Volatile Works

Volatile Works

Volatile Works
Background information
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Years active since 2003
Website volatileworks.org
Members Lou
MDB
Pomgrenade
Urchin
Witkacy

Volatile Works is a five member film and new media art collective in Montreal, Quebec established in 2003.

Activities

The Volatile Works collective has produced works in diverse mediums, genres, and styles, with an emphasis on do-it-yourself forms of production. Their works have appeared in over 140 film and new media art festivals in over 28 countries around the world.[1] The collective organizes regular short film screenings, and has collaborated with other collectives and musicians on community-based screenings, workshops in activist video, 16 mm & Super-8 projections, and music videos. Their media include digital video, Super-8, 16mm, animation, web art, sound, installation art, and live performances. In 2007, they were named "Noisemakers" by the Montreal Mirror.[2]

From La Revue de la Cinémathèque Québécoise (Sept-Dec. 2007), by Domique Dugas: "Volatile Works is composed of five very strong and distinct signatures, from Witcaky's experimental films that cross avant-garde accents with surrealism, to DeGiglio-Bellemare's B-movie and horror film explorations[3] seasoned with agitprop perspectives, to Pomgrenade's anti-militarism and politically engaged cinema." (Translated from the French).[4]

Collective screenings

Collective awards

Individual awards

References

  1. Anne-Marie Marko. "Noisemakers: Genre Jumpers". film reference. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  2. Anne-Marie Marko. "Noisemakers: Genre Jumpers". film reference. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  3. http://twitchfilm.com/interviews/2011/08/fantasia-2011-interview-with-mario-degiglio-bellemare.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Dominique Dugas. "Volatile Works Does la Cinémathèque" (PDF). film reference. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  5. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436983/awards. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. http://www.volatileworks.org/news_archive08.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. http://www.volatileworks.org/news_archive06.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. http://www.volatileworks.org/news_archive09.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. http://www.vitesselumiere.org/archives/archives_2006.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. http://cinewest.org/welcome/?cat=102. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. http://www.alternativefilmvideo.org/index2011EN.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

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