Freeshow Seymour CURRICULUM VITAE

Artistic collaboration of Christina Zeidler and Allyson Mitchell

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ARTIST RESIDENCIES

  • Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta. “Big Rock Candy Mountain”, April 20 – June 07, 2003

EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions
  • June 25-July 18, 2004 “Double CHIN Picnic” with Christina Zeidler, RM Vaughan, Andrew Harwood, Katherine Mulherin Art Projects, Toronto ON
  • April 26- April 29, 2003 “Halfway Across Canada with Freeshow Seymour” The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff AB
Selected Group Exhibitions
  • May 10-30, 2005 “Beyond/In Western New York”, Buffalo NY
  • Feb 10-March 01, 2005 “Sweet Shit”, Lennox Gallery, Toronto ON
  • January 15-20 2004 “Come Up to My Room” Alternative Design Show, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON
SELECTED FILM and VIDEO WORKS
  • Unca Trans, 3 min, Super8/video, 2005 A. Mitchell & Christina Zeidler (in progress)
  • If Anyone Should Happen To Get In My Way, 5 min, 16mm, 2003 A. Mitchell & C. Zeidler.
  • Glitter, 1 min, 16mm, 2003 A. Mitchell & C. Zeidler.
  • Freeshow Seymour Trailer, 1 min, 16mm, 2003 A. Mitchell and C. Zeidler
  • Kill Road, 10 min, 16mm, 2002, C. Zeidler.
  • My Life in 5 Minutes. 4 min. computer animation, 2000. Director, writer, producer, Allyson Mitchell, Editor, C. Zeidler
SELECTED SCREENINGS
  • Splice This! Super 8 Film Festival
  • Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
  • Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto Pleasure Dome, Squeaky Wheel
  • Buffalo New York, Festival of Dance and Film.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS AND RETROSPECTIVES
  • October 24, 2003 Freeshow Seymour New Works, Film Screening: Pleasure Dome, Toronto, ON
  • July 25, 2003 Freeshow Seymour: Films by Christina Zeidler and Allyson Mitchell, Super 8 CINE club, LIFT.
SELECTED PERFORMANCE
  • “Pizza Box Projectiles”, Pleasure Dome, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON, Oct 25, 2003 PPPO’d with Ina Unt Ina
  • “Visions in White” Strange Sisters, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, ON. June 21, 2002 PPPO’d with Ina Unt Ina
WORKSHOPS
  • November 2003 cameraless animation workshop “Let’s Get Messy with Freeshow Seymour”, LIFT
  • January-April 2000 Assisted with the instruction and organizing of video production workshops with at-risk youth through SWYM (Squeegee Working Youth in Motion).
  • January – March 1999 Facilitation of workshops and production schedules for street involved youth working with KYTES (Kensington Youth Theatre and Employment Services).
AFFILIATIONS
  • Pretty, Porky and Pissed Off, performance and activist group. co-founder and member June 1997 – January 2005
  • The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, Full member. December 1996- present
  • Trinity Square Video, Board of Directors, Secretary, Toronto ON. July 2001 – July 2003
  • Bucky and Fluff’s Craft Factory, community and individual arts project with Lex Vaughn. December 1999 – January 2002
ARTICLES/ REVIEWS
  • Mullen, Kathleen. “Film-Crafting: An Interveiw with Christina Zeidler and Allyson Mitchell” LIFT Magazine Volume 23 Issue 5 November 2003.

 

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