Digital Exhibitions
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The CFA Media Mixer started in 2012 as a way to open up CFA’s vault of archival footage to artists working in media, and to support the creation of new video work by pairing visual and sound artists. At the heart of the Media Mixer is a desire to give CFA’s archival collections new life through the creative interpretation of contemporary artists.
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In May 2024, in the lead-up to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, CFA presented a film program enhanced by a post-screening conversation among noted veteran filmmakers, journalists, and activists who were at the DNC in 1968: Gordon Quinn, Don Rose, Don Johnson, and Bill Ayers. Watch the films and their conversation here.
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we love was an in-person installation at the CTA's Cicero Green Line station in March 2023. Scores of families from Chicago and the region were reflected in this exhibition of films documenting and celebrating our everyday lives.
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This digital exhibition, developed in 2018 as part of the Terra Foundation for American Art’s city-wide Art Design Chicago initiative, explores the interconnected histories of artistic and commercial filmmaking in the city of Chicago from the mid-century through the 1970s.
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As part of Chicago Film Archive’s initiative to shed light on the unheralded filmmakers from the Midwest, CFA produced a first-ever retrospective of the life, work, and times of the late Chicago filmmaker, Howard Alk. His story lies embedded in the spirited Chicago documentary film community that was percolating in the ’50s and shifted into full throttle during the ’60s and ’70s.
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Gordon Parks’ artistic vision is so broad and multifaceted that it can be difficult to categorize. His technical innovations in photography are numerous, to the extent that many of the aesthetic flourishes we see today can be traced back to Parks. Likewise, his films – both the more studio-driven, mainstream fare, as well as his compelling documentary work – have been remarkably influential.
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