https://annabarsan.com Anna Barsan Sun, 03 Jul 2022 10:57:41 +0000 https://annabarsan.com en https://annabarsan.com/Art21-NY-Close-Up Sun, 22 Nov 2020 22:34:47 +0000 Anna Barsan https://annabarsan.com/Art21-NY-Close-Up ART21 NY CLOSE UP: LOIE HOLLOWELL&nbsp; &nbsp;2021, US, 8 mins “Painter Loie Hollowell creates highly abstracted and yet deeply personal representations of the human body. A California native, Hollowell works with a vocabulary of elemental, organic shapes and renders them in vibrant, high-contrast color, evoking the ‘pure light, pure space, [and] pure emotion’ of artists like Robert Irwin and other California-based Light and Space movement artists. Art21’s award-winning digital film series, New York Close Up, is devoted to capturing early-career artists living and working in New York City. &nbsp;Providing a unique window into the next wave of art-making in the city, Art21 collaborates with artists to tell stories about their creative processes, diverse backgrounds, and daily realities.”Director/Editor: Anna Barsan Cinematography: Rose Bush WATCH THE FULL EPISODE ON ART21 <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6df062a290244ca238e2df9daf15456ed8290d689eed4003384c5ebbcb786b7/hollowell-transcendent-master-cuts.00_08_23_12.jpg" data-mid="105255857" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6df062a290244ca238e2df9daf15456ed8290d689eed4003384c5ebbcb786b7/hollowell-transcendent-master-cuts.00_08_23_12.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b77a2a0c70e42c8aa834581e92b759a4ab2ded57666c11202d8e0e79631a5249/hollowell-transcendent-master-cuts.00_05_52_00.jpg" data-mid="105255854" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b77a2a0c70e42c8aa834581e92b759a4ab2ded57666c11202d8e0e79631a5249/hollowell-transcendent-master-cuts.00_05_52_00.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/456ee5a5c2995720e1e266af59a23cec27df93e9fbf4abd342d8fb8d3eabd433/hollowell-transcendent-master-cuts.00_07_52_06.jpg" data-mid="105255856" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/456ee5a5c2995720e1e266af59a23cec27df93e9fbf4abd342d8fb8d3eabd433/hollowell-transcendent-master-cuts.00_07_52_06.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d6a0617413a2f2919599aa8d72811ae0cdcee610fd85c5b0678ac6c904957a6/hollowell-transcendent-master-cuts.00_04_50_01.jpg" data-mid="105255851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d6a0617413a2f2919599aa8d72811ae0cdcee610fd85c5b0678ac6c904957a6/hollowell-transcendent-master-cuts.00_04_50_01.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f03cd176961734820ef29e0ab45cf0c221c57313a9f1746afe709fd0ff35b8b/BoobBlue2.jpg" data-mid="89729118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f03cd176961734820ef29e0ab45cf0c221c57313a9f1746afe709fd0ff35b8b/BoobBlue2.jpg" /> https://annabarsan.com/Softly-in-All-Directions Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:50:03 +0000 Anna Barsan https://annabarsan.com/Softly-in-All-Directions SOFTLY IN ALL DIRECTIONSUS/Romania, Feature Documentary // in Production Following a vibrant community of activists and the creation of Romania’s first museum of LGBTQ+ history, Softly in all directions combines multigenerational stories to conjure a collective queer memory. Forgotten histories entwine with the lives of present-day archivists through a polyphonic saga of political resistance, imagination, and desire. Director: Anna Barsan Producer: Shannon Fitzpatrick, Patrick BrăilaExecutive Producer: Charlotte CookCinematography: Zara Popovici &amp; Martyna StarostaTo support this project with a tax deductible donation, please visit our fiscal sponsorship page through the Center for Independent Documentary. &nbsp;<img width="582" height="582" width_o="582" height_o="582" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b61e751bc2c199f444e008da775284e6be3932e1fa1434446f26b17490880ed7/FOVLogo.png" data-mid="109223648" border="0" data-scale="10" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/582/i/b61e751bc2c199f444e008da775284e6be3932e1fa1434446f26b17490880ed7/FOVLogo.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1200" height="630" width_o="1200" height_o="630" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6b6bf6c1979ce5f34c781db489a58840a9d30079aefd84b4c162359afa5a053/SI-whiteOnYellow.png" data-mid="109223649" border="0" data-scale="19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6b6bf6c1979ce5f34c781db489a58840a9d30079aefd84b4c162359afa5a053/SI-whiteOnYellow.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1876" height="1920" width_o="1876" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ea5369272506d73df1462869d71bfe9f9bc7cdfdb3e832dee868d92daf816a3/LEF_LOGO_JPG-1.jpg" data-mid="202228369" border="0" data-scale="10" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ea5369272506d73df1462869d71bfe9f9bc7cdfdb3e832dee868d92daf816a3/LEF_LOGO_JPG-1.jpg" />Created with support from Field of Vision, Sundance Institute, and LEF Foundation. <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a722058d9b59ce4d05ea571d14e3797a8a81e5ed3644f91e4378fe228745e962/Sasa_Still1.jpg" data-mid="190266888" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a722058d9b59ce4d05ea571d14e3797a8a81e5ed3644f91e4378fe228745e962/Sasa_Still1.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee6bc6b09d38b354e982290cb13780be371435a106efd2c439fafc2dab33f711/Journal02.jpg" data-mid="190267029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee6bc6b09d38b354e982290cb13780be371435a106efd2c439fafc2dab33f711/Journal02.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc40a41811e5ecf586b1dec8ef4d4ce39b895521eeaea9d0dcfcbe55e761fc42/Archives_Museum2.jpg" data-mid="190266922" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc40a41811e5ecf586b1dec8ef4d4ce39b895521eeaea9d0dcfcbe55e761fc42/Archives_Museum2.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7708f42f61bca8c3a3a8411306717a9902a00330cd3884d418f465604577db3/PrideMarch_TentacleSync-SyncMap.01_21_02_14.Still054.jpg" data-mid="190266931" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7708f42f61bca8c3a3a8411306717a9902a00330cd3884d418f465604577db3/PrideMarch_TentacleSync-SyncMap.01_21_02_14.Still054.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c689606d36a821160d944245f4bc82ee83e8e33cccb7425bd17e5e08950c12c6/Serena_Bucharest.jpg" data-mid="54040577" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c689606d36a821160d944245f4bc82ee83e8e33cccb7425bd17e5e08950c12c6/Serena_Bucharest.jpg" /> https://annabarsan.com/Untitled-Horse-Project Sun, 03 Jul 2022 10:53:18 +0000 Anna Barsan https://annabarsan.com/Untitled-Horse-Project UNTITLED PROJECTUS, Feature Documentary // in Research &amp; Development&nbsp;Working with injured and abandoned horses, a Colorado trainer develops movement therapy that helps rehabilitate horses and heal people, too. Creative Team: Anna Barsan, Sarah Yi Fineman, Rose Bush <img width="3024" height="1700" width_o="3024" height_o="1700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccfb737ebe5cdaf3caccbeecf887eeb9091ee88af07821496658b1f0387eeb85/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.54.01-PM.png" data-mid="211097187" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ccfb737ebe5cdaf3caccbeecf887eeb9091ee88af07821496658b1f0387eeb85/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.54.01-PM.png" /> <img width="3020" height="1696" width_o="3020" height_o="1696" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/933bc210699341876fb20e10b34ef3b5fdd3aaa49adad88ad598c0951cddb8da/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.52.42-PM.png" data-mid="211097186" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/933bc210699341876fb20e10b34ef3b5fdd3aaa49adad88ad598c0951cddb8da/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.52.42-PM.png" /> <img width="3024" height="1700" width_o="3024" height_o="1700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecb7d9343bbea1c253fe9ea82dacd22280acb1b0190364663306461187473cc3/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.50.50-PM.png" data-mid="211097184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecb7d9343bbea1c253fe9ea82dacd22280acb1b0190364663306461187473cc3/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.50.50-PM.png" /> https://annabarsan.com/Project-Green-Light Sun, 03 Jul 2022 10:53:42 +0000 Anna Barsan https://annabarsan.com/Project-Green-Light GREEN LIGHTUS, Short Documentary // in Research &amp; Development &nbsp; Green Light follows the expansion of a video surveillance network in Detroit, investigating the promises of public safety while probing the tensions between visibility and control. &nbsp; Director: Anna Barsan Producer: Paige Wood, Kate Levy Cinematographer: Jeremy Brockman <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88ba700923b122d32333d6f2d55529b63dc619ec09020f397c0834d2de8b6697/PGL_still14.jpg" data-mid="211153041" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88ba700923b122d32333d6f2d55529b63dc619ec09020f397c0834d2de8b6697/PGL_still14.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/525bed48010666f74283bf440e3e1b820637a07c3d0e0f7eaf2b586893cb6b35/PGL_still12.jpg" data-mid="211153691" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/525bed48010666f74283bf440e3e1b820637a07c3d0e0f7eaf2b586893cb6b35/PGL_still12.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b89f760daccf68beefe52e1f013547182a6a3e3bc4fd10968bdc7ef9e6b2edb/PGL_Still04.jpg" data-mid="211153023" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b89f760daccf68beefe52e1f013547182a6a3e3bc4fd10968bdc7ef9e6b2edb/PGL_Still04.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bfe2ad18ad27de6c59167f2b16bd92697b3343dee35fac01af1fdc508d4a24f/PGL_still05.jpg" data-mid="211153024" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bfe2ad18ad27de6c59167f2b16bd92697b3343dee35fac01af1fdc508d4a24f/PGL_still05.jpg" /> https://annabarsan.com/Libre Fri, 28 Dec 2018 01:41:51 +0000 Anna Barsan https://annabarsan.com/Libre LIBRE&nbsp; 2019, US, 12 mins For detained immigrants who can’t pay their bond, for-profit companies like Libre by Nexus offer a path to reunite with their families. But for many, the reality is much more complicated. Libre sheds light on one of many hidden costs of reunification for immigrant families. Dir / Prod / Editor: Anna BarsanExecutive Producer: Charlotte Cook, Laura Poitras Cinematography: Diana Diroy, Brian Redondo, Martyna StarostaReleased by Field of Vision and The New Yorker: WATCH ON FIELD OF VISION THE NEW YORKER <img width="2048" height="1152" width_o="2048" height_o="1152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a73d2dc16da44b053267cf5fad98e9054331e45278cb610fdac1de6c96d0047a/LIBRE_1v2-1.jpg" data-mid="33322450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a73d2dc16da44b053267cf5fad98e9054331e45278cb610fdac1de6c96d0047a/LIBRE_1v2-1.jpg" /> FESTIVALS:Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT; 2019Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; 2019Chicago International Film Festival; 2019Florida Film Festival, Maitland, FL; 2019DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada; 2019Festival Internacional Cine Migrante, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2019Gangneung International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea; 2019 Festival of Tolerance, Zagreb, Croatia; 2019aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada; 2019 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival,&nbsp; Australia; 2019Houston Latino Film Festival, TX; 2019Annapolis Fim Festival, MD; 2019Camden International Film Festival, Camden, ME; 2018 LA Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA; 2018Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF); 2018Rooftop Films Summer Series, 2018UnionDocs, Brooklyn, NY; 2018NBC Meet the Press Film Festival, Washington DC; 2018Wandering Reel Film Festival, 2018 https://annabarsan.com/Noapte-Buna Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:37:26 +0000 Anna Barsan https://annabarsan.com/Noapte-Buna NOAPTE BUNA2017, US, 17 minsAn experimental short composed of archival film and video, verite, and letters written to the filmmaker's grandmother, Noapte Buna is a journey into family migration, cultural inheritance, and the breaking and re-making of our most foundational relationships.&nbsp; Director, Producer, Editor: Anna Barsan <img width="1062" height="800" width_o="1062" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9b303059b54d8c39e176dcba497686b8a5bfd1226fada55630442aa05ec3869/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-7.25.52-PM.png" data-mid="89735294" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9b303059b54d8c39e176dcba497686b8a5bfd1226fada55630442aa05ec3869/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-7.25.52-PM.png" /> <img width="744" height="772" width_o="744" height_o="772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c10b74f39e12212b1a9bbc7b4c3be353d3b303090791d9a97df16a1832c669b9/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-7.24.05-PM.png" data-mid="89735289" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/744/i/c10b74f39e12212b1a9bbc7b4c3be353d3b303090791d9a97df16a1832c669b9/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-7.24.05-PM.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e9db60081b78d4a4db31e8f4947baa732bca59fe0d5c33a60ea143b816b17cb/Buna_Nursing-home.jpg" data-mid="89735262" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e9db60081b78d4a4db31e8f4947baa732bca59fe0d5c33a60ea143b816b17cb/Buna_Nursing-home.jpg" /> https://annabarsan.com/The-Invisible-View Sun, 03 Jul 2022 10:57:41 +0000 Anna Barsan https://annabarsan.com/The-Invisible-View THE INVISIBLE VIEW: SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES &amp; THE REST OF USInstallation and Public Video Projection, 2014La MaMa Galleria + Culture Hub From selfies to google maps, drones to Facebook - we are surrounded by technologies that convert our lives into algorithmic data. Our faces, bodies, likes and dislikes, friends, families, and even death become a means of categorization, representation, voyeurism, and expectation.In an age when our ability to see each other is coded with multiple meanings (infrared imaging, facial recognition technology, race and gender profiling, social media activity) - how does the act, technology, and data of “seeing” impact our interaction with each other and the world around us? Co-Curator: Anna Barsan <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdd11694ee1c02c805e7aae5de0cb2bfe80e166ed02c9d28b806c9e6904f8937/15870551205_6f2d43868b_o.jpg" data-mid="211095820" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cdd11694ee1c02c805e7aae5de0cb2bfe80e166ed02c9d28b806c9e6904f8937/15870551205_6f2d43868b_o.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b794a065f03a6c9693c5c71b5e56dde332a9a039f10cc55853635b9e90a0126c/15869916772_c04de6f2df_o.jpg" data-mid="211095855" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b794a065f03a6c9693c5c71b5e56dde332a9a039f10cc55853635b9e90a0126c/15869916772_c04de6f2df_o.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5ce35cb1adc2257ddf5a51746611de34df0ed7b7a23c0cdb45ffa4029f030b7/15924046985_edc289e2e4_o.jpg" data-mid="211095856" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5ce35cb1adc2257ddf5a51746611de34df0ed7b7a23c0cdb45ffa4029f030b7/15924046985_edc289e2e4_o.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e4d71178260b1a02fd1bbc5586780c6a79aa71b8a8b2142126950fcf78e4e2e/15301825974_afa766d74a_o.jpg" data-mid="211095816" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e4d71178260b1a02fd1bbc5586780c6a79aa71b8a8b2142126950fcf78e4e2e/15301825974_afa766d74a_o.jpg" /> https://annabarsan.com/After-Our-Bodies-Meet Sun, 03 Jul 2022 10:52:51 +0000 Anna Barsan https://annabarsan.com/After-Our-Bodies-Meet AFTER OUR BODIES MEETInstallation and Performance, 2014 Leslie-Lohman Museum In conjunction with the, AFTER OUR BODIES MEET: FROM RESISTANCE TO POTENTIALITY exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum, Anna Barsan and Jessie Levandov curated an evening of performance and burlesque. Through movement, song, dance, and spoken word, performers questioned dominant narratives of beauty through the lens of race, size, place, and sexuality. Featured Performers: ExHOTic Other, Sister Selva, Adaku Utah, and Lauren Whitehead.Curators: Anna Barsan &amp; Jessie Levandov &nbsp;All images courtesy of Syd London <img width="960" height="640" width_o="960" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef9fd4834924effc4d20a24bb93c83b5b52380d5517acb6e6ddd91ee9e562a54/10547530_827241210643485_159677073638203102_n.jpg" data-mid="211094100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/ef9fd4834924effc4d20a24bb93c83b5b52380d5517acb6e6ddd91ee9e562a54/10547530_827241210643485_159677073638203102_n.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="640" width_o="960" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9925909ab8a1c3ea199db95b1faa751c45869602503074a1bf23c6882862ddb3/10583861_827250500642556_4867634764959796308_n.jpg" data-mid="211094101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/9925909ab8a1c3ea199db95b1faa751c45869602503074a1bf23c6882862ddb3/10583861_827250500642556_4867634764959796308_n.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="640" width_o="960" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c604a9325df701231b80417f29a57ba3091c725405bccc4d3594f1b973951d2b/10420000_827249120642694_3770134536975215021_n.jpg" data-mid="211094104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/c604a9325df701231b80417f29a57ba3091c725405bccc4d3594f1b973951d2b/10420000_827249120642694_3770134536975215021_n.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="640" width_o="960" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be1c1593367dcfa115d5baf299c30b81ea4c4f882b8d4680e7a82f4ed0c613fb/10313701_827251207309152_2142606255930986188_n.jpg" data-mid="211094103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/be1c1593367dcfa115d5baf299c30b81ea4c4f882b8d4680e7a82f4ed0c613fb/10313701_827251207309152_2142606255930986188_n.jpg" /> https://annabarsan.com/About Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:44:20 +0000 Anna Barsan https://annabarsan.com/About Anna Barsan is a filmmaker and artist who tells stories and creates multimedia projects that engage with the intersections of ecology, technology, power, and history. Barsan’s films and installations consider themes of migration, surveillance, memory, archive, and social movements, often seeking out erasures and omissions in public records and historical narratives. Collaborative and interdisciplinary, Barsan’s practice is rooted in relationships and in the cross pollination of diverse spheres from science fiction to somatics. Working alongside community organizers, educators, and technologists, she prioritizes participatory practices such as building shared archives and co-creating public performances. Anna conceives of filmmaking as an embodied process of listening, reciprocity, and mysterious dialogue between the human and more than human worlds. Anna’s work has been featured at Sundance, HotDocs, Camden International Film Festival, Rooftop Films Summer Series, The Brooklyn Museum, Leslie-Lohman Museum and published by Field of Vision, The New Yorker, Art21 and Democracy Now.&nbsp; As an educator, she has taught at the School for Visual Arts, Boston University, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Cuba, and coordinated workshops in filmmaking and live video performance at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit. Anna is currently at work on both short and long-form projects including her feature film, Softly in all directions, with support from Field of Vision, the LEF Foundation, and the Sundance Institute.Contact