Mono No Aware (organization)

Mono No Aware is a cinema-arts non-profit organization. Founded in 2007, its mission entails the advancement of “connectivity through the cinematic experience.”[3] The organization is named after the Japanese concept mono no aware (物の哀れ), which expresses the impermanence of being and beauty.[4]

MONO NO AWARE
Formation2007, New York City[1]
FounderSteve Cossman[2]
TypeNon-Profit
PurposeFilm Advocacy, Preservation, Distribution, Exhibition[3]
HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York
Website

Mono No Aware is based in Brooklyn, New York and organizes artist screenings, analog filmmaking workshops, equipment rentals, and film stock distribution. Film artists Bill Brand and Leslie Thornton serve on its Advisory Board.[1] Since its founding, the organization has hosted an annual film festival, exhibiting expanded cinema works from around the world that utilize both analog technologies and live performance. Following the completion of the tenth festival, a month-long series of exhibitions, Mono No Aware undertook the construction of the first non-profit motion picture laboratory to operate in the United States.[5]

Annual film festival

In 2007, the first Mono No Aware film festival was held in the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn. It was free to attend and free to submit and the same holds true today.[6] In 2016, the organization, in celebration of its tenth anniversary, organized MONO X, a 21-event film festival spanning three boroughs in New York City. It presented the work of 150 artists to an audience of 5,000. Works included sculpture, expanded cinema, and installation art incorporating the moving image on film and/or video. Presenting sponsors included Kodak, Brooklyn Brewery, and Technicolor.[7]

Exhibition History[8]
YearFilmFormat(s)Artist(s)
2007We are the Divided United16mm & Live SoundHuong Ngo & Emcee C.M.
Light Sleep WalksSuper 8mm & Live SoundPaul Clipson & Joshua Churchill
Fireworks Film16mm & Live SoundAustin Willis
#472 A35mm & Live SoundNastya Osipova, Lea Bertucci, Ed Bear
Happy Holidays16mm & Live SoundSteve Cossman & Matt Morandi
2008Prenotions in Red, White, and Blues16mm, Super 8mm, Live SoundFern Silva & Doron Sadja
Architecture of the Sun16mm & Live SoundBrittany Gravely, Jennifer Pipp, The Glass Shivers
BlushSuper 8mmSam Dishy
Mekanikdolls16mm, Super 8mm, Live Sound, PerformanceSeyhan Muaoglu & Jess Ramsay
2009El Ojo, La Boca, El Ano16mm, 35mm Slide, Live Sound, PerformanceJuan David Gonzalez Monroy & Julio Monterrey
Etching With LightSuper 8mm & Live SoundDavid Mason & John Davis
HoneybedSuper 8mm, Live Sound, PerformanceSyni Pappa, Myrto Karapiperi, Anna Maria Rammou
Lunar FlareSuper 8mm & Live SoundJulie Buck & Levi Rubeck
Spillway Study/Carpe Diez16mm & PerformanceRoss Nugent
Safe & SoundSuper 8mm & Live SoundRachael Rene Abernathy
2010The Chinese NightingaleMagic Lantern, Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, PerformanceBradley Eros, Lary Seven, Joel Schlemowitz, Victoria Keddie
Youkali16mm & Live SoundNoe Kidder, Jessica Goldring, Mark Gallay
Errata.Cinema16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceThomas Dexter
This Gives Me Fever at Night16mm & PerformanceLuis Arnias & Kim Ferero-Arnias
UFO Evidence16mm & Live SoundJason Martin
You Know They Want to DisappearSuper 8mm & Live SoundStephanie Gray
Spalms16mm & PerformanceSarah Halpern & Matt Wellins
UntitledSuper 8mm, 16mm, PerformanceJeremiah Jones, Ann Meisinger, Zane Starr, Kerry Farias
Grandflower16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceJoshua Lewis, Danica Pantic, Joseph Stankus
Catharsis16mm InstallationTara Nelson
2011A Northern Portrait16mm & Live SoundLindsay McIntyre
Genesis16mm & Live SoundEdward Merton Casey
The Proximity of Standing StonesSuper 8mm, 16mm, Live SoundMonica Baptista & Robert Aki Aubrey Lowe
The Colors of SpringSuper 8mm, 35mm Slide, Live Sound, PerformanceJoey Huertas, Patricia Ordonez, Morgan Nance
Half the Available Light in a SpacePerformanceLuke Munn
Monkey16mm & Live SoundEric Ostrowski
Glitch Envy16mm & PerformanceJodie Mack
Through the HeadlightsLive Sound & PerformanceJasa Baka, Julia Thomas, Tyr Jami
Under the BQESuper 8mm & Live SoundAlex Mallis & Hunter Simpson
Tranquility #2 New York16mm & Live SoundTheodore King & Jordan Stone
Still Already There16mm & Live SoundAlex Cunningham
Harvest MoonSuper 8mmAmanda Long
2012IV Phases16mm & Live SoundRobert Howsare
Selected Scenes Woven From Star Wars IV & VSuper 8mm & InstallationMary Stark
Expansion Contraction16mmMiro Hoffmann
Bike-CycleZoetrope InstallationJodie Mack
MeasuresSuper 8mm & PerformanceTara Nelson
Je Ne Sais Plus (What is the Feeling)16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceKristin Reeves
Watershed / Surface Patterns16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceMike Bonello & Man Forever
Crusher16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceSteve Cossman & Ryan Marino
Richard GambleLive SoundRichard Gamble
Ganzfeld Test16mm & SculptureAmanda Long
B-90 Noir16mm & Live SoundJohnny Rodgers
Francesca Woodman's Aunts16mm & Live SoundElina Brotherus
CementageSuper 8mm, 16mm, Live SoundMasha Mitkov
Where's the Child?Super 8mm, Slide 35mm, PerformanceJoey Huertas & Suzana Stankovic
The Birds of Chernobyl16mm & Live SoundMargaret Rorison
Will o' the Wisp16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceKate Fleming, Sean Hanley, Charlie Adams, and others
Jahiliyya FieldsLive SoundMatthew Morandi
2013Laser/WaterLight InstallationJuliette Dumas
Infinitas ViasLight InstallationCharlotte Becket
Skinner #316mm InstallationJae Song
Light Box Collages35mm, 16mm, Medium Format Photographic InstallationMark Street
Camera Paintings16mm InstallationJoel Schlemowitz
Let Your Light Shine16mmJodie Mack
Second Hermeneutic16mm & Live SoundMike Morris
The Telepathy Sessions16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceBrittany Gravely & Kenneth Linehan
Tastefully Taut Against Germanium Satin16mm & Live SoundBruce McClure
Tape Measure Film16mm InstallationMary Stark
RGB FanLight InstallationJohnny Rodgers
SXOSuper 8mm, 35mm Slide, Live SoundChris Berntsen & Nick Klein
52 Died16mm & Live SoundEliseo Ortiz
Rediscovering German Futurism16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceKurt Ralske, Miriam Atkin, Daniel Carter
MeshesSuper 8mm, Live Sound, PerformanceLaura Bartczak, Paige Fredlund, Mark Demolar
Zephyr16mm & Live SoundSylvain Chaussée & Adrian Cook
2014Crystal ImageLight InstallationEmmanuelle Negre
Spore Film Loop Series16mm InstallationAnna Scime
Beyond a Shadow of a FormLight & Sculpture InstallationLayne Hinton
Cymantic SunLight InstallationLachlan Turczan
Island Arcadia16mm & Live SoundEmilie Lundstrom & Hunter Simpson
Relieving the American Dream16mmJodie Mack
Second Hermeneutic16mm & Live SoundCharlotte Taylor & Robert Edmondson
Chiratsuki35mm Slide & Live SoundTomonari Nishikawa, Jeremy Young, Jesse Perlstein, Ian Temple
Technicolor N.G.Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm Slide, Digital InstallationTara Nelson & Gordon Nelson
-+=OO.16mmLivia Santos, Andrei Moyssiadis, Dream Seed Group
Bruce's Borders16mmScott Fitzpatrick
City 316mm & Live SoundSam Hoolihan & John Marks
The Fish with Two Legs16mm & Live SoundBrian HK Oh, Maya Kuroki, Alexis Farand
Memo16mm & Live SoundKrittin Patkuldilok, Hoshika Tachibana, Gabriela Gyorgeva, Alexandra Kocheva
Surface CopernicusSuper 8mm & Live SoundKyle Corea, Patrick Scanlon, Stone Dow, Clint Hartzell
Kannon, Goddess of Mercy3D 16mmJoel Schlemowitz
Third Hermeneutic16mm & DigitalMike Morris
2015DrifterLight Installation & SculptureCharlotte Becket
Still Life with Fries16mm InstallationRebecca Erin Moran
The Clouds are not Like Either One16mm InstallationViktoria Schmid
Eye Spoke Chorus16mm & Live SoundTimothy David Orme & Kir Jordan
Grant Park16mm & Live SoundRobbie Land, Robert Pepper, Michael Durek, Amber Brien, Jon Worthley
Harbour City16mm & Live SoundSimon Liu, Ben Hozie, Warren Ng
Holland, Man.16mm & Live SoundAaron Zeghers
Vista16mm & Live SoundSylvain Chaussé & Adrian Cook
Faces35mm Slide & Live SoundMichael Newton & Vito Ricci
DreamingSuper 8mm & PerformanceStephanie Gould & Brighid Greene
Two AriesSuper 8mmJosh Weissbach
Second Star16mm & Live SoundScott Fitzpatrick
Reflectors16mm & Live SoundJohn Marks, Crystal Myslajek, Sam Hoolihan
Dog Year16mm & Live SoundCraig Scheihing, Christian Bach, Justin Fox, and others
Night Visions16mm & Live SoundZoe Kirk-Gushowaty
2016The Circle, The Triangle, The Rectangle and the Crossing3D 16mm InstallationAntonio Castles & Lucas Maia
S1/S735mm Photographic InstallationOlya Zarapina
Them Apples16mm InstallationAdam Levine
BadTransfer(ence)16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceThomas Dexter
Plane Wave16mmDaniel Robert Kelly
Frente a Frente16mmCaitlin Diaz
Se Busca (Missing)16mm & PerformanceAnnalisa Quagliata
Metamorphosis #1: Medusa's Children16mmAthena Washburn & Eli Neuman-Hammond
Thisquietarmy x Philippe Leonard16mm & Live SoundThisquietarmy & Philippe Leonard
Even Silence is Cause of Storm35mm slide & 16mmAdriana Vila Guevara, Luic Macias, Alfredo Costa Montiero
Mom's Tiger LiliesSuper 8mmKellie Bronikowski
Red Wing, Black Bird16mm & Live SoundErika Jane Barrett
Change16mm & Live SoundLily Jue Sheng & Michael Sidnam
Spectrum States16mm & Live SoundJoshua Churchill, Paul Clipson, John Davis
Highview16mm & Live SoundSimon Liu, Warren Ng, Ben Hozie
Zone Four16mm & Live SoundNoe Kidder & Mark Gallay
2018BirthdaySuper 8mm & PerformanceNikki Calonge, Michael De Angelis, Eva Peskin
AppetiteSuper 8mm & PerformanceLaurel Atwell
EveningsSuper 8mm & PerformanceStephanie Gould
Chasing TrainsSuper 8mm & PerformanceJason Bernard Lucas
Lung-ta of Film, The Face of the Other, In Beauty May You Walk16mm, 35mm, Video, Installation, Performance, Live SoundManoshi Chitra Neogy, Xuezi Zhang, Scott Endsley
Fire (RGB)16mm InstallationViktoria Schmid
Exquisite Corpse, Movement in Five Parts16mm InstallationTrevor Tweeten
Untitled Still Life16mm InstallationRebecca Erin Moran
Parasitic OscillationSuper 8mm & Live SoundBryan Ratigan & Edward Paul Quist
Cine間(ma)-Absence Triggered by a Third BodySuper 8mm & PerformanceTetsuya Maruyama
Lydon16mmLucy Kerr
Hamood in America16mm & PerformanceSaif Al-Sobaihi, Moe Kamal, Ryan Hance
Solo DuetSuper 8mm & PerformanceLaura Bartczak
63 Acres: Dear Danny LyonSuper 8mm & Live SoundStephanie Gray
From Day to Night16mm & Live SoundRobert Orlowski & David Shapiro
Golem Rite16mm & PerformanceMary Lewandowski & Nilson Carroll
Desaparcer / Disappear16mm & PerformanceElena Pardo, Manuel Trujillo, Javier Lara
Stasis & Motion16mm & PerformanceJohn Marks, Crystal Myslajek, Sam Hoolihan
Lovemoon Battlefield16mm & PerformanceAlex Cunningham
A Chorus of Black Voids Sings in Rays of Unseeable Light16mm & PerformanceMichael Morris
Rapt16mm & Live SoundMelissa Cha
Who You Give Your Heart To16mm & Live SoundPhoebe Collings-James
What's the Meaning of This?16mm & Live SoundPimo
Motion at a Distance16mm & Live SoundLindsay Packer & Andrew Kong Hoon Lee

Educational Initiatives

Mono No Aware runs workshops in Brooklyn year-round, and collaborates with institutions throughout North America, to teach students analog filmmaking techniques. Workshops include non-toxic film processing with coffee and beer, hand-making photographic emulsion, 2D and 3D analog animation, optical printing and contact printing, and Super 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm filmmaking.[9]

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See also

References
  1. "The organization". Mono No Aware. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. Kathryn Ramey, Experimental Filmmaking, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015 p. 36.
  3. Disser, Nicole (September 23, 2016). "Mono No Aware Aiming to Bring Motion Picture Film Lab to the Masses". Bedford + Bowery. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  4. Franco Gatti, Rethinking Japan: Literature, Visual Arts & Linguistics, Psychology Press, 1990, p. 82.
  5. Mala, Elisa (July 11, 2017). "A Brooklyn Film School Where the Digital Revolution Didn't Happen". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  6. Bennett, Bruce (November 30, 2011). "Putting the 'Film' In Film Festival". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 13, 2017. (subscription required)
  7. "The Brooklyn Film Organization Bringing Analog Back to the Masses". Vice. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  8. "MONO NO AWARE: Cinema Arts Festival". Mono No Aware. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  9. "The filmmakers keeping film 'alive'". BBC News. June 12, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
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