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Current Exhibitions                        Bill Brand

December 19, 2009 Saturday, 3-8 p.m. Artists Space 38 Greene Street, New York, NY SUMMER KNOWLEDGE: PAUL SHARITS Made between 1971 and 1976, Paul Sharits' rarely-shown series Analytic Studies consists of four sections, each devoted to a specific aspect of film technology, containing sereral sub-sections that play thorugh various formal permutations of the given characteristic. This event will take place over an afternoon, with each work introduced by a guest speaker. After the screenings, the event concludes with a panel discussion on Sharits' work. Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame, 16mm, 1971-76, 25 mins- introduced by Branden W. Joseph Analytical Studies II: Un-Frame-Lines, 16mm, 1971-1976, 30 mins - introduced by Sandra Gibson Analytical Studies III: Color Frame Passages, 16mm, 1973-74, 22 mins - introduced by Bill Brand Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames, 16mm, 1975-76, 15 mins - introduced by Melissa Ragona Panel discussion on the Analytical Studies with Branden W. Joseph, Luis Recoder, Bill Brand and Melissa Ragona

October 6, 2009 Thursday, 6 p.m. New York Transit Museum corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY ART ALONG THE WAY: MASSTRANSISCOPE WITH ARTIST BILL BRAND as part of the Manhattan Bridge 100 year celebration Brooklyn subway riders of the early 1980's remember the colorful movie that emerged from the dark tunnel before crossing over the Manhattan Bridge. Titled "Masstransiscope," this fanciful installation was created by artist Bill Brand and located in the unused subway station at Myrtle Avenue. Brand's work has been recently restored to its former glory. Join the artist for a talk and tour about the popular 28-year old project and its recent refurbishing.

June 13, 2009 Saturday, 2 p.m. Vision Festival XIV Abrons Arts Center in the Downstairs Theater, 466 Grand Street, New York, NY Bill Brand's ANGULAR MOMENTUM (1973), a 20-minute 16mm color film with live music by Phil Skaller, piano and Jeff Kaiser, trumpet and electronics

June 13, 2009 Saturday, 2 p.m. New York Transit Museum corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY ART ALONG THE WAY: MASSTRANSISCOPE WITH ARTIST BILL BRAND Brooklyn subway riders of the early 1980's remember the colorful movie that emerged from the dark tunnel before crossing over the Manhattan Bridge. Titled "Masstransiscope," this fanciful installation was created by artist Bill Brand and located in the unused subway station at Myrtle Avenue. Brand's work has been recently restored to its former glory. Join the artist for a talk and tour about the popular 28-year old project and its recent refurbishing.

January 17 to February 28, 2009 The Arts Exchange 31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, NY Tues - Sat 12-5pm IT ALL STARTED HERE! New York's 103 year relationship with the Animation Industry, curated by Howard Beckerman and J. J. Sedelmaier

February 14 & 15, 2009, Saturday & Sunday, at 3:30 pm Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Street, NYC HOME LESS HOME , feature documentary by Bill Brand presented in concert with Linas Phillips’s GREAT SPEECHES FROM A DYING WORLD

November 7, 2008 at 6:30 pm & Saturday, Nov. 8 at 2 pm Museum of Modern Art 11 W. 53rd Street, NYC "To Save and Project: The Sixth MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation." Introducing Hollis Frampton's magnum opus, "Hapax Legomena I-VII" (1971-72)

October 12 & 25, 2008 Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue , NYC BETWEEN THE STILL AND MOVING IMAGE THE PHOTOGRAPH; THE CAMERA; THE FRAME; THE FILM STRIP Bill Brand, Morgan Fisher, Hollis Frampton, Peter Gidal, Nancy Graves, Babette Mangolte, Paul Sharits, Michael Snow (the films of mine they're showing are "Moment" 1972 and "Rate of Change" 1973). This screening is part of the exhibition,

October 13, 2007 - February 2, 2008 Espace Gantner Belfort, France PAUL SHARITS, FIGMENT "Sound Strip/ Film Strip", a 1972 4-screen "locational" work reconstructed by Bill Brand, 2007

Friday May 4, 2007 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival Walker's Point Center for the Arts 911 W. National Avenue 8 pm. Program 2: GLUTTONY MAGICIAN’S HOUSE - Deborah Stratman PHOTOSYNTHESIS - Lisa Danker THE PASSENGER - Kathryn Ramey SWAN’S ISLAND - Bill Brand and Katy Martin READING THE WATER - Nicolas Vollmer AURORA IN THE SEA - Charlotte Taylor

Tuesday April 10, 2007 Pacific Film Archives link FRAME BY FRAME: AVANT-GARDE FILM PRESERVATION: 6:00 A Self Preservation Workshop for Film/Video Makers Bill Brand Booksigning Drawing on his and Toni Treadway's recent article, "A Self-Preservation Guide for Film/Video-Makers," Brand will talk about how artists can implement simple steps to take better archival care of their films and videos. Copies of Anthology Film Archives's Results You Can't Refuse: Celebrating 30 Years of BB Optics, edited by Andrew Lampert, which includes the article, will be available for purchase and for signing by Brand. (c. 60 mins) 7:30 BB Optics Bill Brand in Person For the last thirty years, Bill Brand has been an artist and an archivist, making films while also doing highly regarded optical printing and preservation work for filmmakers and institutions under the name BB Optics. Tonight's program features an array these projects, including a number of his blowups from super 8 to 16mm. New Left Note marries Saul Levine's two driving pursuits, political activism and experimental filmmaking. The Nixon White House Staff Super 8 Motion Picture Film Collection contains FBI-confiscated films recorded between 1969 and 1973. More than 200 reels of film were preserved for the Nixon Presidential Library at the National Archives in 2000-01. The Fallen World by Marjorie Keller and Daffodils by Katy Martin are both intimate portraits of their husbands. Fire in my Belly, an incomplete work by David Wojnarowicz that was preserved through the efforts of the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, and Home Avenue by Jennifer Montgomery are seething portrayals of sexuality and violence. Robert Huot's Black and White Film is an elegant study of the female figure.--Bill Brand New Left Note (Saul Levine, 1968/82, Silent, 28 mins, 8mm on 16mm, From the artist. Nixon White House Super-8 Films (Reel S-10) (1969-73, Silent, 18 mins, Super 8 on 16mm, From Brand. The Fallen World (Margorie Keller, U.S., 1983, Color?, 9 mins, 16mm,, From Film-makers' Coop. Fire in my Belly (David Wojnarowicz, 1986-87, Silent, 13 mins, Super 8 on 16mm, From Fales Library, NYU, with permission of the Estate of David Wojnarowicz. Home Avenue by Jennifer Montogmery, 1989, 17 mins, Super 8 on 16mm, From Women Makes Movies. Black and White Film (Robert Huot, 1968-69, B&W, Silent, 13 mins, 16mm, From Artist). Daffodils (Katy Martin, 1979/81, Silent, 3 mins, Super 8 on 16mm, From artist) (Total running time: 99 mins, U.S., Color, unless indicated otherwise)

Sunday and Monday April 15 + 16, 2007 CINEMA PROJECT link Portland, Oregon BB OPTICS – BILL BRAND [New American Art Union | 7:30pm] Underwritten in part by Randy Rapaport Cinema Project is honored to present two evenings with Bill Brand. For over three decades Bill Brand has been an artist, educator, activist and film preservationist. Starting with his film studies under Paul Sharits in the early 70s, he went on to found Chicago Filmmakers in 1973. Since 1976 Bill Brand has operated BB Optics, an optical printing service specializing in 8mm blow-ups and archival preservation particularly of films by artists. In 1981 he completed a permanent public art project, Masstransiscope, a mural installed in the subway system of New York City that is animated by the movement of passing trains. Brand is currently Professor of Flim and Photography at Hampshire College and teaches film preservation in the graduate Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program at NYU. Bill will present a number of his own films as well as work that he has preserved. Bill Brand's own films begin with formal, structural studies, which have lead to more personnel works that address personal and family history dealing with the implications of being the only sibling of five not to have inherited Polycystic Kidney Disease. Among the many remarkable films presented this two evenings is an extremely rare public presentation of The Nixon White House Staff Super 8 Motion Picture Film Collection, which contains FBI-confiscated films recorded between 1969 and 1973. The films were found in the office files of John Ehrlichman after he resigned his post as Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs on April 30, 1973 and show Nixon and the First Family in a combination of banal and official scenarios. Other great works include films by Saul Levine, Peter Herwitz, and Jack Waters. Bill Brand will also be presenting a workshop at the Northwest Film Center on April 14th! Please check www.nwfilm.org for more details. —ARTIST IN ATTENDANCE— April 15 • The Radical Image in Politics Reel S-10 Nixon White House Super-8 Films [1969-73, Super8 on 16mm, silent, 18 min] New Left Note by Saul Levine [1968-82, 8mm on 16mm, color, silent, 28 min] Coalfields by Bill Brand [1984, 16mm, color, sound, 38 min] April 16 • Interior Landscape Angular Momentum by Bill Brand [1973, 16mm, color, sound, 20 min] Winter Dream Lieder by Peter Herwitz [1993, Super 8 on 16mm, color, silent, 12 min] Berlin NY by Jack Waters [1984-86, super8 on 16mm, b&w and color, sound, 20 min] Swan's Island by Bill Brand and Katy Martin [2006, 16mm, color, sound, 5 min] Suite by Bill Brand [1996-2003, video, color, sound, 28 min]

Saturday April 14, 2007 Northwest Film Center link Portland, Oregon DO IT YOURSELF FILM/VIDEO PRESERVATION: A GUIDE FOR INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO MAKERS SATURDAY, APR 14, 1-4 PM Its difficult to think about archiving or preserving one's work for the future when the daily demands of production and survival are so great. Yet the way you care for, document and store your film, videotape and digital media now will directly affect the future shelf life of that body of work you've worked so hard to create. A few simple and practical steps can go a long way in helping to minimize the effects of time and the elements on your legacy. In this workshop, presented from the working artists' point of view, you will learn to assess what needs to be done, and be instructed on the basic practices associated with inventorying, inspecting and storing your collection of film and video, from measuring film prints for shrinkage and checking for "vinegar syndrome" to dealing with outdated video and digital formats. You will learn about optimal archival storage containers and conditions as well as practical solutions for less than ideal opportunities. Open to film/videomakers of all levels. Librarians, archivists, family historians and collectors are also welcome. Participants may bring in samples of their materials for discussion. Co-presented with Cinema Project. Participants will receive a copy of "Results You Can't Refuse: Celebrating 30 Years of BB Optics" published by Anthology Film Archives. 1 SESSION TUITION: $20 ($15 Certificate Students)

Monday March 26, 2007 New Directors / New Films - Retrospective link Walter Reade Theater - Lincoln Center New York City 3:20 pm. Home Less Home (Bill Brand, USA, 1990) - ND/NF #20 double bill: 2:00 pm. Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (Mark Lewis, Australia, 1987) - ND/NF #17

Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006 8 pm The Tank 279 Church Street between Franklin and White New York, NY New York Experimental presents: Bill Brand: Mistakes, Out Takes and Good Deeds It Dawn Down (1974) Angular Momentum (1973) Chuck's Will's Widow (1982) Suite (1996-2003) Mistakes, Out Takes and Good Deeds (2006) an improvisational installation/performance of never before seen or rarely screened bits and pieces from Brand's studio.

October 19 - November 10, 2006 Through Our Own Eyes: Belfast / NY a group exhibition of Artists Exchange International, Green Dog Arts and Belfast Festival at Queens former Northern Bank (Assembly Rooms) Waring Street Belfast Ireland Suite by Bill Brand a 30-minute video playing continuously Artists in the exhibition: Jo Wood Brown, Barbara Friedman, Michael Zwack, Ross Neher, Gwenn Thomas, Maura Sheehan, Sandi Slone, Mimi Gross, Bill Brand, Katy Martin, Edward Shalala, April Vollmer, Mark O’Grady and Robert Janz.

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