THIS WEEK’S FEATURED FILM PREMIERE: "SeaMonster II” (Oct. 18-24)

Written By Michael Workman

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SeaMonster II

Description
SeaMonster II is a single channel video with sound. All the objects used in this performance were collected at the sea shore near the artist's studio on the island of Aegina.

This work is part of the "SeaMonster" series. The first iteration "SeaMonster Monk" a live performance took place at the Athens Art Fair 2019 and was featured at the WhiteBox NYC in 2023.

Runtime: 14 minutes, 31 seconds
Best Viewed: Any Screen, Cinema Presentation

Director Biography - Eleni Mylonas
Eleni Mylonas is a multidisciplinary artist, maintaining a studio in New York and Athens. She is a Fulbright scholar and holds a Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University and a degree in photography from the University of London.

Eleni Mylonas has had solo exhibitions at Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens (2022, 1985, 1982), MoMA PS1 in New York (1986), the BENAKI Museum in Athens (2014), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (2000, 1996, 1991), Francoise Heitsch Gallery in Munich (2014), the Foundation for Hellenic Culture in New York (2000) and A.rt R.esources T.ransfer in New York (2002, 2000).

Mylona’s work is in several public and private collections including EMST-Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; MOMus-Museums Thessaloniki; Ellis Island Museum, New York; Columbia University Art Properties, Athens College, DESTE Foundation, Mamidakis Foundation, Florica Kyriakopoulos Collection and Y. Yannopoulos Collection among others. Several sections of her photographic archive are embedded at MoMA’s Archives platform MAID. Her work was featured in the first Athens Biennale “Destroy Athens” (2011), the Thessaloniki Biennale (2022, 2017), Skopje Museum of Contemporary Art (2019), “Canakkale Walk” in Osnabrück, Germany (2017), DUMBO Film Festival (2023) and Vaasa Film Festival (2022).

Eleni Mylonas’ work is most recently focusing on video and performance. 

Credits & Specifications:
Eleni Mylonas (Writer, Director, Performer)
Stephanos Bertakis (Montage, Cinematography)
Theodoros Michopoulos (Cinematography)
Evi Loe (Color Correction)
George Kolios (Color Correction)
Zoe Mylona (Production Assistant)
Manolis Manousakis (Music & Sound Design)

Completion Date: April 10, 2023
Production Budget: 12,000 USD
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: Greece
Shooting Format: Digital

Michael Workman

Michael Workman is a choreographer, language, visual and movement artist, dance and performance artist, writer, reporter, and sociocultural critic. In addition to his work at the Chicago Tribune, Guardian US, Newcity magazine, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio and elsewhere, Workman is also Director of Bridge, an artistic collective and 501 (c) (3) publishing and programming organization (bridge-chicago.org). His choreographic writing has been included in Propositional Attitudes, an "anthology of recent performance scores, directions and instructions" published by Golden Spike Press, and his Perfect Worlds: Artistic Forms & Social Imaginaries Vol. 1, the first in a 3-volume series, was released by StepSister Press in October 2018 with a day-long program of performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Most recently, two of his scores were accepted for publication in a special edition of the Notre Dame Review focusing on the work of participants in the &NOW Festival of Innovative Writing.

https://michaelworkmanstudio.com
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