- RESIDENCY DATES : Feb 17th 2008 to Feb 25th 2008
- PRACTICE : Film
- FROM : USA
Janie Geiser is an internationally recognized filmmaker and theater artist, whose work is known for its sense of mystery, its detailed evocation of self-contained worlds, and its strength of design. Geiser has made a significant contribution to the field of contemporary puppet theater for two decades through her innovative multi-media performances. Her films are ”as extravagantly beautiful as they are difficult, and as allusive as they are elusive” (Cinemascope, Spring 2001). Geiser’s films have been screened at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and at the New York Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, and the Rotterdam International Film Festival. Geiser’s performance works have been presented at Arts at St Ann's, The Public Theater, The Walker Art Center, MOCA, Redcat, and the Museum of Jurassic Technology. She has been recognized with an Obie Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as funding from the NEA, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Henson Foundation, Creative Capital, and others. She designed puppets for Jessica Yu's recently released documentary Protagonist. She is a recipient of a Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship for her film Magnetic Sleep, which will premiere in Los Angeles in early 2008.
