{"id":12840,"date":"2014-02-25T04:15:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T09:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/?page_id=12840"},"modified":"2014-02-25T04:19:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T09:19:12","slug":"12840-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/?page_id=12840","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday March 3, 7pm (doors)<\/span>
\nRace Films: Images, Bodies, and Ideologies in Motion<\/span><\/strong>
\n16mm films by Matt Town<\/span><\/strong>
\nadmission $6 – filmmaker in person<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

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\nStill from SOAP (2014, Matt Town)\u00a0\u00a9 courtesy of the artist<\/span>
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\nMicroscope Gallery is very pleased to present the first solo screening of works by Matt Town, a young filmmaker who arrived in New York from Florida last summer just in time to be included in our “now what #2” screening and live film performance event. Town works with black and white, silent 16mm films that relate to and are driven by personal ties to the neighborhoods, dwellings, and public institutions he examines and unpacks with his camera. <\/span><\/p>\n

The program includes\u00a0the premiere of Town’s latest work “Soap” a black and white 16mm film shot in the streets of Bushwick and featuring a hand-built vehicle by Town. Two recent works by the filmmaker: a reenactment of a portrait of his grandfather and a trip to a local racetrack – an environment in which the word race is an obvious but accurate double entendre – are also featured along with a 1975 educational film on Soapbox derby racing. The films will be projected from a box designed by Town (medium-density fiberboard, steel, cooling fans, glass) to create a true silent projection.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMatt Town was born in Sarasota Florida in 1989 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Town\u2019s films have been shown within the United States as well as Canada at festivals primarily screening documentary and experimental film including Haverhill Experimental Film Festival, Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, $100 Film Festival, and The 8 Fest among others. Town holds a BA from the University of Florida in Film and Media Studies.<\/span>
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GRANDPA<\/strong> (2013, black & white 16mm to 4k digital video, silent, loop)<\/span>
\nAn elaborate photograph of my Dad\u2019s Dad, which I inherited, is re-enacted. The fabrication, as well as the mental spectrum, involved with the stasis of an image is discussed, oscillating between the interior of a home and an anterior space.<\/span><\/p>\n

RACE<\/strong> (2012, black & white 16mm, silent, 3 minutes)<\/span>
\nRACE\u00a0is a case study of a dog track in Florida. Although I grew up right down the street from the establishment, I had never been inside. Exploring the space with a camera enabled me to see more than just dogs running around a track.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE SOAP BOX DERBY SCANDAL<\/strong> (1975, color 16mm, sound, 23 minutes)<\/span>
\nSoapbox derby racing is investigated in this educational film, which concludes with an event that changed the race forever. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SOAP<\/strong> (2014, black & white 16mm, silent, 25 minutes)<\/span>
\nAn ominous vehicle cuts through the streets of a neighborhood in Bushwick, NY.<\/span>
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\nStill from GRANDPA (2013, Matt Town)\u00a0\u00a9 courtesy of the artist<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday March 3, 7pm (doors) Race Films: Images, Bodies, and Ideologies in Motion 16mm films by Matt Town admission $6 – filmmaker in person Still from SOAP (2014, Matt Town)\u00a0\u00a9 courtesy of the artist Microscope Gallery is very pleased to present the first solo screening of works by Matt Town, a young filmmaker who arrived […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12840"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12849,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12840\/revisions\/12849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}