Tough Stuff from the Buff: experimental & activist video from the fringes of Buffalo, NY
Program, P.2072
- Identifier
- P.2072
- Category
- Visual Arts
- Date
- July 24, 2009
- Description
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Filmmakers Marc Moscato and David Gracon team up to hit the road by bicycle to present Tough Stuff from the Buff, a collection of underground and independent videos about their hometown of Buffalo, NY. The 12-stop tour will convene at Open Space for a screening on Friday July 24 at 8pm in conjunction with Us Ones In Between, a group exhibiiton freaturing 8 emerging local artists.Marc Moscato, David Gracon, Julie Perini
Tough Stuff from the Buff highlights Buffalo’s little-known Do-It-Yourself media arts
community, focusing on contemporary works that blur the lines between video art, personal documentary and media activism. Representing a diverse group of artists, from accomplished media makers to youth-produced projects, the collection reflects the city’s public spaces, political struggles and its resiliency under late capitalism.
Buffalo has only recently started to become recognized for its lo-fi, experimental and uncompromising body of film and video. Tough Stuff from the Buff acknowledges the origins of this tradition, while focusing on contemporary examples of those persevering against the odds of creating media in a dying rustbelt town.