Born in Brazil to Chilean and British parents, and has lived in Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, New York City and the Midwest
This lecture will look at aspects of filmmaking such as
Experimental
Multi-media Installations
Documentary (Personal/Poetic)
Narrative
Adrian has been an experimental filmmaker for the past 20 years.
Education
- Attended the Universidad del Pacifico, Universidad UNIACC, School of Visual Arts in New York then went to do his postgraduate degree at University of Iowa
Anthology Film Archives
- Founded by Jonas Makes
They have a vault there and do a lot of film preservation from films from the 60s and 70s.
Adrian volunteered here as his friend worked as a projectionist there and he was interested about experimental film.
Soon he got paid work at the box office there, then he became a theatre manager and film programme for the Anthology Film Archives.
Stom Sogo, Mau, Alex Mendizabel, Lee Elikson, Bruce McClure were all inspirational experiemtnal filmmakers of Adrian's at the time when we worked there
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| Figure 1: Funk-Taxi Visuals Installation at Taller Boricua Gallery |
Funk-Taxi Visuals
Provided multimedia installations for:
- Soundlab
- Afrika Bambaata
- The Roots
- DJ Spooky
- New York Underground Film Festival
- Gales Gates Gallery, NYC
- Taller Boricua Gallery, NYC (see figure 1)
Researching My Thesis Film
- Watched many avant-garde films at Anthology Film Archives.
- Read scientific books about vision, blindness and memory.
- Read theory books around ideas of blindness as it relates to notions of art.
- Look at many paintings that had formal qualities that he was interested in exploring with his film.
- Carried out months of formal experimentation with my single frame technique.
- Sourced home video footage to re-photograph.
Formal Influences
- Gerhard Richter
- Robert Rouschenberg
- Sigmar Polke
- Andy Warhol
- Stan Brakhage
- Ken Jacobs
- Bruce Bailie
- Michael Snow
Memories of a Blind Father
About a man who had lost his vision, so his memories were now visual stills and the older he got, the less visual memories he could recall. This film makes use of Adrian's single frame technique to convey this message.
¡Viva Chile Mierda!
This film makes use of animation and illustration within a documentary with its archive footage and audio clips. It was named one of the 10 best Chilean films of 2014 by Twitch Film.
Adrian's Vimeo Account
https://vimeo.com/user8797883/videos
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