For years, Eye Filmmuseum’s Jan Bot has turned film fragments into digital experimental shorts. Now, with the project ending, those shorts will be archived via NFT.
Interviews
Interference Archive’s Democratic Approach to Preservation
Run entirely by volunteers, Interference Archive is a true alternative to the city’s market-driven gallery scene.
A Crash Course in Method Acting
Hyperallergic talks to historian Isaac Butler and curator Livia Bloom Ingram about how performance technique evolves and what is and isn’t method acting.
Talking Sex With Two Film Curators
Hyperallergic talks to programmers Róisín Tapponi and Jed Rapfogel about their Anthology Film Archives retrospective and formative erotic film experiences.
Raven Chacon, Loud and Clear
The acclaimed composer and noise artist talks to Hyperallergic about his Pulitzer Prize-winning composition “Voiceless Mass.”
Beer With a Painter: John Lees
Despite the fact that Lees works on paintings for as long as 30 years, they don’t appear overly precious. Instead, they seem human and vulnerable.
NYC Art Teachers Fight for Better Working Conditions
We spoke with three public school art teachers from the Movement of Rank-and-File Educators (MORE) on their efforts to reform New York’s largest teachers’ union.
Filmmaker dream hampton Culls Memories From Detroit’s Flooded Basements
Her short film Freshwater is now playing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
Documentary Workers Unite Against the Odds
We spoke with workers at the International Documentary Association about their successful fight for a union.
Prismatic Ground Tries to Change the Conversation on Experimental Documentary
Film programmer Inney Prakash talks to Hyperallergic about what it takes to start a new film festival solo during a pandemic.
The Fake Town Where Police Trained to Suppress Protests
Hyperallergic talks to director Sierra Pettengill about her documentary Riotsville, USA, which finds the roots of modern policing techniques in the 1960s
This Group Is Helping Museum Workers in Ukraine
The founders of Museum Crisis Center discuss what they are doing to help museum staff and save Ukraine’s cultural heritage.