Since the early 1970’s Ken Kobland has produced independent film, video and media art works, including a number of performance/media pieces for theatrical presentation in collaboration with THE WOOSTER GROUP, the New York based experimental theater.
His work has been included in numerous film and video festivals such as: New York Film Festival(Avant-Garde section), Ann Arbor, CinemaTexas, Bellevue, Sinking Creek, Athens (Ohio), Atlanta Film Festival, American Film Festival (Film-as-Art), San Francisco Film Festival (Golden Gate Awards), Black Maria Film/Video Festival, Montreal, Oberhausen (West Germany), Hyeres (France), Melbourne (Australia), Montbeliard (France), Rotterdam, Video Week (Geneva), World-Wide (Holland), Lucarno (Switzerland), VideoKunst (Karlsruhe), the New York Video Festival, and at the Berlin Film Festival – International Forum. In addition his work has been represented in shows in London, Paris, Sidney, Budapest, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Tokyo and Bangkok. The work is also in the collection of museums, including MoMA,New York, Centre Pompidou,Paris and the Stjedlick,Amsterdam, among others.
MANEZH SQUARE is a 3D Photo-Composite constructed from Hi-8mm video still frames. The original material is a continuous 20-minute recording of a massive demonstration (supporting political and economic reforms) in Manezh Square, Moscow, in September, 1990.
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