Venice Biennale Part 6

It’s Friday and 10 days into the festival and I realized I have not reported much on the films here.  They screen films here, some are good, some are bad, and some you just don’t know what the hell they are about and how did they get into a festival....

Venice Biennale Part 5

It’s Thursday, September 7th, and I have officially declared today SAGIndie Day at the Venice Biennial.  The day will be spent spreading the good news of SAGIndie and culminate with the SAGIndie Venice Intensive Student party.  The day was started with...

Venice Biennale Part 4

It’s 11:00am in Venice and I have only seen two of the Venice Intensive students all morning, so I am forced to contribute to the blog despite the fact that I am not a very good writer.  No one showed up for breakfast, unless you count Steve Getz who...

Venice Festival Part 3

Venice is a city of natural mystery.  It’s streets are a medieval maze whose twists and turns and dead ends comprise the root system of the stone buildings grown up up to hide them even from maps.  At 2 am its empty streets have all the charm of a...

Venice Bienelle part 2

It’s funny when a large conversation turns into a quiet hush. The very presence of Spike Lee in front of the Excelsior Hotel did this to the American Pavilion kids. Walter, Lynne, and Armand wrangled him in to talk to us on the terrace of the hotel. We all...

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