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Bradley Eros (born in 1952 in
Fairfield, Illinois } Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, Illinois, United States, and the location of Frontier Community College. The population was 4,883 at the 2020 census. History Fairfield is most famous for being the hometown of th ...
) is an
experimental film Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...
director, actor, curator, poet, and
performance artist Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...
who also makes
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sound collages, music videos, photographs, live projection performances, works on paper and art objects. His work has been presented in multiple screenings and exhibitions at the
Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
, and the
Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), ...
, including the 2004
Whitney Biennial The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, United States. The event began as an annual exhibition in ...
, and is in the permanent collection of the museum. He has also created dozens of ‘zines, posters, soundtracks and unique artist’s books. He is represented by
Microscope Gallery Microscope Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at 525 West 29th Street, New York, NY 10001. It was founded by artists and curators Elle Burchill and Andrea Monti and opened in September 2010 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY. The gallery specializ ...
in New York City and is known for his work in the field of ''contracted cinema''.


Life and work

Among his first projects following his relocation from Illinois to NYC was a series of
expanded cinema {{italic title ''Expanded Cinema'' by Gene Youngblood (1970), the first book to consider video as an art form, was influential in establishing the field of media arts.Manovich, Lev. 2002. "Ten Key Texts on Digital Art: 1970–2000". Leonardo. 35 (5) ...
films with (and performed live with)
Aline Mare Aline Mare (aka Aline Psyche Mare) is an American visual artist, performing artist and filmmaker who creates photo-based, hand-finished, multimedia works combine alternative processes and digital technology, remixing nature-based imagery to creat ...
in a multi-media film and music partnership called ''Erotic Psyche''. In 1982 he helped organize (and appeared in) the
Colab Colab is the commonly used abbreviation of the New York City artists' group Collaborative Projects, which was formed after a series of open meetings between artists of various disciplines. History Colab members came together as a collective in ...
sponsored ''Erotic Psyche Show'' at
ABC No Rio ABC No Rio is a collectively-run non-profit arts organization on New York City's Lower East Side. It was founded in 1980 in a squat at 156 Rivington Street, following the eviction of the 1979-80 Real Estate Show. The centre featured an art gal ...
after he participated in ''
The Times Square Show ''The Times Square Show'' was an influential collaborative, self-curated, and self-generated art exhibition held by New York artists' group Colab (aka Collaborative Projects, Inc) in Times Square in a shuttered massage parlor at 201 W. 41st and 7t ...
''. His
sound collage In music, montage (literally "putting together") or sound collage ("gluing together") is a technique where newly branded sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage, also known as montage. This is often done throug ...
''The Atom & Eve of Destruction'' (1983) appears on the first issue of
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in 1983. In 1984, he made ''Mutable Fire'', a
collage film Collage film is a style of film created by juxtaposing found footage from disparate sources. The term has also been applied to the physical collaging of materials onto film stock. Surrealist roots The surrealist movement played a critical role ...
about destruction and desire. From 1987 to 2016 he collaborated with the artist/filmmaker
Jeanne Liotta Jeanne Liotta (born 1960) is an American visual artist who is primarily known for her experimental films. She is also currently a professor of film studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts a ...
.Bradley Eros and Jeanne Liotta's Subverted Horseplay, Whitney Museum of American Art
/ref> In 2020, he also collaborated with musician Lea Bertucci providing visuals for a video. He is manager and researcher at
Anthology Film Archives Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema.The Film-Makers' Cooperative The Film-Makers' Cooperative a.k.a. legal name The New American Cinema Group, Inc. is an artist-run, non-profit organization incorporated in July 1961 in New York City by Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Stan Brakhage, Lionel Rogosin, Gregory Markopoul ...
in New York City.


Selected works

*''Warp & Weft'' (with Lea Burtucci; 2019) *''Trans Trans (Transformers Transformed)'' (with Tim Geraghty; 2009) *''Aerodynamics of the Black Sun'' (2006) *''eros.ion'' (1999) *''Dervish Machine'' (1992) *''Subverted Horseplay'' (with former partner
Jeanne Liotta Jeanne Liotta (born 1960) is an American visual artist who is primarily known for her experimental films. She is also currently a professor of film studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts a ...
; 1987-2016) *''Erotic Psyche'' (with
Aline Mare Aline Mare (aka Aline Psyche Mare) is an American visual artist, performing artist and filmmaker who creates photo-based, hand-finished, multimedia works combine alternative processes and digital technology, remixing nature-based imagery to creat ...
; 1985) *''Mutable Fire'' (1984) *''Osmosis'' (1972-2002)Osmosis, Euro Mediterranean Arts
/ref>


See also

* No Wave Cinema *
Underground film An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre or financing. Notable examples include: John Waters' ''Pink Flamingos'', David Lynch's ''Eraserhead'', Andy Warhol's ''Blue Movie'', Rosa von Praunheim's ''Ta ...
*
Cinema of Transgression __notoc__ The Cinema of Transgression is a term coined by Nick Zedd in 1985 to describe a New York City-based underground film movement, consisting of a loose-knit group of artists using shock value and black humor in their films. Key players in ...
*
Expanded Cinema {{italic title ''Expanded Cinema'' by Gene Youngblood (1970), the first book to consider video as an art form, was influential in establishing the field of media arts.Manovich, Lev. 2002. "Ten Key Texts on Digital Art: 1970–2000". Leonardo. 35 (5) ...


References


External links


The Film-Makers' CooperativeBradley Eros at IMDbDervish Machine (1992) officially posted by Jeanne Liotta on Vimeo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eros, Bradley 1952 births Living people American experimental filmmakers American film directors American performance artists 21st-century male artists American conceptual artists Artists from New York (state) American installation artists Mass media theorists New media artists Postmodern artists Collage filmmakers