PARIS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

of MC ELWEE Van

UNITED STATES, 2008, 00:07:15

Production : MC ELWEE Van
Genre : Video art
Keyword : Space, Experimental, Movement, Paris

Summary :
This work is a reference to Jules Verne’s Paris in the 20thCentury and a science-fiction world in which time and space operate in new ways. Here, the Paris Metro is a teleporter; here, branching timelines penetrate strange spaces that contain only fragments of the original Metro’s shattered labyrinth.

VAN McELWEE’s body of video work includes over forty single channel pieces and installations. Grants and awards include The American Film Institute Independent Filmmaker Award, The National Endowment for the Arts Independent Production Fund (seven time recipient), and a travel grant from the Government of India. McElwee’s work is exhibited extensively worldwide and is represented by The Kitchen in New York, Trabant Gallery in Austria, Heure Exquise! in France, and the Inter Media Art Institute in Germany. Van McElwee is Professor of Electronic and Photographic Media at Webster University in St. Louis.

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