moving images
are still images
July 29, 2023
Heavy Manners Library
Echo Park, Los Angeles
moving images are still images was an experimental screening and performance platform that took place at Heavy Manners Library, the former site of the historic Machine Project in Echo Park. The show featured twelve artists (10 film, 1 reading, 1 music) exploring absence to unlock urgent channels of poetry, sincerity, and romance. Curated by Greg Jenkins, miasi positioned emerging talents alongside artists with exhibition history at MoMA, MoMA PS1, the Guggenheim, Sundance, Locarno, and Rotterdam. miasi earned recognition as one of the weekend’s top art openings by Shana Nys Dambrot in LA Weekly, and was the only art show featured in Los Angeles Magazine’s weekend roundup. The show was proudly associated with Gallery Association of LA’s Art Weekend Los Angeles.
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Promotional Trailer
Program & Curatorial Statement
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People
Press Coverage
Covered by LA Weekly, Los Angeles Magazine, Experimental Cinema, Beverly Press, Art Rabbit, Eastsider LA, Zing Magazine, Oh My Rockness, Revival Hub LA, Revival Houses, Art Week, CurateLA, and more.
moving images are still images - Credits
Curated by Greg Jenkins
Yanbin Zhao
Joseph Wilcox
Terry Silvester
Sydney Shavers
Jillian Mayer
Max Harper
Vardit Goldner
David Finkelstein
Laurence Favre
Mikaela Elson
Pierre Yves Clouin
Fía Benitez
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