction with Anthology Film Archives program. Travels to Wilkinson Gallery, London UK. September. Tribeca Film Festival Premiere ON THE DOWNLOW. (Read more about film here) Zoo Art Fair. in No.w.here’s “Instructions for Films” Exhibit. w/ Catalogue. UK. Leeds. September. Travelling. May 11 MacDowell Retrospective at MoMA. (B/side) Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. “New York: State of Mind” Opening August 24-Nov 4 2007. Berlin Film Festival THE PARTY in “Fucking Different” Feb. Rotterdam Film Festival. MIRROR WORLD European Premiere. curated by Mark McElhatten. Jan 1007 additionally: a surround sound loop entitled Blonde Fur from "Cake and Steak" was featured in Parasolka Floats Exhibit: "Workspace 2005" audio and video surround sound installation. Sep 18th through Oct 2nd, 2005 in Union City, New Jersey. And, a number of Child's films have been featured at the following festivals, museums and galleries around the globe: Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel (July) (The Future) Les Etats Généraux du Film Documentaire in Lussas in France. (July) Ville de Paris (June) (The Future) “Rencontres international de cinéma" (NEMO) in Paris. 11th Edition. (SOLO show: The Future; Cake and Steak) (May) San Francisco Film Festival (June) Tribeca Film Festival, New York City (The Future) May Philosophy Box, 199 Lexington Ave, NYC. Three-person show. (B/Side; Cake and Steak plus prints) June 6-28th Oscar Micheaux Festival, Louis Stokes auditorium and Cleveland’s MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) July 29-30, 2005 (The Party) Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Solo Show (B/Side; Mayhem; Mutiny: Covert Action) curated by Jennifer Jones as part of Feminale Cologne. August “Workspace 2005" audio and video surround sound installation. June in Philadelphia. Sponsored by Harvestworks. Featured “Blonde Fur”.	..still from "Blonde Fur", video installation, 2005