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| Since the year 2000, Michael Robinson has created a body of film, video and photography work exploring the poetics of loss and the dangers of mediated experience. His work has screened in both solo and group shows at a variety of festivals, cinematheques and galleries including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, The New York Film Festival, The Times BFI London Film Festival, Media City, Anthology Film Archives, Viennale, Cinematexas, The Wexner Center for the Arts, ICA London, Impakt, The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Chicago Filmmakers, PDX, and the San Francisco, Oberhausen, and Hong Kong International Film Festivals. His film “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” was awarded “Best International Film” at the 2006 Images Festival in Toronto, “Best of Festival” at the 2006 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, and Michael was awarded "Most Promising Filmmaker" at the 2007 Ann Arbor Film Festival. His work has been discussed in publications such as Cinema Scope, Art Papers, The Village Voice and Time Out New York. Michael is a co-founder of Philadelphia’s Small Change Film Series, and recently curated and presented a program of American film and video at multiple venues in Moscow and St. Petersburgh. Originally from upstate NY, he holds a BFA from Ithaca College, and a MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Michael currently resides in Chicago. | |
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| CONTACT: michaelblayneyrobinson at hotmail dot com | |
| RESUME: download here | |
| CINEMA SCOPE ARTICLE: read here | |