September 8, 2009, 8:30pm

The India Street Mural (map)

The new-painted mural will literally come alive when seven local filmmakers Lam Thuy Vo, Joshua Carrero, Sarah Pirozek, Vanara Taing, Nathan Punwar, Hiram Becker, and Chris King present the movies they created to capture the artists—Ali Aschman, Eve Biddle & Josh Frankel, Chris Soria, Joshua Abram Howard, Robert Seng, and Skewville—as they spent the month of June turning a common white wall into a master work of public art.

Each of the wall’s four empty spaces will simultaneously turn into a screen, inviting the audience into the world of the artists. After the screenings the filmmakers and artists will speak with each other and the audience about the creative process that went into creating the mural and the films. VJ Clay Franklin will open and close the show with his visual beats and graphics.

It’s all projected on the mural at the end of India Street (between West Street and the East River in Greenpoint, Brooklyn) in a free interactive environment with a spectacular view of the Manhattan skyline. The India Street Mural Project is the kickoff project for North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition and presented with Council Member David Yassky. It is part of a greater urban revitalization for India Street, the waterfront, and the surrounding neighborhood. The event is part of a four night screening series called Moviehouse on India Street featuring projections by filmmakers, animators, and documentarians from Brooklyn and beyond.

The project is funded by Broadway Stages and presented in partnership with Open Space Alliance. Additional support is provided by Chez Bushwick.

Featuring

The Endless Disappearance of Everything
Mural by Ali Aschman, Film by Nathan Punwar

The artist Ali Aschman brings her work to life across her largest canvas yet, a piece of wall at the very end of India Street. Simultaneously, her work also comes to life around her in the form of animation, highlighting the entire self-enclosed world that she has created. The film is part audio-visual collage, part document of where Ali’s work stands today, and the many waters down which it is heading.

Super Duper Sound System
Mural by Joshua Abram Howard, Film by Sarah Pirozek

Drawing inspiration from cultural objects and representations of Native Americans, Super Duper Sound System evokes the presence and history of hip-hop culture in Brooklyn.

Knock Knock/ Behind the Door
Mural by Robert Seng, Film by Lam Thuy Vo and Joshua Carrero

Drawing inspiration from artist Robert Seng’s India Street mural, this comedic mockumentary explores the concept of ‘space and spectator’ through the story of one crazy fish-come-man. In this mysterious and inviting interplay between the two walls that enclose India Street, Seng’s Knock Knock invites the viewer into a conversation about the doors that are sealed and those that remain hidden from view.

Antiquated Giant
Mural by Chris Soria, Film by Chris King

Cultural archeologist Chris Soria mashes up the industrial ruins of Greenpoint, Brooklyn with the fossils of monstrous, extinct creatures to create layers of art that comment on each other. His India Street piece Antiquated Giant is itself catalogued here with animation, music, and interviews with the artist.

Welcome To Greenpoint/ Urban Funland, and Spreading the Werd
Mural by Skewville, Film by Hiram Becker

One filmmaker, a green horn in the urban art scene, talks with a group of street art veterans – Skewville. They talk about the best places to make dogs fly and how best to stretch before attacking a 20 x 20 ft mural. Then the filmmaker’s boss, Lyle Carmichael, makes an appearance and tries his best to get to the Skewville guys to the top of the charts. With a little help from timeless funk, a heady voice over artist, and some tongue-in-cheek humor, The Infinite Series and Skewville team up and put street art in the 1′s and 0′s context, Skewville, meet NTSC.

The India Street Rocket
Mural by Eve Biddle and Joshua Frankel, Film by Vanara Taing

Biddle and Frankel’s India Street Rocket presents a metaphor for celebration in uncertain times. Taing’s verite film follows the mural from start to finish.

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