Bradley Eros Explained
Bradley Eros (born in 1952 in Fairfield, Illinois)[1] is an experimental film director, actor, curator, poet, and performance artist who also makes Musique concrète sound collages, music videos, photographs, live projection performances, works on paper and art objects.
His work has been presented in multiple screenings and exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art,[2] [3] and the Whitney Museum of American Art,[4] [5] [6] including the 2004 Whitney Biennial,[7] and is in the permanent collection of the museum.[8] He has also created dozens of ‘zines, posters, soundtracks and unique artist’s books. He is represented by Microscope Gallery in New York City[9] and is known for his work in the field of contracted cinema.[10] [11] [12]
Life and work
Among his first projects following his relocation from Illinois to NYC was a series of expanded cinema films with (and performed live with) Aline Mare in a multi-media film and music partnership called Erotic Psyche.[13] [14] In 1982 he helped organize (and appeared in) the Colab sponsored Erotic Psyche Show at ABC No Rio[15] after he participated in The Times Square Show. His sound collage The Atom & Eve of Destruction (1983) appears on the first issue of Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine in 1983.[16] In 1984, he made Mutable Fire, a collage film about destruction and desire.[17] [18] [19] [20]
From 1987 to 2016 he collaborated with the artist/filmmaker Jeanne Liotta.[21] In 2020, he also collaborated with musician Lea Bertucci providing visuals for a video.[22]
He is manager and researcher at Anthology Film Archives, as well as a member of the board of directors of The Film-Makers' Cooperative in New York City.[23]
Selected works
- Warp & Weft (with Lea Burtucci; 2019)[24] [25]
- Trans Trans (Transformers Transformed) (with Tim Geraghty; 2009)[26] [27]
- Aerodynamics of the Black Sun (2006)[28]
- eros.ion (1999)[29]
- Dervish Machine (1992)[30]
- Subverted Horseplay (with former partner Jeanne Liotta;[31] 1987-2016)[21]
- Erotic Psyche (with Aline Mare; 1985)[32]
- Mutable Fire (1984)[33]
- Osmosis (1972-2002)[34]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Art . Whitney Museum of American . Whitney Biennial 2004: Hauptbd. . 2004 . Whitney Museum of American Art . 978-0-87427-139-3 . 171 . 23 March 2021 . en.
- Web site: Spirit of the Eighties: Curated by Tessa Hughes-Freeland MoMA. 2021-05-23. The Museum of Modern Art. en.
- Book: Big as Life: An American History of 8mm Films : Type X. 1998. Museum of Modern Art. en.
- Web site: Optipus: The Owl Flies at Twilight. 2021-05-23. whitney.org. en.
- Web site: Outer Space. 2021-05-23. whitney.org. en.
- Web site: Bradley Eros and Jeanne Liotta's Subverted Horseplay. 2021-05-23. whitney.org. en.
- Web site: Whitney Biennial 2004. 2021-05-23. whitney.org. en.
- Web site: Acquisitions of Work by New Artists to the Collection (Sept. 2017—Sept. 2018). live. Whitney Museum of American Art. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408190626/https://whitney.org/uploads/generic_file/file/796/9_13_18__Acqs_Ann_-_New_Artists_Acquisitions.pdf . 2019-04-08 .
- Web site: Microscope Gallery. 2021-05-23. www.artforum.com. 6 April 2018 . en-US.
- Book: Walley . Jonathan . Cinema Expanded: Avant-Garde Film in the Age of Intermedia . 2020 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-093863-5 . 79–83 . 23 March 2021 . en.
- News: Harakawa . Maya . BRADLEY EROS eau de cinema: constellations & contradictions . 23 March 2021 . The Brooklyn Rail . 15 July 2014.
- https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190938635.001.0001/oso-9780190938635-chapter-2 Two Expanded Cinemas - Oxford Scholarship
- Book: Patterson . Clayton . Bartlett . Paul . Mylonas . Urania . Captured: A Film/video History of the Lower East Side . 2005 . Seven Stories Press . 978-1-58322-674-2 . 280–3 . 23 March 2021 . en.
- https://www.alinemare.com/early-works/project-two-kyd6d Films and Video —— Aline Mare
- Web site: Exhibitions 1983-84 . 98 BOWERY: 1969-89 . 20 April 2017 . 23 March 2021.
- https://www.ubu.com/sound/tellus_1.html
- https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film842094.html Mutable Fire (184) - FilmAffinity
- https://expcinema.org/site/en/events/re-visions-bradley-eros Re-Visions: Bradley Eros|Experimental Cinema
- https://expcinema.org/site/en/events/spirit-eighties Spirit of the Eighties|Experimental Cinema
- http://filmint.nu/no-wave-films-at-the-oberhausen-film-festival-and-vienna-film-museum-may-june-2010/ Film International
- https://whitney.org/events/eros-liotta-screening Bradley Eros and Jeanne Liotta's Subverted Horseplay|Whitney Museum of American Art
- https://www.factmag.com/2020/04/28/artist-diy-lea-bertucci/ Artist DIY: Lea Bertucci - FACT Magazine
- https://cixous72.com/cx72-interview-bradley-eros/Cx72 Interview: Bradley Eros on Eau de Cinema, Scent, and Film December 21, 2021
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/arts/music/playlist-miley-cyrus-post-malone-ed-sheeran.html The Playlist: Ed Sheeran's Tender Duet, and 11 More New Songs - The New York Times
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVI6j9uyn4Q Lea Bertucci "Warp And Weft (excerpt)" on NNA Tapes' official YouTube channel
- https://iffr.com/en/2011/films/trans-trans-transformers-transformed Trans Trans (Transformers Transformed)|IRFF
- https://www.ercatx.org/may-22nd-age-of-extinction-films-for-transformers/ May 22nd AGE OF EXTINCTION: Films for Transformers - Experimental Response Cinema
- https://www.47orchard.org/exhibition/The_Collective.html Orchard47
- https://expcinema.org/site/en/events/bradley-eros-erosion Bradley Eros: "eros.ion"|Experimental Cinema
- https://em-arts.org/en/independent-films/dervish-machine Euro Mediterranean Arts
- http://www.jeanneliotta.net/eros.html Eros/Liotta
- https://www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/underground-film-timeline-index/underground-film-timeline-1980-1989/ Underground Film Timeline: 1980 —— 1989|Underground Film Journal
- https://www.academia.edu/8307277/No_Wave_Film_and_the_Music_Documentary_From_No_Wave_Cinema_Documents_to_Retrospective_Documentaries (PDF) No Wave Film and the Music Documentary: From No Wave Cinema “Documents” to Retrospective Documentaries|Michael Goddard - Academia.edu
- https://em-arts.org/en/independent-films/osmosis Osmosis|Euro Mediterranean Arts