Monthly Video Screenings

"Summertime" by Amos Mulder

The days are longer, the hustle and bustle has slowed and summertime is definitely here.  For the July show on the Great Wall, we’ve asked artists around the globe to share their plans and ideas about this time of year.  Check out the show on July 2 (or by the links below) and maybe come away with an idea for next weekend.

Summertime by Amos Mulder, the Netherlands

Fluffy McCloud by Conor Finnegan, Ireland

Pacific Star II by Colin Rich, California

The Kite Runners by Taras Gesh, Russia

Serfomay 2010 by Zweizwei, Republic of Belarus

Bassoforte by Diego Stocco, California

It’s Working by So-Me, France

Salvation Mountain

Artwork by Barry McGee

The Great Wall of Oakland would like to thank OMCA’s Senior Curator of Art René de Guzman and New Media Producer Stijn Schiffeleers for putting on such an incredible show in May.  In case you weren’t there, here’s what you missed:

THE LINE-UP

Animation from a Barry McGee mixed media installation

Excepts from the Embrace of the Irrational, 2009 - Produced, written, and directed by Jonn Herschend - Filmed in part on location in OMCA’s Natural Sciences Gallery

Time lapse of Michel C. McMillen’s mixed media installation Aristotle’s Cage filmed in OMCA’s Gallery of California Art

Animation from a Barry McGee mixed media installation

Documentary on outsider art masterpiece Salvation Mountain, Niland, CA with creator Leonard Knight and OMCA Chief Curator, Phil Linhares

Kota Ezawa - “Color Combination”

Time-lapse of the installation of Barry McGee’s commissioned new work at OMCA filmed and edited by Jeff den Broeder

Will Rogan - ”One Thing I Can Tell You is You’ve Got to be Free”

"Iceland" by Gunnar Konradsson

Over one billion people celebrate Earth Day, or so they say.  It is the largest secular holiday in the world, which is kind of a big deal. Wouldn’t it seem with all those people celebrating the earth, we’d be in a better shape?

Without too much doom and gloom, the Great Wall brings you ”Views of Earth,” a show with many perspectives about this place we call home.

Ten video artists from several different continents bring us both jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring panoramic views of our planet, as well  as, some slightly more apprehensive, a few comic, outlooks on the subject.

The Show:

Iceland by Gunnar Konraddson

Sea of Glass by Sean Vicary

Times by Vincent Urban

Djemba, A Boy from Kibera by Jason Taylor

My Tokyo by Romain Alary

Metropolis by Rob Carter

Greedy Boy by Kim Young Ha

The Bumblebeez “Misfit” by The Glue Society

Ataque de Panico by Fede Alvarez

Step-O-Tron by Markus Hofko

Recycle Invaders by Thiago Maia

In February, the Great Wall presented “Digital Drawings”, an exploration of the boundary between classical painting / drawing and computer animation. The seven artists used techniques from traditional hand-drawn animation, the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation, to some of the most sophisticated animating techniques available to the modern artist.  Check out links to the show and let us know what you think by leaving a comment on this post or emailing us.