Holly Willis
Holly Willis teaches in USC's School of Cinematic Arts and writes about new media art. She is the author of "New Digital Cinema: Reinventing the Moving Image" and editor of "The New Ecology of Things" on pervasive computing.
LA media this week includes flashlight art, music produced underwater, and screenings of Thom Andersen's brilliant ode to Los Angeles.
The past returns this week in the form of classical anime, Ernie Kovacs, "Powaqqatsi" and toy cameras from the 1960s, all of which are part of this week's media arts scene in LA.
As one stunning example of 3D filmmaking disappears this weekend, another one appears.
Screenings this week look back at the histories of art and music, or, from the past, imagine the future...
Avant-garde animator Robert Breer recently passed away but his work remains central to contemporary filmmaking.
Summer 2011 continues to get stranger with a giant moth monster movie, an all-night cemetery screening and an evening of '70s folk music paired with animated visuals.
Screening in LA this week, films described as psychedelic, apocalyptic and hallucinatory, in the genres of anime, lesbian sci-fi and space western.
Sing-along to "Jesus Christ Superstar," watch a video art loop on the Gagosian Gallery rooftop while sipping a cocktail, or get serious with Stephen Farber and discuss "The Whistleblower" this week in LA's media art scene.
The centerpiece for Troy Morgan's exhibition at Blythe Projects in the Culver City Arts District is a magical short film with an uncanny edge.
Outdoor movies, robotic movement, alternative art practices and histories of video art make up this week's media art scene in LA.
LA's eclectic media art attitude is on full display this week with tabletop theater shrines, miniature underworld movie sets, remixes, mash-ups and apocalyptic Biblical tales.
The Armory Center for the Arts' exhibition of intriguing video loops by Pascual Sisto titled "Over and Over" introduces an emerging artist and his images of spaces just beyond the ordinary.