Edin Velez

Edin Velez
Born
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Known forVideo Art, Director

Edin Velez is a Puerto Rican video artist, director and professor.[1][2] He is best known for his work on the documentary films State of Rest and Motion and Dance of Darkness.[3][4]

Life and career

Edin was born and raised in Puerto Rico and is currently based in New York. He studied painting at the University of Puerto Rico and the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.[5] He moved to the US in the early 1970s and became part of the first generation of video artists working in SoHo, Manhattan.[6][7] His directorial debut documentary film on Japanese Butoh, Dance of Darkness, was broadcast nationally in the US by PBS.[8] He is a professor and coordinator of the video program at Rutgers University–Newark.[9]

Edin has received numerous award, including American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the U.S./Japan Friendship Commission, the Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts.[10][11][12]

Selected exhibitions

Edin's work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions in such institutions as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, documenta 8, American Film Institute National Video Festival, Museum of Modern Art and International Center of Photography.[13][14][15]

Filmography

Year Film Director Cinematographer Notes
2017 State of Rest and Motion Green tickY Green tickY Editor and producer
2012 My Brooklyn Red XN Green tickY
2009 Never Enough Red XN Green tickY
2009 RFK in the Land of Apartheid Red XN Green tickY
2007 A Certain Foolish Consistency Green tickY Green tickY Producer
2002 This and That, and other Minor Misunderstandings Green tickY Red XN Editor and producer
1995 Memory of Fire Green tickY Red XN
1992 Art on Film, Program 3: Form Green tickY Red XN
1990 A Mosque in Time Green tickY Green tickY [16]
1989 Dance of Darkness Green tickY Green tickY Museum of Modern Art
1987 Meaning of the Interval Green tickY Green tickY Museum of Modern Art[17]
1984 AS IS Green tickY Green tickY
1984 Oblique Strategist Green tickY Green tickY
1981 Meta Mayan II Green tickY Green tickY Museum of Modern Art
1978 TULE Green tickY Green tickY Museum of Modern Art

References

  1. ^ "Edin Velez interview Puerto Rican video artist". ejumpcut.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  2. ^ "Edin Velez, Rutgers Professor, has film premiere at Museum of Modern Art". acm.newark.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. ^ "NEW DOCUMENTARY TURNS NEW YORK'S SUBWAYS INTO A DREAMLAND". pdnonline.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  4. ^ "Dance of Darkness". eai.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  5. ^ Edin Vélez papers and videos, 1970-1994. Retrieved 2019-02-16. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "VIDEO PRODUCTION FACULTY". acm.newark.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  7. ^ Edin Vélez papers and videos, 1970-1994. Retrieved 2019-02-22. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ^ "New Television; New Television, Episode 508; Dance of Darkness". openvault.wgbh.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  9. ^ "Edin Velez". sasn.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  10. ^ "Underground Film History: AFI's Maya Deren Award". undergroundfilmjournal.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  11. ^ "EDIN VELEZ". gf.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  12. ^ "Edin Vélez". archive.jeromefdn.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  13. ^ "New EAI Releases" (PDF). vasulka.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  14. ^ "Edin Vélez". moma.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  15. ^ "ABOUT JAPAN". icp.org. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  16. ^ "MOSQUE IN TIME, A". artfilm.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  17. ^ "Meaning of the Interval". moma.org. Retrieved 2019-02-22.


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