Andrei Severny (filmmaker) explained

Andrei Severny
Birth Date:1 September 1977
Birth Place:Moscow, Russia
Occupation:director, screenwriter, photographer
Yearsactive:1997–present
Website:http://www.severny.com

Andrei Severny (Russian: Андрей Северный; born September 1, 1977) is a contemporary filmmaker, screenwriter, photographer and visual artist. Severny's films include Buried Seeds, Inside Risk: Shadows of Medellin, , Condition, Teaching to See, Disparaît, v and Tom on Mars.

Biography

Andrei Severny was born in 1977 in Moscow, Russia and spent his early childhood years in Egypt.[1] He is a grandson of Andrei Severny, the Soviet astronomer.[2] He moved to New York in 2004.[3]

Photography

Severny's earliest published work was a series of atmospheric urban stills in Monitor[4] [5] magazine from 2000 to 2005. During this period his work was also exhibited in Moscow. His photographs have been published in Vogue, Elle, The Financial Times[6] and The Wall Street Journal.[7]

Films

Severny's films juxtapose poetry with technology, architecture and landscape.[8] In 2005, his short films Tom on Mars and Disparaît, v, screened at festivals in London, New York City, Barcelona, Milan,[9] Kolkata, and Avignon.

In 2007 Severny began a collaboration with Edward Tufte, an expert on information design and data visualization, on a series of films on art and science.[10] As part of this collaboration in 2012 Severny made a documentary film Teaching to See[11] [12] about teaching and design of Inge Druckrey, which includes visual insights from her colleague Kris Holmes and former students.[13]

Filmmaker Amir Naderi was the producer[14] and co-editor of Severny's feature film Condition, which tells the story of a doctor and patient escaping a catastrophe looking for salvation in nature and sound.[15] The film premiered at the 29th Torino Film Festival in 2011, where it received a special mention by the Gandhi Glasses Award along with Werner Herzog's Into The Abyss.[16]

In 2013 Severny works on a documentary based on the calligraphy of Kris Holmes and the research of her husband Charles Bigelow. This film studies different cultural aspects of writing and explores its relationship to rhythm and motion in music and dance.[17]

In 2013 Severny also started to develop a feature-length sci-fi film called Zona del Silencio: a story about a journalist who gets involved in a series of mysterious events that parallel with his dangerous love affair – to be shot in Spanish on location in Mexico.[18]

In 2015 Severny collaborated with ballerina Diana Vishneva creating an art film .[19] Black and white experimental film premiered at the Marfa Film Festival are received international awards.[20] [21]

In 2016 Severny co-directed and edited an interactive documentary Inside Risk: Shadows of Medellin, based on a true story of kidnapping that took place in Colombia in 1986.[22]

In 2017 Severny is working on a feature-length documentary Buried Seeds, based on a life journey of chef Vikas Khanna.[23] [24] The film had a first screening at the Venice Film Festival in September 2017.[25] [26] [27] [28]

Art installations

At least as far back as 2007, Severny began experimenting with video sequences of light and water. From these, he developed a series of video installations called Minamo, meaning water surface or face of the water in Japanese. Abstract, colorful water surfaces slowly move in the dark. Minamo was first shown in 2009 at the Webster Hall in New York on 39 plasma screens. In 2010 Minamo was part of Nuit Blanche New York. In summer 2011 it was presented at SET Gallery[29] and in October 2011 at the New York Aquarium as part of Art On Brighton exhibition.[30]

In 2009 he began work on a reflection on the life and music of atonal pioneer Arnold Schoenberg. The multiscreen rear-projection installation shows vivid, fast moving images generated by video feedback of pointing a camera into a screen, creating an infinite loop of mostly abstract images. The work, Intravertigo, was shown outdoors on three screens as part of Nuit Blanche New York 2011.[31]

PlayGround

Severny also curates an art salon, PlayGround,[32] that he founded in 2009, selecting some of the most creative professionals who show their work on a large screen or perform live. His guests have included Doug Fitch, Paul Lewis, Miru Kim, Asa Mader, Tristan Perich, Niloufar Talebi, Aurélia Thiérrée, Malika Zarra, Clarina Bezzola, Vicky Colombet, Edouard Getaz and Ji Lee.[33]

Filmography

Exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrei Severny – guest speaker at NYFA. New York Film Academy. May 8, 2013. May 30, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130530014302/http://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/andrei-severny-returns-nyfa-screen-condition. dead.
  2. Web site: Sun King . Pablo Goldbarg – Realfiction . July 28, 2013.
  3. Web site: CONDITION-29th Torino Film Festival . Torino Film Festival . July 27, 2014.
  4. http://monitorunlimited.com Monitor magazine
  5. http://severny.com/on/monitor.html Selected publications of Andrei Severny's photo series at Monitor magazine
  6. Web site: Edward Tufte . The Financial Times . July 28, 2013.
  7. Web site: How We Live . The Wall Street Journal . July 28, 2013.
  8. Web site: Cool sites . October 24, 2007 . Filmmaker Magazine . IFP . July 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728070227/http://filmmakermagazine.com/3104-cool-sites/#.U9WwNla6fTZ/ . July 28, 2014 . dead .
  9. http://www.milanofilmfestival.it/2005/schede/Disparait.php Disparait, v at Milano Film Festival 2005
  10. http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000348 Edward Tufte's webpage featuring short films created with Andrei Severny
  11. http://teachingtosee.org "Teaching to See" documentary film
  12. Web site: A 40-Minute Crash Course In Design Thinking . Vanhemert . Kyle . August 28, 2012 . FastCompany . Mansueto Ventures LLC.
  13. Web site: Perceiving Deeply . Almquist . Jan . July 10, 2014 . The Design Observer . Observer Omnimedia LLC.
  14. Web site: Open Societies . July 10, 2014 . Virtual Embassy of the United States - usembassy.gov . State.gov . July 29, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810042500/http://iran.usembassy.gov/amir-naderi.html . August 10, 2014 . dead .
  15. Web site: Review of Condition . February 3, 2012 . Weissberg . Jay . December 9, 2011 . Variety . Reed Elsevier Properties Inc..
  16. http://torinofilmfest.org/?action=article&id=286 29th Torino Film Festival Awards
  17. Web site: workspaces: Andrei Severny . Kulesh . Alina . April 2, 2013 . Frank, art & style journal . Genteel . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728195011/http://www.thisfranklife.com/post/46954256515/andreiseverny . July 28, 2014 .
  18. Web site: workspaces: Andrei Severny . Kulesh . Alina . April 2, 2013 . Frank, art & style journal . Genteel . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728195011/http://www.thisfranklife.com/post/46954256515/andreiseverny . July 28, 2014 .
  19. Web site: Gravitation Marfa Film Festival. www.marfafilmfestival.com. June 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815113508/http://www.marfafilmfestival.com/2015_films/gravitation/. August 15, 2016. dead.
  20. Web site: Mexico International Film Festival Mexico Film Festivals – 2016 Winners. www.mexicofilmfestival.com. June 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180110174629/http://www.mexicofilmfestival.com/2016-winners. January 10, 2018. dead.
  21. Web site: Canada International Film Festival Screenplay Contest – 2016. www.canadafilmfestival.com. June 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170410214232/https://canadafilmfestival.com/2016/. April 10, 2017. dead.
  22. Web site: InsideRiks . insiderisk.com. April 25, 2017.
  23. Web site: The Times of India . indiatimes.com. April 25, 2017.
  24. Web site: MTTN . manipalthetalk.org . April 25, 2017.
  25. Web site: Seeds that germinate. autori. Giornate degli. venice-days.com. August 7, 2018.
  26. Web site: Khanna, da migrante a chef stellato: "Grazie all'anima del cibo ho conquistato Obama" – Venezia 2017 – Spettacoli – Repubblica.it. www.repubblica.it. it-IT. August 7, 2018.
  27. Web site: Dall’India all’America: la vera storia dello chef Vikas Khanna. Diotaiuti. Carmen. Cinecitta News. August 7, 2018.
  28. Web site: Andrei Severny – Director – Interview – Venice 2017. September 2017. Cineuropa. August 7, 2018.
  29. http://www.setgallery.org/Minamo.html SET Gallery presents Minamo by Andrei Severny July 9 – August 29
  30. http://artonbrighton.org/artists/ Art On Brighton October 1–2, 2011
  31. http://www.bringtolightnyc.org/2011/andrei-severny-2/ Nuit Blanche New York, October 1st 2011
  32. http://severny.com/on/PlayGround.html PlayGround
  33. Web site: PlayGround 6 . January 16, 2010 . Chashama . July 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084114/https://www.chashama.org/event/playground_6/ . March 4, 2016 . dead .
  34. Web site: The Times of India . indiatimes.com. April 25, 2017.
  35. Web site: Buried Seeds – Official Film Website. Buried Seeds. August 7, 2018.
  36. Web site: INAUGURACIÓN: lunes 20 de junio, 20.30 h. Andrei Severny – Gravitation:. www.demolden.com. June 20, 2016.
  37. Web site: Wcityaction. severny.com. June 20, 2016.

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