Artist Archive
An Argentine Excursion: Film Frames and Talk Therapy
An Argentine Excursion: Film Frames and Talk Therapy By Mark Street and Lynne Sachs (with Pablo Marin) Published in GONZO CIRCUS Spring 2009 Our cinematic relationship to Argentina began in March of 2007, when the Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI) invited Lynne to show a retrospective of her films. During the one […]
2009 | Writing
Mark Street: Who’s Asking (2009)
Who’s Asking By Mark Street Published in Millennium Film Journal #51 Experiments in Documentary, Summer 2009 Proust said that all art is translation, and it’s true that being able to describe and elucidate one’s work in a variety of contexts is important and necessary. I often find myself tongue-tied and ashamed when asked to give a […]
2009 | Writing
Mark Street: Festival of Flights (2007)
Festivals of Flights By Mark Street Published in Release Print Magazine, December 2007 Over the past few months, I’ve had 2 vastly different but immensely satisfying film festival experiences. No awards, no gleaming headlines, not even packed houses, really, just a vague but edifying feeling that it makes sense to travel and show work and […]
2007 | Writing
Mark Street: Film is Dead, Long Live Film (2007)
Film is Dead, Long Live Film By Mark Street Originally published in Release Print April 2007 In 1994 the San Francisco Police Department evacuated a whole block in the Mission District and blew up a home-made battery pack I’d made for my 16mm Bolex camera. I had left the battery pack in the storage area […]
