Welcome to SAIC\u2019s 2023 FVNMAS Festival<\/b><\/p>\n
I am thrilled to welcome you to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\u2019s 2023 Film, Video, New Media, Animation, and Sound Festival featuring works by our graduating BFA and MFA students. I look forward to encounter, along with you, our students\u2019 brilliant media works over the course of the next four evenings at the Gene Siskel Film Center. For our students, the festival is a unique opportunity to see their work shine in a state-of-the-art facility and to share the fruits of their labor with an engaged audience.<\/p>\n
Programmed by Amy Beste, FVNMA\u2019s Director of Public Programs and Curator of the screening series Conversations at the Edge, the festival brings to the big screen a wide range of genres and practices: daring experimental works, intimate video essays, rebellious animation shorts and ambitious narrative and documentary films. We are proud to celebrate the diverse voices at the heart of our community.<\/p>\n
I am eternally grateful to Amy Beste; Emily Eddy, our festival producer; Trevor Martin and the Department of Exhibitions; Rebecca Fons, Michael Wawzenek, Dan Stolley and the entire staff at the Gene Siskel Film Center; our graduate assistant Gordon Fung; Cameron Worden, Debs Akinlade and the FVNMA technical staff; all the faculty members who worked diligently with the students over the past years; and, above all, to all the participating artists for their hard work and inspiring vision.<\/p>\n
Our lives are saturated with images. Media artists have a great responsibility today. They provide us with alternative ways of looking and understanding the world. They have the ability to transform and enhance perception. We invite you to immerse yourself in a world of visionary experiences and adventurous storytelling.<\/p>\n
Please join me in congratulating this remarkable group of artists on all their achievements.<\/p>\n
Enjoy the festival!<\/p>\n
Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Moffet, Chair<\/p>\n
Department of Film, Video, New Media and Animation<\/p>\n
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago<\/p>\n
2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Welcome to SAIC\u2019s 2023 FVNMAS Festival I am thrilled to welcome you to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\u2019s 2023 Film, Video, New Media, Animation, and Sound Festival featuring works by our graduating BFA and MFA students. I look forward to encounter, along with you, our students\u2019 brilliant media works over the course […]<\/p>\n