Amy Granat
Amy Granat works predominantly in 16mm film and photography, disarming documentary association of the medium by addressing the uniqueness of the photographic process. Her work revolves physical processes applied directly to her film and the ways it mutates the medium’s interaction with light. She douses film with acid, washes it in color, flicks and scratches it’s surface, among other processes. The images made from these assaulted negatives are presented in sequence or individually. These distortions made without an actual camera are “emotional reflections” that the viewer assigns significance to. Soundtracks are often included in her films to further defamiliarize the media and encourage mutations in one’s sensory digestion. Although Granat appreciates film in all of its narrative, physical, and technological glory, she allows her viewers to prioritize their own subjectivity.
Grant has exhibited her works at institutions including MoMA PS 1, New York, Swiss Institute, New York, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, CAN Centre D’Art Neuchatel, Switzerland, New Museum, New York, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, and The Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Ohio, among others. She participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial and Greater New York’s Performance Series in 2006. Granat is also the co-founder of Cinema Zero …
Amy Granat works predominantly in 16mm film and photography, disarming documentary association of the medium by addressing the uniqueness of the photographic process. Her work revolves physical processes applied directly to her film and the ways it mutates the medium’s interaction with light. She douses film with acid, washes it in color, flicks and scratches it’s surface, among other processes. The images made from these assaulted negatives are presented in sequence or individually. These distortions made without an actual camera are “emotional reflections” that the viewer assigns significance to. Soundtracks are often included in her films to further defamiliarize the media and encourage mutations in one’s sensory digestion. Although Granat appreciates film in all of its narrative, physical, and technological glory, she allows her viewers to prioritize their own subjectivity.
Grant has exhibited her works at institutions including MoMA PS 1, New York, Swiss Institute, New York, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, CAN Centre D’Art Neuchatel, Switzerland, New Museum, New York, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, and The Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Ohio, among others. She participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial and Greater New York’s Performance Series in 2006. Granat is also the co-founder of Cinema Zero Brooklyn, New York.