History of a Fixed Idea [set], from "The Somnambulists"

ZOE BELOFF

exhibitions
The Somnambulists
The Ideoplastic Materializations of Eva C.

 
History of a Fixed Idea [set], from "The Somnambulists" History of a Fixed Idea, from "The Somnambulists" History of a Fixed Idea, from "The Somnambulists" History of a Fixed Idea, from "The Somnambulists" A Modern Case of Possession, from "The Somnambulists" HYSTERICAL HEMIPLEGIA CURE BY HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION HYSTERICAL MYTHOMANIA COMIQUE IDIOT A SEVERE CASE OF HYSTERIA IN AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL Detail from "Eva C. in the act of materialization: a recreation of a film shot by Baron von Schrenk Notzing in 1911" Dormica! Ectoplasm oozed from Eva’s Nipples Eva Enraged Eva had No Artistic Talent Eva projects a film, detail from "The Ideoplastic Materializations of Eva C" Farewell Mme Bissson Dressed Eva for a Séance Seizing the Phantom The Hand had an Animal Character You’ll kill her! "Eva Materializes a Head," detail from series of five stereoscopic stills and 3D viewers History of a Fixed Idea Recreation of a flashlight photograph by the Baron von Schrenk Notzing January 1914 Recreation of a flashlight photograph by the Baron von Schrenk Notzing June 1912 The Embrace

RESUME

BIBLIO-
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PRESS
RELEASES

INSTALLATION VIEWS

ARTIST
NEWS

Solo
2009 Freud in Coney Island, The Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
2008 The Somnambulists, Bellwether, New York, NY
2008 The Somnambulists, Artcite, Windsor, Ontario
2005 The Ideoplastic Materializations of Eva C., Bellwether, New York, NY
2005 The Ideoplastic Materializations of Eva C., Siena Heights University Art Gallery, MI
2005 The Ideoplastic Materializations of Eva C., Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada
2003 The Influencing Machine of Miss Natalija A., Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA.
Selected Group
2007 “Now You See It” Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY
2007 Artefact Festival, Stuk Art Center, Leuven, Belgium
2007 "The Air Loom and other dangerous influencing machines” The Prinzhorn Collection, Heidelberg, Germany
2007 “Wolfgang von Kempelen.Mensch-[in der]-Maschine” Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany
2006 The Golden Hour, Gigantic Art Space (GAS), New York, NY

2005 Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology and the Paranormal, Center for Art and Visual Culture, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

2004 The Disembodied Spirit, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME

2003 Future Cinema, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany

2002 Nam June Paik Award 02, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Duesseldorf, Germany

Some Assembly Required: Collage in Post-War America, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

The Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2001 Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia

International Distinguished Artist Symposium & Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery at Hartford University, Hartford, CT

Le Fresnoy Studio National des arts contemporains, Tourcoring, France

World Without End, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia

2000 Alien Intelligence, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

1998 Biennale de l’Image, Paris, France Les Mondes Inventes, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France

1997 Selected Memories, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium

Staging Surrealism Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

The Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Interviews
2006 Heather Hendershot “Of Ghosts and Machines: An Interview with Zoe Beloff” Cinema Journal vol. 45:3 Spring issue.
2006 Karen Beckman “Impossible Spaces and Philosophical Toys: An Interview with Zoe Beloff” Grey Room vol. 22 Winter issue.
2001 Chris Gehman. “Zoe Beloff’s Mechanical Medium,” Cinema Scope, issue 6, Winter.
1997 Willem van Weelden. “Catalog of the15th World Wide Video Festival,” Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Selected Screenings
2007 Freud Dream Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2006 The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival @ The American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY
2004 Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, CA
2004 PICA – Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts TBA Festival, Portland, OR
2003 London International Film Festival, London, England
2002 SHADOW LAND OR LIGHT FROM THE OTHER SIDE, 3D 16mm film; The Whitney Museum Biennial, New York, NY
2002 American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
2002 The Images Festival of Independent Film & Video, Toronto, Canada
2001 American Museum of the Moving Image, New York City, NY
2000 San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA
1998 Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
1997 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1990 New York Film Festival, New York City, NY
1990 Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, UT
1990 Berlin Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Selected Publications
2006 “Towards a Spectral Cinema” in Eric Kluitenberg, editor of Book of Imaginary Media: excavating the dream of the ultimate communication medium, Rotterdam Nai Publishers
2005 Zoe Beloff “Natalija A. and Eva C.” in Louis Armand, editor, Mind Factory, Prague: Litteraria Pragensia
2002 Zoe Beloff. “Deux femmes visionnaires,” Trafic, revue de cinema, issue 44, winter. Reprinted in 2006 as “Two Visionary Women” by Jennifer Fisher, editor of Technologies of Intuition Toronto: XYZ Books
2001 Zoe Beloff. “An Ersatz of Life,” New Screen Media: Cinema/Art/Narrative, Martin Rieser & Andrea Zapp (eds): BFI London in collaboration with ZKM Karlsruhe.
1999 Zoe Beloff. “La vie rêvée de la technologie,” Trafic, revue de cinema, issue 30, Summer.
Education
1986 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY
1983 MFA, film production, Columbia University, New York, NY
1980 BA and MA, painting and art history, Edinburgh University College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
Books/Published Articles
2008 The Somnambulists: A Comendium of Source Material, Published by Christine Burgin, Edited by Zoe Beloff, 114 pages with black and white illustrations and DVD