Latest News
-My film Labyrinth will be shown at Artspace Gallery in Peterborough, Ontario as a continuous loop projection in the Project Room from March 12 to April 24, 2010. Opening Reception on Friday, March 12 at 7 p.m.. Artspace is located at 378 Aylmer Street North, Peterborough, ON K9H 3V8, (705) 748-3883
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-My film Labyrinth has been chosen for inclusion in the compilation dvd "The Best of the London International Animation Festival 2009". The dvd will include 15 films selected from 360 films screened at the festival this year.
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-My new loop animation piece "Towers Rising" was shown in PHOTORAMA 2009 AT GALLERY TPW
from November 27 to December 5, 2009
56 Ossington Avenue Toronto ON M6J 2Y7 Canada
-My 15 second animation about the myth of a fox that turns into an alluring woman, opens the live action feature film "The Ache", directed by Keith Lock. The script was written by Keith Lock and Louise Bak. It premiered at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Go to http://www.vimeo.com/5917526 and click on 3. Final Animation V3 -
New Film
Two events related to my new film "Inner View"
On Tuesday, November 17, I was part of an Artist Talk/panel discussion at the NFB Mediatheque, in Toronto; as part of the "Eleven In Motion" project. "Inner View" was screened along with other films in the "Eleven In Motion" project. (See below)
On November 18, from 6 to 9 p.m., the "Eleven in Motion" Project opened at the Christopher Cutts Gallery, 21 Morrow Avenue, Toronto; along with original paintings from the Painters Eleven and everyone is welcome to attend. The films were shown continuously on monitors in the gallery.
Here is a photo of the installation with "Inner View" playing on the television monitor next to a painting by Kazuo Nakamura.
The show ran from November 18 to 25, 2009. Thanks to filmmaker Richard Reeves for the installation photo.
My new film "Inner View" is a 35mm, two minute, animated homage to the art of Canadian artist Kazuo Nakamura done using the paint on glass animation. I've admired Kazuo Nakamura's art for over 35 years. In this movie I have attempted to recreate Nakamura's work by animating a selection of his paintings and sculptures as if they are being created in front of our eyes, like constantly growing and evolving plants. Nakamura's art has its roots in the visual patterns found in nature. His keen interest in science and mathematics was a way of rediscovering the structure of our world. It has been a joy to make a film honouring his work.The music score was written and performed by Paul Intson who composed the music for my previous films "Labyrinth" and "The Skateboarder", with flute improvisation by Ron Korb.
This film was commissioned by the Toronto Animated Image Society for their "Eleven In Motion: Abstract Expressions in Animation" project, a series of 11 films created by animators based on the art of the Painters Eleven, who were abstract expressionists active in Toronto in the late 50's and 60's. Funding for this project was provided by the Canada Council For The Arts and Petman Foundation.
It was also shown in December 2009 at Les Sommets du Cinema D'animation, Cinematheque Quebecoise, Montreal.
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"Inner View" premiered in November 2009
My new film "Inner View" premiered on November 11 at 8 p.m. at TIFF Cinematheque at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West in Toronto to a sold out theatre. Thanks to Madi Piller, Tara Schorr, the Toronto Animated Image Society, The Canada Council for the Arts and the Petman Foundation.
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Death Is In Trouble Now: The Sculptures of Mark Adair
My documentary on Canadian sculptor Mark Adair was shown in an exhibition of his art at the Woodstock Art Gallery from October 10 to November 28, 2009 in Woodstock, Ontario.
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Clips from my films are now on You Tube.
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Labyrinth wins award at KAFI 2009!!!
My latest film " Labyrinth " won 1st place in the KAFI 2009 Independent 6 to 30 Minutes Category at the recent Kalamazoo Animation Festival International.
http://kafi.kvcc.edu/
My latest film "Labyrinth", is an 8.5 minute animated film. "After being given an enigmatic locket to protect, a detective encounters strange phenomena and beings from the afterlife in this surrealistic film noir story." Labryinth was done using the paint on glass animation technique and has been shown at festivals around the world.
Labyrinth Festival News:
My latest film "Labyrinth" was shown at the following festivals:
-In Official Selection at the 18th World Festival of Animated Film Animafest, in Zagreb, Croatia, from May 31st to June 5th, 2008. The film was screened as part of the grand Section.
-In Competition at the Odense International Film Festival in Odense, Denmark in August 2008.
-In July 2008, at the Anima Mundi Animation Festival in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
-In August 2008 at the Montreal World Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
-In September 2008 at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
-In September 2008 at Animadrid, Madrid, Spain
-In October 2008 at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
-In December 2008 at Les Sommets du Cinema D'animation, Montreal, Canada
-In January 2009 at the Goteborg International Film Festival, Goteborg, Sweden
-In March 2009 at Animabasque, Bilbao, Spain
-From March 13 to May 3, 2009 in the group exhibition Frame to Frame, Visual Arts at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
-In March 2009 at the Philadelphia Film Festival/Cinefest, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
-In May 2009 as a Finalist at KAFI, Kalamazoo Animation Festival International, Kalamazoo, U.S.A.
-In June 2009 at the TAIS Animation Showcase, Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto, Canada
-In June 2009 at the Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia and the Australian International Animation Festival
-In August/September 2009 at the London International Animation Festival, London, England
-In September 2009 at Nuit Blanche, Toronto
-In Animacam'09, Madrid, Spain
It will be shown at:
-BeFilm The Underground Film Festival, New York City in April 2010
-Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario in 2010
Recently Completed
Labyrinth
35mm, Colour, Sound, 2008
8 min., 34 sec.
A paint on glass animated film.
Directed and animated by Patrick Jenkins
Synopsis: After being given an enigmatic locket to protect, a detective encounters strange phenomena and beings from the afterlife in this surrealistic film noir story.
Music Composed by Paul Intson
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My two documentaries:
- Death Is In Trouble Now: The Sculptures of Mark Adair
and
- Of Lines and Men: The Animation of Jonathan Amitay
can now be seen on BRAVO! television. Check your local listings for broadcast dates.
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An exhibition I curated was shown in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Death Is In Trouble Now: The Sculpture of Mark Adair
July 8 - September 16, 2007
Rodman Hall Arts Centre
109 St. Paul Crescent
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 1M3
"Death Is In Trouble Now," is an exhibition that has grown out of a video documentary. The documentary, directed and produced by Patrick Jenkins, is a portrait of Canadian artist Mark Adair. An environmentalist, Adair's figurative sculpture, painting and graphic work comment on our contemporary relationship to the natural environment and the stress of urban life. His work explores such diverse subjects such as violence, sexual politics, pollution, spirituality, consumerism and the devastating force of nature. This exhibition and the documentary, which will be featured alongside the exhibition, explore the artwork Adair has created over the past 25 years and traces the themes in his work to his childhood experiences of growing up in the country, his observation during his lifetime of environmental degradation and the social changes he has observed in the world around him.
Mark Adair is a graduate of York University, Toronto (BFA) and the University of Victoria (MFA). He was a founding member of the Torontoniensis collective of artists with whom he has exhibited since the mid 1990s. He has had solo exhibitions at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto; Optica Gallery, Montreal and is represented by Loop Gallery, Toronto. He has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council and his work is represented in the collection of the Canada Council Art Bank.
About the curator:
Patrick Jenkins is a Toronto-based artist, animator, and film maker. He received his BFA (Honours) and MFA at York University, Toronto. Jenkins has 24 video and film productions to his credit and his recent work includes the documentary Of Lines and Men, The Animation of Jonathan Amitay (2006), Jonathan Amitay: A Portrait (2002) and Ralph: Coffee, Jazz and Poetry; The Poetry of Ralph Alfonso (2001). His recent animated films include The Skateboarder (2005), Man Versus Geometry (2004) and Dancing Street (2003). Patrick is active in the animation, documentary film and visual arts communities as a curator, juror, administrator, exhibitor and critic. He has received production grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council and he has works in the collections of the Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; York University, Toronto and Canada House, London, England.
My film "The Skateboarder" was chosen as a finalist at KAFI, the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The festival took place in May 2007.
Recently I completed 2 documentaries, one on the sculptor Mark Adair and the other on animator Jonathan Amitay.
See my Films and Television Work page for more details
A retrospective gallery show of Mark Adair's artwork, that I curated, was shown at the Rodman Hall Arts Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada from July 8 - September 16, 2007. The opening is on Sunday July 8 at 2:30 p.m.
For more information go to www.brocku.ca/rodmanhall
"The Skateboarder" had its Toronto Premiere at the Canadian Filmmakers Festival on Saturday March 25th, 2006 at the Cineplex Odeon Carlton Cinemas.
"The Skateboarder" was shown at the Real 2 Reel Children's Festival in Vancouver Tuesday, February 28, 2006 and is also being screened at Cinematheque Quebecoise in Montreal on March 30, 2006.
It premiered at the 2005 Montreal World Film Festival which ran from August 26th to September 5, 2005 and at the 2005 Ottawa International Animation Festival on Sunday, September 25th, 2005.
This film is about the misadventures of a boy who, despite warning signs goes skateboarding in a construction site. The film was made using 2D computer animation software and has a graphic quality akin to a shadowplay. It is 6 minutes long with a musical score by Paul Intson.
Nov. 3, 2004
Introducing an online Art Gallery of my paintings.
To visit the Art Gallery: Click Here
"Man Versus Geometry" premiered at the Canadian Film Showcase screening at the 2004 Ottawa International Animation Festival which took place Sept. 22 to 26, 2004 in Ottawa, Canada
"Man Versus Geometry" completed Jan. 2004.
In January 2004 I completed my film "Man Versus Geometry", a 2.5 minute stop motion animated film in which a man encounters a treacherous half circle in a battle of wits. Thanks to the Toronto Animated Image Society for use of their animation stand in the production of this film.
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