Extra Credit | Beneath the Surface: Reflections on Video Art

As part of the ongoing education series Extra Credit, artist Jesse Pires presents Beneath the Surface: Reflections on Video Art. This event is free and open to the public.

JESSE PIRES is Chief Curator at Lightbox Film Center where he has organized numerous film screenings including Free to Love: The Cinema of the Sexual Revolution, a month-long series exploring commercial and underground films associated with sexual liberation in the 1960s and 1970s. His more recent work has been concerned with exploring the connections between experimental cinema and contemporary art. He co-curated the program Pop Cinema: Art + Film in the US and UK, which was presented at International House in 2011. Jesse was a delegate at the 2010 Experimental Media Congress (Toronto) and the 2012 Experimental Cinema Congress (Berlin). He has curated programs for the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, Slought Foundation, Vox Populi Gallery, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Light Industry, and Union Docs.