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Film and Video at Independents’ Day 2014- Featuring Matt Swift

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This weekend Columbus will come alive with art, music, film, food, and more at the 2014 “Independents’ Day”, September 19th-21st.

Every year, the Independents’ Day festival comprises a variety of activities organized by individuals and groups from around the city, highlighting Columbus’ cultural vibrancy. On Saturday September 20th stop by the celebration to see moving image works by Film Studies Program Coordinator Matt Swift, the featured video artist. See the premiere of moving-image window installations by Matt Swift, Nikki Swift and Derek Stewart in collaboration with artists Jenn Brewster, Amy Leibrand & Christin Hutchinson, as well as City Lights & other works. The City Lights presentation will be a floor projection featuring works in the series from Seattle WA, Chicago IL, Columbus OH, Cincinnati OH, Ogelbay Park WV, Panama City FL, and Alys Beach FL.

Film Studies Time-lapse from the 2014 Student Involvement Fair

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On August 24th 2014, the Film Studies Program was present at the Student Involvement Fair that took place on the Oval. While speaking to many students about the upcoming year, the Film Studies Fall Reception on September 3rd at 5:30, and film course offerings at The Ohio State University, Program Coordinator Matt Swift created a time-lapse covering over three and a half hours with over 10,000 still photographs. If you made it to the student fair or you missed the event, check out the short video welcoming new and returning students for another great year at The Ohio State University.

 

25 on High Benefit Show

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25 on high logo

25 on high logo

This Friday August 1st, 6 of my meditation wall scroll paintings will be in display and up for auction at The Oak Room Gallery. The Auction is in support of the 25 on High photographic exhibition that will take place in September. Along with auctioning off some of my paintings I am also a participating photographer int eh 25 on High exhibition with photographs of high street from the OSU Campus area. For more information about the show and auction read the event details below.

Amber – One of the paintings that will be up for auction.

Amber

Amber

The Oak Room

511 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
at 5:00pm – 9:00pm

The Oak Room is proud to celebrate the collective works of the 25 on High project initiated by Clay Lowe. We invite you to join us in this celebration for a quick celebration of works from our local Columbus artists in our High Street gallery. The exhibition will be on display for one week only, ending in a closing reception featuring a silent auction. Proceeds from the silent auction will benefit contributing artists and the 25 on High project raising funds for their exhibition later this year at the OSU Urban Arts Space.

Silent Auction Submissions: Deadline Thursday, July 24th. Submit directly to Oak Room director Nicole Desiree at info@oakroomgallery.com

Installation: drop off and installation will take place on Saturday, July 26th. Please, drop off works between noon and 3pm on July 26th.

Exhibition: 25 on High Benefit show is on view from July 26th through August 1st.

Closing Reception: August 1st from 5pm-9pm, Auction from 6:00pm-8:45pm.

Would you like to contribute?
Consider donating items or services for our auction,
Share this event with your friends
Contribute to the 25 on High IndieGoGo fundraiser: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/25-on-high-a-photographic-journey

Or put a little something in our tip jar during the closing reception 🙂

CMIAR 19 screening with 2 new works – My Typewriter and City Lights – Alys Beach, Digital Graffiti 2014

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For the past five years my wife and I have been providing a quarterly screening event for local filmmakers and moving image artist called Columbus Moving Image Art Review (CMIAR). This Friday June 27th we will be hosting our 19th screening of CMIAR as well as a replay of the 18th screening. CMIAR 19 will be starting at 8pm in Hagerty Hall 180 and features two of my new pieces, My Typewriter – a short poetic narrative exploring the alienation caused by the ease of new communication technologies, and City Lights – Alys Beach, Digital Graffiti 2014 – an experimental documentary using a single shot from the entrance to the exit of the Digital Graffiti 2014 outdoor video festival in Alys Beach, Florida. Both films will be joined by several documentaries and experimental art films created by local filmmakers and OSU and CCAD students and Staff. The replay of CMIAR 18 will be at Comfest on the Solar Stage starting at 9:45 pm to close out the Friday night festivities. For more information about CMIAR visit http://movingimageart.wordpress.com/ .

Still from My Typewriter

Still from My Typewriter

Still from City Lights - Alys Beach, Digital Graffiti 2014

Still from City Lights – Alys Beach, Digital Graffiti 2014

City Lights & Rural Colors – A Movign Image Artist Talk with Matt Swift

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Please join us for a one night only artist talk entitled City Lights & Rural Colors in The Oak Room Gallery by DeepWood. This artist talk is a continuation of the Crossroads, an exhibition in three parts, that is running from January through March.
Matt Swift local moving image artist and program coordinator for The Ohio State University Film Studies Program will be presenting his recent series of works City Lights & Rural Colors. This series of work bridges the two worlds of poetic documentary and structuralist experimental cinema. As part of the artist talk 7 short video works will be presented including City Lights Chicago, City Lights Columbus, City Lights Oglebay Park, Rural Colors Ohio River, Rural Colors Northern Ohio and a debut of his newest piece in the series, City Lights Cincinnati. Time for discussion and questions will be part of the presentation.

Thursday, February 20th from 6:30pm-8pm
Celebrating: City Lights & Rural Colors
Branch into The Oak Room through DeepWood at
511 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: 614.221.5602
Fax: 614.221.5653
Take advantage of the happy hour from the DeepWood seasonal menu and cocktails list.

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Details of new mixed media work on display at CS Gallery

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This past weekend the CS Gallery, in Columbus Ohio put up new work as part of their December show. Along with photographic work I was able to showcase one of my newer mixed media works Terra Prima. This work uses discarded electronics to mimic the conceptual style of the relief sculpture by mounting the components on wood and then coating the entire pace in glossy white paint.

Detail 1 of Terra Prima mixed media piece at CS Gallery

Detail 1 of Terra Prima mixed media piece at CS Gallery

Detail 2 of Terra Prima mixed media piece at CS Gallery

Detail 2 of Terra Prima mixed media piece at CS Gallery

Matt Swift and Terra Prima at CS Gallery

Matt Swift and Terra Prima at CS Gallery

New Photograpy Work at CS Gallery December 14th

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As well as video work I also see myself as a photographer. December 14th I will have some of my photography from this past summer displayed at CS Gallery along with other artist. Below find some promotion for the show as well as a sample of one of my photographs that will be on display.

Current Artist List:

Our current roster is:
Tom Baillieul
Deb Baillieul
Matt Swift
Nicolette Swift
Amy Williams
Tom Hubbard
Mitch Lippencott
Matt Yoho
Donna Estep
David Mihaly
Jennifer Gordan
Roman Sirotin
Steven Fisher
Scott Marion
Rural Nights 1

Rural Nights 1

New Work at Columbus Moving Image Art Review 17 December 13th at 8PM

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The Columbus Moving Image Art Review (CMIAR) will host its 17th quarterly local moving image screening event on Friday December 13th from 8pm to 9:30pm at the Ohio State University’s Hagerty Hall Theater room 180. CMIAR is a screening event for artist residing in Columbus, Ohio and surrounding areas. CMIAR was developed by two local moving image artists Matt and Nikki Swift, who wanted to create a way for the seventh art of film to return to the presentation medium of the cinema house. CMIAR 17 will be programmed with moving image work from Ohio State University Students, Staff and Alumni, CCAD Students and Faculty, and local Central Ohio filmmakers. Admission is free. Light food and drinks will be provided. CMIAR is sponsored by the OSU Film Studies Program and Nicolettecinemagraphics.

CMIAR 17 is:
Magic Eye – Franz Ross
Patsy – Yang Wu
Accidental Art – Peter John Ross
Rural Colors – Northern Ohio – Matt Swift
Life-Lapse: 2013 – Eric Homan
City Walks Nikki Swift
Flash Fetch – Cody Wittekind
Back on Earth? – Phil Garrett
Smile Bigger Than Face – Chris Wittum
Fish Tank – Ethan Roberts

Photos of OSU Campus for Presntation

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When ever I have a presentation to give, I love finding ways to make my presentation look different from the limited themes that are provided in most commonly used presentation software. For my latest presentation I decided to simply take a nice lunch walk with my Nokia 920 cell phone and take some quick photos to use as a different back ground for each of my slides. It was very cold outside but the sky and sunlight was beautiful. Enjoy! 🙂

Orton Hall

Orton Hall

Mirror Lake

Mirror Lake

Mirror Lake Fountain

Mirror Lake Fountain

Thompson and Thompson

Thompson and Thompson

Hagerty Hall Courtyard

Hagerty Hall Courtyard

Trees on the Oval

Trees on the Oval

Columns at Kowlton

Columns at Kowlton

Courtyard by the Numbers

Courtyard by the Numbers

The Oval

The Oval

University Hall

University Hall

Columbus Digital | November Meeting | Speed Talks 11/12/13

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Tonight from 6-9 at Kafe Kerouac Columbus Digital will be holding their monthly meeting. I will be giving a presentation on using Adobe/Carmen Connect. Others will be presenting on DVD and BluRay Creation, Animation using Custom Fonts, and much more. Here is the info on the overall event.

Get up and show off! We want to see what you’ve been working on that you love madly OR one thing you know how to do in PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign or any other design application that will knock our socks off.

Ready? You’ve got 20 seconds and 20 slides to wow us. Yes – there will be prizes. Bring a PowerPoint, Keynote Presentation or PDF with your slides. Don’t want to talk? Don’t worry – just sit back and absorb the fantastic things others are doing. Get inspired!

Sign up at https://cdigspeedtalks.eventbrite.com/

You can RSVP for the event on facebook.