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Robert Russett
Professor of Visual Arts
SLEMCO/BORSF Professorship in Art and Architecture
Academic Background:
Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A. 1957.
Cranbrook Academy of Art, M.F.A. 1959.
Atelier 17, Paris, France, 1962 -1963. |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions of Films and Videotapes |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 1968.
Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, West Germany, 1970.
Australian Filmmakers Festival, Canberra, Australia, 1971.
World Festival of Animation, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1974.
Whitney Museum's New American Filmmakers Series, New York, N. Y., 1974.
The 15th New York Film Festival, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., 1977.
High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, 1982.
Film Anthology Archives, New York, New York, 1984.
G. Pompidou Center, Paris, France, 1985.
American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, New York, 1988.
Siggraph 95, Los Angeles, California, 1995.
Louisiana Short Film and Video Festival, 1998,2000,2001. |
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| Selected One-man Exhibitions of Films and Videotapes |
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The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 1980, (Films and Installation).
The Museum of Modern Art, Cineprobe, New York, New York, 1981, (Films).
Canadian Film Conservatory, Montreal, Canada, 1982, (Films).
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1989, (Retrospective Survey: Films, Videotapes, Multimedia Installation).
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 1989, (Retrospective Survey: Films, Videotapes, Multi-media Installation).
New Orleans Film and Video Festival, New Orleans, LA, 1993. (Films) |
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| Distribution of Films and Videotapes |
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Underground Cinema 12
Time-Life Films
Creative Film Society
Environmental Protection Agency
The American Federation of Arts
Educational Film Library Association
Television: PBS, The Learning Channel and Spanish National Television, TVE, Madrid. |
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| Selected Collections (Film and Videotape) |
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The Annenberg Cinematheque, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
The Australian National Film Library, Canberra, Australia.
Educational Film Library Association, Archive Collection, New York, N. Y.
The Museum of Modern Art, Archive Collection, New York, N. Y. |
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| Selected Publications |
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Experimental Animation: An Illustrated Anthology (with Cecile Starr). New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976. A revised and updated version entitled Experimental Animation: Origins of a New Art. New York, DaCapo Press, 1988.
"James Herbert interviewed by Robert Russett." Film Culture, fall, 1983.
"Sky, Scale and Technology Art." Leonardo, Volume 19, issue 3,1986. Reprinted in Lys/Billede-Projekter, Trykt hos Narayana Press, Denmark, 1989.
"Comment On Spatial-Synthetic Art Through 3-D Projection: The Requirements Of A Computer-Based Supermedium, "Leonardo, Volume 23, Number 4,1990.
"Hyperanimation: Digital Images and Virtual Worlds", Ente Mostra Internazionale Del Nuvo Cinema, Rome October, 1999. |
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| Selected Teaching Awards/Grants |
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Distinguished Professor Award, University of Southwestern Louisiana Foundation, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1972.
Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund (LEQSF), equipment grant for the Media Arts Workshop, ($84,000) 1992.
LEQSF, equipment grant for an electronic theater ($145,000) 1995. |
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| Fellowships |
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Residency Fellowships, the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1971,1985,1996.
Video Fellowship Award, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 1983.
Residency Fellowship, Experimental Television Center, Owego, N. Y. 1988.
Media Fellowship, Louisiana Division of the Arts, 1996. |
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