Artist Response to 9/11

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Time Capsule of Artist Response to 9.11 Shared For 10th Anniversary

At this 10th anniversary of September 11, we look back at the terrorist attacks and the unique moment we captured after September 11th. Our documentary, “Artist Response to 9.11” documented the feeling that swept across the country within hours and weeks after the events of September 11th. The program is really a time capsule of when there was an incredible giving of spirit among people.

We gathered footage and projects from around the nation and world showing the immediacy of how artist responded to the events of the tragedy. The documentary itself was completed in under 3 months and everyone who participated in the project volunteered their time and efforts. Our goal was always that it would evoke a message of hope for the future.

Many of the works in the documentary are long gone, such as the artwork that was painted on the construction site wall of the Smithsonian Art Museum renovation in Washington D.C.. This may be some of the only oral and visual history of what was happening in the country during that time.

After initially be shown on television and in several film festivals in 2002, the film is now available on YouTube (below) for everyone to experience.

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A team based in Portland, OR created a documentary called "Artist Response to 9.11". Their intention was to capture the feeling that swept across the country within hours and weeks after the events of September 11th. This program is a time capsule of the initial responses within a week after the attacks. The subject matter is about how artists dealt with and reacted to September 11th. Footage and projects were gathered from around the nation and the world. Everyone who participated in this project, including the creators, volunteered their time and efforts to pull this program together within a three-month period.

The program contains interviews with 20 artists around the country and a sampling of projects ranging from printmaking, to painting; animation to web design; illustration to photography; video art to new media installation; collage to murals; and poetry to music. The program illustrates the important role that artists play in our society. The creators hope the documentary will evoke a message of hope for the future.

Created By:

Dana Plautz | David Decker of Mercury Productions


Music Composed By:

Greg Ives

Artists and Credits

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Artists who contributed work to this project and others
credited in helping make this project possible

Here are some of the successes the program has had to date:

* Aired on WNET Metro Arts 13 station in NYFeat
* Feature story in the Oregonian Newspaper, Portland, OR Sunday March 10th, 2002
* Featured on Portland's KPTV Channel 12 news for the six-month anniversary of 9/11
* 10 minute Segment on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat January 3, 2002
* Feature segment on KEX News radio 1190, December 14, 2001
* Clips were shown on March 7, 2002 at the Museum of Television and Radio's panel titled "The Artistic Community Responds".
* Shown at Lewis and Clark College March 11th, 2002 and Portland State University April 24th, 2002. Also shown in various departments at UC Berkeley, NYU, UCLA, Columbia University, USC and Penn State.
* Accepted for the NY Independent Film and Video Festival and was screened in L.A. July 13, 2002 at the Fairfax Laemmle Theatre in Hollywood. Also shown in NY Sept. 23, 2002.
* Accepted for the Ashland Independent Film Festival and shown in 2 screenings April 3 – 4, 2003.
* Part of the Fulton Street Gallery exhibit in Troy, NY. Exhibit dates Sept. 4 - Oct. 6, 2002
* The program has also been requested by numerous community and art groups to show at conferences and meetings.
* Shown on WNET Metro Arts 13 in the NY area on Easter Sunday and on May 9th and 12th in 2002.

Awards:

* Gold Award Winner: 2002 Aurora Film & Video Awards — Art/Social Impact/Documentary category.