Abinadi Meza
Abinadi Meza (born 1977 in Austin, Texas) is an American visual artist, sound artist, and experimental filmmaker whose works focus on transformation, spatial politics, and poetics.[1] His films, sound art, performances, and installations have been presented at[2] Anthology Film Archives; MAXXI; Institute of Contemporary Arts, Dunaújváros; FILE Festival; Crossroads Festival, SF Cinematheque; Walker Art Center; Antimatter, Victoria BC; Irish Museum of Modern Art; FACT, Liverpool; La Casa Encendida; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Mexic-Arte Museum; and Lisbon Architecture Triennale. Meza uses ephemeral, precarious, or site-relational materials such as glass, radio waves, text, found footage, and salvaged materials.
As a young artist Meza studied Butoh with teachers from Japan, Europe and South America.[3] Later he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Iowa, (1999); a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota (2004); and a Master of Architecture degree from SCI-Arc, the Southern California Institute of Architecture(2009).
Meza is a professor of Interdisciplinary Practices and Emerging Forms in the School of Art at the University of Houston. In 2014 he was awarded a Rome Prize in Visual Art by the American Academy in Rome.[4] In 2021 his book Manual For a Future Desert was published by Mousse Publishing, Milan, Italy.[5]
Selected filmography[edit]
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- Snow, 2001
- All Light is Late, 2001
- Sonnambula, 2001
- Marco Polo, 2002
- The City in Which I Find You, 2002
- Double Blind, 2004
- The Prisoner, 2005
- Seeing is Dreaming, 2006
- Silence, 2006
- Left Songs, 2006
- Beacon, 2007
- Sound Sweep, 2009
- Like Snow Falling, 2010
- News From Home, 2012
- Black Box Recorder, 2012
- Hour Between Dog and Wolf, 2013
- Melencholia, 2013
- The Dream Surplus I, 2013
- Ghost Station, 2014
- Air, Condition, 2014
- Hand By Hand, 2015
- Nocturne, 2015
- The Dream Surplus II, 2017
- Monuments in Reverse, 2017
- The Dream Surplus III, 2019
- Time Crystals, 2021
- Surrounded by Colors We Could No Longer See, 2023
- Umbrella Music, 2023
- Tlaloc (Lines Drawn in Water), 2023
Selected Film Awards[edit]
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- Best Experimental, Kiez Berlin Film Festival, 2023
- Honorable Mention, FilmArte Festival, Madrid, 2023
- Jury Favorite, A Lyte in the Dark Film Festival, Princeton, New Jersey, 2023
- Best Screenplay (Nominee), Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada
- Best Experimental Abstraction (Finalist), Experimental Brasil, 2023
- Honorable Mention, Experimental Forum, Los Angeles, 2023
- Best International, Under the Radar Festival, Vienna, 2022
- Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Underground Film Forum, 2022
- Best Editing, Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival, Manfredonia, Italy, 2022
- Best Experimental, Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival, Manfredonia, Italy, 2022
Selected Sound Performances/Concerts[edit]
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- American Academy in Rome
- Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
- Deep Wireless Festival of Radio & Transmission Art (Toronto)
- Ende Tymes Festival of Noise & Experimental Liberation (Brooklyn)
- FILE Festival/Hipersonica (São Paulo)
- Helicotrema Festival (Italy)
- Lisbon Architecture Triennale (Portugal)
- Matadero Madrid
- MAXXI Muesum (Rome)
- O' (Milan)
- Radio Kinesonus (Tokyo)
- Radiophrenia (Glasgow)
- Radius FM (Chicago)
- Scaniaparken (Mälmo)
- Sonorities Festival (Belfast)
- Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)
References[edit]
- ^ "Abinadi Meza". Experimental Brasil. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ "A Space For Live Art: Culture Programme of the European Commission". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
- ^ Debating the Darkness: Talking Film with Abinadi Meza (NY Arts Magazine)
- ^ "UH Art Professor Abinadi Meza Receives Prestigious Rome Prize". ssl.uh.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ "Manual for a Future Desert — Mousse Magazine and Publishing". www.moussemagazine.it. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
External links[edit]
- Interview, Arts+Culture Texas, 2014
- Abinadi Meza at IMDb
- "Murmur" project, Finland. Commissioned by the Culture Programme of the European Commission
- Abinadi Meza sound project at Irish Museum of Modern Art
- Underwater sound installation, Malmö Sweden
- Bio information, Art News
- All Things Considered: National Public Radio Feature
- 'Sound Sweep' mobile radio project in Los Angeles. Vague Terrain Journal, Toronto, 2009