Interview | Amy Beste

Interview | Amy Beste

Amy Beste is a woman of many hats. “She is the director of public programming for the department of Film, Video & New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she organizes the visiting artist series ‘Conversations at the Edge’...

Tuesday’s Video Pick| Dara Birnbaum

For this week’s pick we bring you Dara Birnbaum’s Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman, 1978-79. Birnbaum will be screening and speaking about her work at the Gene Siskel’s Conversations at the Edge on February 11th. via Art Torents: “In her...
Mike Hoolboom’s MARK @ The Gene Siskel Film Center

Mike Hoolboom’s MARK @ The Gene Siskel Film Center

Presented by the Department of Film Video and New Media at SAIC, the Video Data Bank and the Gene Siskel Film Center, as part of their Conversations at the Edge series, Mark is a video portrait of Mark Karbusicky, created after his suicide in 2007. Director Mike...
Cory Arcangel: Conversations at the Edge

Cory Arcangel: Conversations at the Edge

Thursday, March 19, 6:00 pm Gene Siskel Film Center 164 North State Street Chicago Il 60601 via Conversations at the Edge Best known for his Nintendo game cartridge hacks, multi-media trickster Cory Arcangel uses new and vintage computers, sound, performance, and the...