An Artist Conversation
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Categories: Film, Interdisciplinary, Music
Dates: September 26, 2021 - October 2, 2021
Run Time: 60 mins,45 mins
Venue: PhilaMOCA, THE INTERNET (Digital Shows)
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Categories: Film, Interdisciplinary, Music
Dates: September 26, 2021 - October 2, 2021
Run Time: 60 mins,45 mins
Venue: PhilaMOCA, THE INTERNET (Digital Shows)
With a new album on the horizon, the Brian Shapiro Band showcases not just their musicianship, but their journey as artists. This universal messaging about what it is to be an artist will be front and center in this docu-story, An Artist Conversation.
A performing artist since 1995, band founder Brian Shapiro shares his peripatetic artistic journey. Focusing on the trails, tribulations, roadblocks, and successes of making art, this deeply personal story extends well beyond one artist. While the intimate details are unique to Brian’s journey, this story reveals the way in which all artists show up for their craft, which is uniquely ambiguous to each artist.
This film will focus on the bigger meaning of “why?” that all artists explore, which usually shapes and molds their art in ways they may not have initially predicted. Is being an artist a choice or a calling? What’s it like to remain invisible? How to manage insecurities?
Vulnerability is the word that all artists take on their journey, as the moment their art is displayed to the world is the moment they bring their vulnerability to the surface, knowing that it will be subject to being broken down.
An Artist Conversation is a stellar look into the life of real working artists as they share their stories of continually developing their full artistic selves. Parts interview, candid film clips, and personal narratives, Brian Shapiro and his band mates, Ben Kutner-Duff, Ed Moman, and Rory Flynn, along with actress Mecca Akbar, share their experiences being creatives in a world where being successful is simultaneously a subjective and objective experience. And while the odds remain long and the challenges tremendous, nonetheless the journey continues.
Presented online and live, the live screening features band members playing music as they interact with the film and audience.
Written by Latoi Storr, Marissa Both, and Brian Shapiro
Featuring Mecca Akbar, Rory Flynn, Ben Kutner-Duff, Ed Moman, and Brian Shapiro
Music by Brian Shapiro Band
Video Editing by Bob Sweeny