My films, videos and installations explore the performative quality of everyday life by tracing its cultural and historical origins. As social media invites our fictitious personas to come forth, true intimacy increasingly gives way to a dynamic of performers and audiences. When everyone is both a viewer and a “star”, the line between exhibitionism, voyeurism and spectatorship evaporates. Similarly, the characters in my projects exist in the liminal space between performers and viewers.
Working at the perplexing intersection of the narrative and the conceptual, I use narrative elements to lure viewers emotionally into a space that engages both critical thinking and the affective dimension. Ordinary behaviors are exaggerated to highlight the theatricality of the everyday, and presented in a dialogue with our collective legends from the history of literature, theater, and cinema.
www.annoren.com
Education
2009 Skowhegan School of Art, ME.
2007 The School of Visual Arts, NY. MFA. Major: Fine Arts.
2004 The School of Visual Arts, NY. BFA. Major: Film & Television.
Solo Screenings, Exhibitions and Commissions
2017
THE WORLD IS MINE New Horizons Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland.
THE WORLD IS MINE Dok Leipzig.
THE WORLD IS MINE New Orleans Film Festival.
DEUX FEMMES Ann Arbor Film Festival.
THE WORLD IS MINE Olympia Film Festival, Olympia, WA.
THE WORLD IS MINE Sound Unseen Film Festival, Minneapolis, MT.
2016
THE SUPREME SPASM Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
THE SUPREME SPASM Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY.
2015
InContact APEXART, NY.
2013
InContact The Tel-Aviv Cinematheque.
InContact Carnegie Mellon Film Festival.
2012
InContact Anthology Film Archives. New York, NY.
InContact The Social Media Film Festival, Las Vegas.
2010
COLOR OCCURRENCE MediaLab Prado, Madrid. In collaboration with Zevan Rosser.
2009
IN SECURITY multi-media play, collaboration with Unbound Collective. 3LD, New York, NY.
Group Exhibitions and Screenings (Selected)
2017
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image,Frankfurt.
The Praders, with Locarno Film Festival, a program dedicated to artists' films, Switzerland.
Space Odyssey beyond Material Confinements, Radiator Gallery, New York.
Musrara Mix Festival, Jerusalem.
Videoformes 2017, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
2016
Custom Paradise SomoS Art, Berlin.
ULTImate Event DISKURS, Berlin.
Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival.
DELETE TV - Broadcast exhibition program. ch. LA36, Los Angeles/ch. C31 Melbourne.
2015
the trees the trees the trees Cindy Rucker Gallery, NY, NY.
Roots On The Ground Floor, LA.
NewFilmmakers Anthology Film Archives. New York, NY.
artvideoKOELN German-Japanese Cultural Centre Cologne, Germany.
2014
Le Deuxieme Sexe Nuit Blanche aux Salaisons, Les Salaisons, Paris.
Preliminary Study: RSI –T, Slag Gallery, Brooklyn, NY/ Muskegon Museum of Art, MI.
FILE Festival FIESP Cultural Centre - Ruth Cardoso, Sau Paulo, Brasil.
Seoul International NewMedia Festival.
2013
WRO Art Center Biennale Wroclaw, Poland.
F_ll in the bl_nk. Nars Foundation. Brooklyn, NY.
2012
EPOS - Cinepublika The Tel-Aviv Museum of Art.
Me Pix Rochester Contemporary Art Center, NY.
Re-new / The Interactive Media Arts Conference (IMAC) Copenhagen.
The Double Cabinet, NY and LAXART, LA.
Skowhegan at 92YTribeca, NY.
2010
Moscow Biennale of Young Art Tsaritsyno Museum, Moscow.
Media Façade Festival Europe 2010 Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin.
NewTown: Convergences The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.
(IN)TANGIBLE Taller Boricua, NY, NY.
2009
WRO 13th Media Art Biennale WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland.
2008
Come Out & Play APEXART, New York, NY.
2007
Crude Technology The Annex, Whitebox, NYC.
View From Here PS122, New York, NY.
$960,000+ SVA gallery, New York, NY.
2006
Too much freedom? ‘Freewaves’, The Hammer museum, LA.
Awards
2017
Best Artwork Award, B3 Moving Image Biennial, Frankfurt.
The New York State Council on the Arts Project Grant
2016
Rabinovich Foundation Grant
Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Arts Grant
Ostrovsky Family Fund Grant
2014
New Artist Award, NeMaf
Seoul International NewMedia Festival.
Nars Foundation Fellowship
2012
Special Jury Award, The Social Media Film Festival.
2009
Spiro Arts Fellowship.
2008
The Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant.
2006-2007
Scholarship from The School of Visual Arts.
2004
Visual arts fund grant, The School of Visual Arts.
2003
The National board of reviews New York Grant
Residencies
2015 - 2016
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
2014
Nars Foundation, NY.
2013
I-Park, Connecticut.
Aljira Emerge 11, NJ.
2010
NES, Skagaströnd, Iceland.
Open Up MediaLab Prado, Madrid, Spain.
2009
Spiro Arts Park City, UT.
Ann Oren
Education2009 Skowhegan School of Art, ME.2007 The School of Visual Arts, NY. MFA. Major: Fine Arts.2004 The School of Visual Arts, NY. BFA. Major: Film & Television.Solo Screenings, Exhibitions and Commissions2017THE WORLD IS MINE New Horizons Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland.THE WORLD IS MINE Dok Leipzig.THE WORLD IS MINE New Orleans Film Festival.DEUX FEMMES Ann Arbor Film Festival.THE WORLD IS MINE Olympia Film Festival, Olympia, WA.THE WORLD IS MINE Sound Unseen Film Festival, Minneapolis, MT.2016THE SUPREME SPASM Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.THE SUPREME SPASM Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY.2015InContact APEXART, NY.2013InContact The Tel-Aviv Cinematheque.InContact Carnegie Mellon Film Festival.2012InContact Anthology Film Archives. New York, NY.InContact The Social Media Film Festival, Las Vegas.2010COLOR OCCURRENCE MediaLab Prado, Madrid. In collaboration with Zevan Rosser.2009IN SECURITY multi-media play, collaboration with Unbound Collective. 3LD, New York, NY.Group Exhibitions and Screenings (Selected)2017B3 Biennial of the Moving Image,Frankfurt.The Praders, with Locarno Film Festival, a program dedicated to artists' films, Switzerland.Space Odyssey beyond Material Confinements, Radiator Gallery, New York.Musrara Mix Festival, Jerusalem.Videoformes 2017, Clermont-Ferrand, France.2016Custom Paradise SomoS Art, Berlin.ULTImate Event DISKURS, Berlin.Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival.DELETE TV - Broadcast exhibition program. ch. LA36, Los Angeles/ch. C31 Melbourne.2015the trees the trees the trees Cindy Rucker Gallery, NY, NY.Roots On The Ground Floor, LA.NewFilmmakers Anthology Film Archives. New York, NY. artvideoKOELN German-Japanese Cultural Centre Cologne, Germany.2014Le Deuxieme Sexe Nuit Blanche aux Salaisons, Les Salaisons, Paris.Preliminary Study: RSI –T, Slag Gallery, Brooklyn, NY/ Muskegon Museum of Art, MI.FILE Festival FIESP Cultural Centre - Ruth Cardoso, Sau Paulo, Brasil.Seoul International NewMedia Festival.2013WRO Art Center Biennale Wroclaw, Poland.F_ll in the bl_nk. Nars Foundation. Brooklyn, NY.2012 EPOS - Cinepublika The Tel-Aviv Museum of Art.Me Pix Rochester Contemporary Art Center, NY.Re-new / The Interactive Media Arts Conference (IMAC) Copenhagen.The Double Cabinet, NY and LAXART, LA.Skowhegan at 92YTribeca, NY.2010Moscow Biennale of Young Art Tsaritsyno Museum, Moscow.Media Façade Festival Europe 2010 Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin.NewTown: Convergences The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.(IN)TANGIBLE Taller Boricua, NY, NY.2009WRO 13th Media Art Biennale WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland.2008Come Out & Play APEXART, New York, NY.2007Crude Technology The Annex, Whitebox, NYC.View From Here PS122, New York, NY.$960,000+ SVA gallery, New York, NY.2006Too much freedom? ‘Freewaves’, The Hammer museum, LA.Awards2017Best Artwork Award, B3 Moving Image Biennial, Frankfurt.The New York State Council on the Arts Project Grant2016Rabinovich Foundation GrantIsrael Lottery Council for Culture and Arts GrantOstrovsky Family Fund Grant2014New Artist Award, NeMafSeoul International NewMedia Festival.Nars Foundation Fellowship2012Special Jury Award, The Social Media Film Festival.2009Spiro Arts Fellowship.2008The Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant.2006-2007Scholarship from The School of Visual Arts.2004Visual arts fund grant, The School of Visual Arts.2003The National board of reviews New York GrantResidencies2015 - 2016Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.2014Nars Foundation, NY.2013I-Park, Connecticut.Aljira Emerge 11, NJ.2010NES, Skagaströnd, Iceland.Open Up MediaLab Prado, Madrid, Spain.2009Spiro Arts Park City, UT.