Charles Recher Explained

Charles Recher
Nationality:American
Field:film maker, installation art, video art, visual music

Charles Recher (c. 1950 – January 26, 2017) was an American installation artist and filmmaker who lived and worked in Miami Beach, Florida. Recher created in excess of one hundred films and videos. His work ranged from the film "Kwagh-Hir (Thing of Magic)", a documentary of the theater tradition of the Tiv people of Nigeria, to "Cars & Fish", Miami Performing Arts Center's inaugural video installation, which cast 600-foot-long swirling images onto adjacent building façades during Art Basel/Miami Beach in 2005.

Career

Recher held numerous guest lectureships and workshops at national and international institutions, including the University of Havana (Cuba). His work was selected for the "Masters of the Avant-Garde" program at Harvard University Carpenter Center for the Arts, where he presented his work as a guest lecturer. For fifteen years he taught the experimental film and video program that he originated for Miami-Dade College's Wolfson Campus. His awards and fellowships include Cultural Consortium Fellowships, National Endowment for the Arts regional grants, and State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowships.[1] [2]

Recher died on January 26, 2017, at the age of 66.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Individual Artist Fellowships Announced. Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. 4 February 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221190626/http://www.florida-arts.org/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=173. 21 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Biography of Charles Recher. SouthernArtistry.org. 20 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726144450/http://www.southernartistry.org/biography.cfm?id=1442. 2011-07-26. dead.
  3. Web site: The man behind the Miami Beach art scene, Charles Recher dies at 66. .
  4. Web site: Sperber. Irene. Thinking Small – Charles Recher Parses the Big Stuff. miamiartzine.com. Miami Beach Arts Trust. 4 February 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20140204023109/http://www.miamiartzine.com/latest-features/features/1740-thinking-small. 4 February 2014.
  5. Web site: Charles Recher: Video Installations. Laughing Heads, Ticket Booth. Ybor Film Festival. 2 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401145829/http://www.yborfilmfestival.com/2009/artists_charles_recher.html. 1 April 2012.
  6. Web site: Melaragno. Peter. Peter Melaragno Miami Video. Casa Valentina. Peter Melaragno. 2 October 2011.
  7. Web site: EMIT: Gustavo Matamoros & Charles Recher. Monitor. 2 October 2011. 25 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425014946/http://www.studio620.org/620_previous/p_gmcr.htm. dead.
  8. Web site: Miami Performing Arts Center Presents Cars & Fish . CARS & FISH. Carnival Center for the Performing Arts. 2 October 2011.
  9. Web site: Matamoros. Gustavo. cars & fish (2005). Cars & Fish. Subtropics.org. 4 February 2014.
  10. Web site: Oberkreser. Lyssa. Falling on Deft Ears. https://archive.today/20130128175519/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2006-02-23/music/falling-on-deft-ears/(already%20on%20Wikipedia)/. dead. 28 January 2013. Hypersonic. Miami New Times. 2 October 2011.
  11. Web site: Ybor Film Festival: shorts, documentaries, animation, experimental. Kwagh-hir. Ybor Film Festival. 2 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401145837/http://www.yborfilmfestival.com/2006/ShortsDocsAnimationExperimental.pdf. 1 April 2012.
  12. Web site: Festival of the Moving Image. Trinity. Ybor Film Festival. 2 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401145843/http://www.yborfilmfestival.com/2003/charles_recher.html. 1 April 2012.
  13. Web site: Summers. Marya. Local Art, National Appeal. Video Prophet, I'm Ready, Electrowave (Ride). Palm Beach Art. 2 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425015238/http://palmbeachart.com/Archives/PBICA_june_2001.html. 25 April 2012. dead.
  14. Web site: Betancourt. Michael. The Rasp and The Little Rock: Charles Recher's TV. hi-beam: illuminating experimental cinema. www.hi-beam.net. 2 October 2011.
  15. Book: Betancourt. Michael. Re-Viewing Miami: A Collection of Essays, Criticism, & Art Reviews. 2004. Wildside Press. 0-8095-1122-3. 4 February 2014.
  16. Web site: Video Installation: "ELECTROWAVE" Bus. Electrowave (Ride). Mary Luft, Tigertail Productions. 2 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402193823/http://www.tigertail.org/recher.html. 2 April 2012.

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