Outpost Artists Resources is a non-profit arts organization located in Ridgewood, Queens. We have been serving the arts community since 1990 providing access to video, sound services and new media assistance at well below market rates. In 2003, we began the Cuts and Burns Residency Program, which provides artists with free access to our facility including personal assistance by our staff of video editors, audio engineers, and computer programmers
Outpost Artists Resources supports new creative work through its residencies, and events – its mission is to serve artists in need of technical assistance with video, audio, and physical computing based art projects and to foster a dialogue between visual art and experimental music. Outpost hosts gallery exhibitions, artists talks, screenings and events that pair visual art, video, experimental music, and performance in an effort to bring adventurous audiences challenging interdisciplinary projects.
Desire and Revolt screened at Outpost Artists Resources on December 9th as part of the Cuts and Burns screening series. Curated by Hana Schaich, featuring Janet Biggs, Valie Export, Shiri Faingold, Julia Fuhr Mann, Hanna Schaich, Gina Burner & Lo-Fi Cherry. The program screened at Outpost Artists Resources on December 9th of 2021, and was available to view on demand for two weeks thereafter.
“I am a queer multimedia artist from Berlin and received the amazing opportunity to curate one of the collections. This allowed me to fully focus on female artists and present a womxn-only screening. Womxn artists are still woefully underrepresented in all aspects of the artworld. The existence of a few stars, does not mean that women have achieved equality. There is a systemic, structural problem with male artists being valued over females. “Desire and Revolt” shows different approaches on how to defend, define and deconstruct identity. All the works examine, question or criticise the relationship between gender, identity and society. It was hard to brake down the number of the artists, so I decided to show a variety of very strong and different approaches from all over the world. It was important to me to juxtapose pieces talking about same topics in different times or contrasting tonalities. From showing a trailer, to emphasise that art is an ongoing and future process to films dealing with the female subject of consumer capitalism, the struggle to maintain a self of sense, Queer Utopia and Queer Empowerment. It was important for me to include the piece “GAY*WATCH Berlin“ where I collaborated with Gina Burner and Lo- Fi Cherry, because I believe we should celebrate the “Otherness”. The artist fee for the piece will go to the BesD Nothilfe Fonds, an Emergency Fund for Sex Workers who are not entitled to state aid. “Desire and Revolt” is a poetic journey of pieces that I believe will inspire you and open up your horizon.”
Janet Biggsis a research based, interdisciplinary artist known for her immersive work in video, film and performance. Biggs’ work focuses on individuals in extreme landscapes or situations, navigating the territory between art, science and technology. Her work has taken her into areas of conflict and to Mars (as a member of crews at the Mars Desert Research Station and Mars Academy USA). Biggs has worked with institutions from NOAA to NASA and CERN and collaborated with high energy nuclear physicists, mathematicians, neuroscientists, Arctic explorers, aerospace engineers, astrophysicists and a robot named Shimon. Last year, Biggs sent a project up to the International Space Station as part of MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative.
Valie Export studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Linz. Graduated from a polytechnic high school as a designer. 1991-95 professor at the College of Arts in Berlin teaching design with visual media (both analogue and digital). 1994-95 vice president of the College of Arts in Berlin. Until 1994 professorship at the University of Wisconsin for film and video. Fiction films, avant-garde films, video tapes, expanded cinema, video installations, computer work, persona performances, body-material interaction, photography, installations, sculptures, objects, Gobelins (tapestry) and drawings as well as publications on contemporary art history. 1955-58 first photographic self-portraits. Since 1968 participation in international film festivals. 1970 published in collaboration with Peter Weibel Wien – Bildkompendium Wiener Aktionismus und Film (Vienna – Image Compendium of Viennese Actionism and Film), as a result of this was sentenced to a month’s of conditional imprisonment for the spreading of pornography. In 1977 her film Unsichtbare Gegner (Invisible Adversaries) was nominated by the jury for the Österreichische Staatspreis Austrian state award), but Minister Sinowatz vetoed the nomination. 1978 and 1981 produced two records with Monsti Wiener, Wahre Freundschaft (True Friendship) and Bananen (Bananas). Since 1980 Valie Export Film Productions in Vienna. Conception and organization of international art exhibitions and film programs. Professor at the School of Media in Cologne Founding member of the Austria Filmmakers Cooperative (1968) and of Film Women International (UNESCO) together with Susan Sontag, Mai Zetterling, Agnes Varda, et al; founding member of the Assembly of Authors in Graz (1971), foreign member of the American Cinematheque, Los Angeles (1985).
Shiri Faingold (born 1989 in Jerusalem, Israel) is an Independent erotic -Sci fi film maker. Living and working in Berlin. The core of her work is based on her own autobiography. Using animation, self made futuristic props and sets, Shiri is portraying reality through her own perspective. Integrated controversial and ironic elements in her work expose the audience to topics such as trauma and social injustice in a more approachable manner. She has shown in different galleries and Cinemas. most recently at: Pornights, Schikaneder, Wien, AT (2021); Pornfilmfestival Wien, Schikaneder, Wien, AT (2020); openair Kino central Berlin,DE (2019); C1 Gallery, Berlin, DE (2019); Kino moviemento, Berlin, DE (2018); KINOBAR Prager Frühling, Leipzig, DE (2018); UT Connewitz, Leipzig, DE (2018); Porn film festival Berlin, DE (2018); Gisebach Berlin, DE (2017); Galerie Burster, Berlin, DE (2017); Neu West, Berlin, DE (2015)
Julia Fuhr Mann After studying philosophy and sociology, since 2013 Julia studied film directing at University of TV and Film Munich. As a member of Pro Quote Film she stands up for gender equality in film business, she is a curator for the feminist film festival Bimovie and works for the video section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Together with other filmmakers, she has also founded a queer-feminist film network. Her recent short film RIOT NOT DIET has been shown at more than 60 film festivals worldwide (including Hot Docs International Film Festival) and has received numerous awards (Barcelona International Short Film Festival). Julia Fuhr Mann is currently developing her first feature film, which deals with the dissolution of gender stereotypes in competitive sport.
Hanna Schaich (b. 1986, Performance and Multimedia-artist), Gina Burner (b. 1987, BA Theatre, MA Performance), Lo-Fi Cherry (b. 1984, Lo-Fi Cherry Porno Pics & Feminist tentacles) started producing GAY*WATCH Berlin out of the need for a piece that unites and cums with dirty lyrics to happy tunes. We are hoping to bring forth a feeling of community and cohesion in a time where isolation, fear and uncertainty too often overrules our everyday. GAY*WATCH Berlin is here for us all. The artist fee will go to the BesD Nothilfe Fonds, an Emergency Fund for Sex Workers who are not entitled to state aid: https://www.berufsverband-sexarbeit.de/?lang=en
Disclaimer: Screening contains nudity and explicit sexual content (over 18)
