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{{Short description|American filmmaker}}
'''Leighton Pierce'''<ref name="Senses of Cinema">{{cite news|title=Leighton Pierce |author=Jon Jost|date=May 2002|url=http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/feature-articles/pierce/|accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref> born '''John Leighton Pierce''' (27 October 1954, [[Rochester, NY]]) is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation. He is also the Dean of the School of Film/Video at [[CalArts]] since the summer of 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Award Winning Filmmaker Leighton pierce Named Dean of Calarts School of FilmVideo |date=May 2002|url=http://calarts.edu/news/2014-jan-14/leighton-pierce-appointed-dean-california-institute-arts-school-filmvideo | author=Christine N. Ziemba | accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref> He is best known for his impressionistic technique in video imagery that creates a [[hypnotic]] effect as well as his use of sound design.<ref>{{cite book |last= Bellour|first= Raymond|date= |title= Le Corps du Cinema|url= http://www.amazon.com/corps-cin%C3%A9ma-hypnoses-%C3%A9motions-animalit%C3%A9s/dp/2846822794|location= France|publisher= POL Edition|page= |isbn= |accessdate= September 2014 }}</ref> The motif of water is dominant in his work and gave the name to the video series "Memories of Water".<ref>{{cite book |last= Macdonald|first= Scott|date= |title= A Critical Cinema 5: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers|url= |location= California|publisher= University of California Press|pages= 255–290|isbn= 9780520245945}}</ref>
'''Leighton Pierce'''<ref name="Senses of Cinema">{{cite news|title=Leighton Pierce |author=Jon Jost|date=May 2002|url=http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/feature-articles/pierce/|access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> born '''John Leighton Pierce''' (27 October 1954, [[Rochester, NY]]) is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation.
He is best known for his impressionistic technique in video imagery that creates a [[hypnotic]] effect as well as his use of sound design.<ref>{{cite book |last= Bellour|first= Raymond|title= Le Corps du Cinema|year= 2009|location= France|publisher= POL Edition|isbn= 978-2846822794}}</ref> The motif of water is dominant in his work and gave the name to the video series "Memories of Water".<ref>{{cite book |last= Macdonald|first= Scott|title= A Critical Cinema 5: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers|year= 2006|location= California|publisher= University of California Press|pages= 255–290|isbn= 9780520245945}}</ref>


Pierce looks for inspiration in his immediate surroundings. He has stated that "in the simplest terms, a film or a video can be considered to be a meaningful experience in time. As a filmmaker, I take that as my mission: through the use of image and sound, I am composing an experience for the audience"
Pierce looks for inspiration in his immediate surroundings. He has stated that "in the simplest terms, a film or a video can be considered to be a meaningful experience in time. As a filmmaker, I take that as my mission: through the use of image and sound, I am composing an experience for the audience"
<ref>{{cite news|title=Experimental Filmmaker Leighton Pierce at Vanderbilts StudioVU Tonight |author=Laura Hutson|date=Oct 23, 2013|url = http://www.nashvillescene.com/countrylife/archives/2013/10/23/experimental-filmmaker-leighton-pierce-at-vanderbilts-studiovu-tonight|accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|title=Experimental Filmmaker Leighton Pierce at Vanderbilts StudioVU Tonight |author=Laura Hutson|date=Oct 23, 2013|url = http://www.nashvillescene.com/countrylife/archives/2013/10/23/experimental-filmmaker-leighton-pierce-at-vanderbilts-studiovu-tonight|access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref>


He has won over 60 awards <ref>{{cite news|title=Cinemad: Leighton Pierce |date=May 2002|url=http://www.cinemad.iblamesociety.com/2009/08/leighton-pierce.html | accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref> from film and experimental festivals, grants such as the [[Rockefeller]], [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim]] and the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], and has screened his films at the [[Museum of Modern Art]], NY, the [[Sundance Film Festival]], [[Rotterdam Film Festival]], [[Cinémathèque française]], and the [[Whitney Biennial|Whitney]] Biennal.
He has won over 60 awards <ref>{{cite news|title=Cinemad: Leighton Pierce |date=May 2002|url=http://www.cinemad.iblamesociety.com/2009/08/leighton-pierce.html | access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> from film and experimental festivals, grants such as the [[Rockefeller grant|Rockefeller]], [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim]], [[Creative Capital]] Award, and the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], and has screened his films at the [[Museum of Modern Art]], NY, the [[Sundance Film Festival]], [[Rotterdam Film Festival]], [[Cinémathèque française]], and the [[Whitney Biennial|Whitney]] Biennal.


==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
In 1995, Leighton Pierce's first feature film "50 Feet of String" constructed a domestic space beyond the recognizable and mundanely familiar.
In 1995, Leighton Pierce's first feature film "50 Feet of String" constructed a domestic space beyond the recognizable and mundanely familiar.
<ref>{{cite journal |last= Coombs |first= Laura|last2= |first2= |date= |title=50 Feet of String |url= http://mfj-online.org/journalPages/MFJ45/Coombspage.html|journal= Millennium Film JournalJ |publisher= HYBRIDS|volume= 45|issue= 2006|pages= |doi= |accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> The film won Best of Fest at the [[Ann Arbor Film Festival]] (1996), Best Experimental at the [[Atlanta Film and Video Festival]] (1996); Best Experimental at the [[Athens Film Festival]] (1996); Juror's Citation at Black Maria Film and Video Festival in 1996. It also screened at the [[Oberhausen]] Short Film Festival, the Osnabrück Media Arts Festival, the Image Forum, Japan, Impakt Film Festival, Robert Flaherty Film Seminar and [[Museum of Modern Art]], NY.
<ref>{{cite journal |last= Coombs |first= Laura|title=50 Feet of String |url= http://mfj-online.org/journalPages/MFJ45/Coombspage.html|journal= Millennium Film JournalJ |publisher= HYBRIDS|volume= 45|issue= 2006|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref> The film won Best of Fest at the [[Ann Arbor Film Festival]] (1996), Best Experimental at the [[Atlanta Film and Video Festival]] (1996); Best Experimental at the [[Athens Film Festival]] (1996); Juror's Citation at Black Maria Film and Video Festival in 1996. It also screened at the [[Oberhausen]] Short Film Festival, the Osnabrück Media Arts Festival, the Image Forum, Japan, Impakt Film Festival, Robert Flaherty Film Seminar and [[Museum of Modern Art]], NY.


In 2009, Leighton exhibited "Agency of Time" at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] : a multichannel video and sound installation that created animations from long-exposure photography. The installation was commissioned by the [[Sheldon Museum of Art]]. It creates an environment that play with the idea of time, memory and desire.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://history.sundance.org/films/5689/agency_of_time_part_1b|title= Agency of Time|last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website= Sundance Archives|publisher= |accessdate=October 6, 2014}}
In 2009, Leighton exhibited "Agency of Time" at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] : a multichannel video and sound installation that created animations from long-exposure photography. The installation was commissioned by the [[Sheldon Museum of Art]]. It creates an environment that play with the idea of time, memory and desire.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://history.sundance.org/films/5689/agency_of_time_part_1b|title= Agency of Time|website= Sundance Archives|access-date=October 6, 2014}}
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* ''Glass'' (1998)
* ''Glass'' (1998)
* ''Folded Time, Take 17'' (2000)
* ''Folded Time, Take 17'' (2000)
* ''Wood'' (2000)
* ''The Back Steps'' (2001)
* ''The Back Steps'' (2001)
* ''Veiled Red!'' (2001)
* ''Veiled Red!'' (2001)
* ''Fall (3 parts)'' (2002)
* ''Fall (3 parts)'' (2002)
* ''Evaporation'' (2002)
* ''Evaporation'' (2002)
* ''37th & Lex' (2002)
* ''37th & Lex'' (2002)
* ''Pink Socks'' (2002)
* ''Pink Socks'' (2002)
* ''Water Seeking Its Level'' (2002)
* ''Water Seeking Its Level'' (2002)
* ''A private happiness'' (2003)
* ''Viscera'' (2004)
* ''Viscera'' (2004)
* ''My Person in the Water'' (2006)
* ''My Person in the Water'' (2006)
* ''Warm Occlusion' (2006)
* ''Warm Occlusion'' (2006)
* ''Number One'' (2007)
* ''Number One'' (2007)
* ''Agency of Time'' (2008-2009)
* ''Agency of Time'' (2008-2009)
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* {{cite web | title = Leighton Pierce Official Vimeo| url = https://vimeo.com/leightonpierce}}
* {{cite web | title = Leighton Pierce Official Vimeo| url = https://vimeo.com/leightonpierce}}


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Latest revision as of 09:02, 3 June 2024

Leighton Pierce[1] born John Leighton Pierce (27 October 1954, Rochester, NY) is an American experimental filmmaker who works with film, video, sound, and installation. He is best known for his impressionistic technique in video imagery that creates a hypnotic effect as well as his use of sound design.[2] The motif of water is dominant in his work and gave the name to the video series "Memories of Water".[3]

Pierce looks for inspiration in his immediate surroundings. He has stated that "in the simplest terms, a film or a video can be considered to be a meaningful experience in time. As a filmmaker, I take that as my mission: through the use of image and sound, I am composing an experience for the audience" [4]

He has won over 60 awards [5] from film and experimental festivals, grants such as the Rockefeller, Guggenheim, Creative Capital Award, and the National Endowment for the Arts, and has screened his films at the Museum of Modern Art, NY, the Sundance Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Cinémathèque française, and the Whitney Biennal.

Exhibitions

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In 1995, Leighton Pierce's first feature film "50 Feet of String" constructed a domestic space beyond the recognizable and mundanely familiar. [6] The film won Best of Fest at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (1996), Best Experimental at the Atlanta Film and Video Festival (1996); Best Experimental at the Athens Film Festival (1996); Juror's Citation at Black Maria Film and Video Festival in 1996. It also screened at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival, the Osnabrück Media Arts Festival, the Image Forum, Japan, Impakt Film Festival, Robert Flaherty Film Seminar and Museum of Modern Art, NY.

In 2009, Leighton exhibited "Agency of Time" at the Sundance Film Festival : a multichannel video and sound installation that created animations from long-exposure photography. The installation was commissioned by the Sheldon Museum of Art. It creates an environment that play with the idea of time, memory and desire.[7]

Filmography

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  • He Likes to Chop Down Trees (1980)
  • You Can Drive the Big Rigs (1981)
  • Deer Isle, The Crossing (1991)
  • Thursday (1991)
  • Red Shovel (1992)
  • 50 Feet of String (1995)
  • Puppy-Go-Round (1996)
  • Memories of Water #21 (1997)
  • Glass (1998)
  • Folded Time, Take 17 (2000)
  • Wood (2000)
  • The Back Steps (2001)
  • Veiled Red! (2001)
  • Fall (3 parts) (2002)
  • Evaporation (2002)
  • 37th & Lex (2002)
  • Pink Socks (2002)
  • Water Seeking Its Level (2002)
  • A private happiness (2003)
  • Viscera (2004)
  • My Person in the Water (2006)
  • Warm Occlusion (2006)
  • Number One (2007)
  • Agency of Time (2008-2009)
  • Stone Moss (2009)
  • Sitting (2010)
  • Retrograde Premonition (2010)
  • Sharp Edge Blunt (2010)
  • band Orphan, Halloween Performance (2010)
  • White Ash (2014)

See also

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  • 'The Garden in the Machine: Scott Macdonald (ed.): Leighton Pierce (USA: Oxford University Press, 2004) (English)
  • "Interview at Ann Arbour: AAFF50: Leighton Pierce (2011, 1:39min)

References

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  1. ^ Jon Jost (May 2002). "Leighton Pierce". Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Bellour, Raymond (2009). Le Corps du Cinema. France: POL Edition. ISBN 978-2846822794.
  3. ^ Macdonald, Scott (2006). A Critical Cinema 5: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers. California: University of California Press. pp. 255–290. ISBN 9780520245945.
  4. ^ Laura Hutson (Oct 23, 2013). "Experimental Filmmaker Leighton Pierce at Vanderbilts StudioVU Tonight". Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "Cinemad: Leighton Pierce". May 2002. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  6. ^ Coombs, Laura. "50 Feet of String". Millennium Film JournalJ. 45 (2006). HYBRIDS. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Agency of Time". Sundance Archives. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
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