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giroscopio

John Muse

2021 00:08:04 United StatesEnglish, SpanishColorStereo16:9HD video

Description

giroscopio is a short experimental film by two artists, one in Pennsylvania and one in Puerto Rico, each in pandemic lockdown, each disoriented. Objects seem to control them; their bodies are unbalanced, unwieldy, comical. The horizon spins; the ground falls away; and yet a strange wonder reigns. / giroscopio es un cortometraje experimental de dos artistas, uno en Pensilvania y otro en Puerto Rico, cada uno en confinamiento por la pandemia, cada uno desorientado. Los objetos parecen controlarlos; sus cuerpos son desequilibrados, difíciles de manejar, cómicos. El horizonte gira; el suelo se cae; y, sin embargo, reina una extraña maravilla.

giroscopio is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. Such a spectacular connection between the two protagonists; stunning, resonant, haunting images. Evocative text; the whole thing just works. / giroscopio es una de las mejores películas que he visto en mucho tiempo. Qué conexión tan espectacular entre los dos protagonistas; imágenes asombrosas, resonantes e inquietantes. Texto evocador; todo simplemente funciona.” - Lynne Sachs, 2022

About John Muse

John Muse makes experimental films, installation works, and paintings, writes criticism, and teaches visual studies at Haverford College

Since 1988, Muse has collaborated with Jeanne C. Finley on numerous experimental documentaries and multi-channel video installations. These works have been exhibited nationally and internationally at festivals and galleries, including the San Francisco International Film Festival, Berlin Video Festival, Toronto, and the World Wide Video Festival. Their works have also won awards at festivals such as the International Jewish Festival, the Charlotte Film Festival, and the Black Maria Film & Video Festival.

Finley+Muse were featured artists at the 2009 Flaherty Seminar, received a Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship in 2002, a Creative Capital Foundation Grant in 2000, and served as Artists in Residence at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center from 1995 to 1996.

Their film, video, and installation credits include Sleeping Under Stars, Living Under Satellites (2010), Imaginative Feats Literally Presented: Three Fables for Video Projection (2009), The Trial of Harmony and Invention (2003), The Adventures of Blacky (1999), and O Night Without Objects (1998). 

Muse has also collaborated on projects with numerous other artists, including Megan Bridge, Carmen Papalia, Brendamaris Rodriguez,  Mason Rosenthal, Laurie Wigham, and Pamela Z.

His recent films have been screened at the Athens International Film and Video Festival in Athen OH, Flex Fest in Tampa FL, the Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, and other venues.

Their gallery work is represented by the Patricia Sweetow Gallery. 

John Muse is currently Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at Haverford College.