Connie Hawkins (born July 17, 1942) left us on October 6, 2017 at the age of 75. He is remembered for: being one of the greatest players of all time, the playing years he lost in his 20’s due to false accusations, his four years with the Harlem Globetrotters, and especially for the way his graceful, floating, offensive style helped revolutionize the way the game was played. He showed great promise during his years at Boys’ High School in Brooklyn, but […]
In September 2017, Media Burn founder Tom Weinberg and executive director Sara Chapman interviewed the creators of the short film, Open Hearing (2015). Brian Ashby is a filmmaker and co-founder of Scrappers Film Group. John Corbett is a writer and co-owner of Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery. Terri Kapsalis is a writer, performer, and cultural critic who teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The film, as well as all the camera original footage of City Hall shot […]
Go behind the scenes at Media Burn on Friday, October 13th as part of Chicago Open Archives Do you enjoy going behind-the-scenes to places the public is not normally allowed? Do you ever wonder what on earth we do all day at Media Burn? Now’s your chance to find out! Over thirty local archives, research centers, and cultural institutions in the Chicago area will offer special events open to members of the public in October 2017.This year’s Chicago Open […]
For the last year, Media Burn has been collaborating with Yollocalli Arts Reach, a youth arts program of the National Museum of Mexican Art, located in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. The “Chicago Slices” project has enabled youth artists to use our videos to create new works of multimedia art. It’s been a fantastic process that has really expanded the use and reach of our videos into new territories. Check out this fun video that Yollo created introducing the […]
We’re thrilled to be participating in the Alternative Histories, Alternative Archives symposium hosted by Video Data Bank at Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport. The day will be a time to reflect on the role of alternative archives, with a keynote speech from Josh McPhee of Interference Archives in New York. We will be presenting on the panel “The Archive as Artists’ Source,” and talking about our collaborations with Yollocalli and On The Real Film. The event is free and open to […]
Constantine “Gus” Alpogianis recently passed away at 84, leaving an indelible mark on the Chicago restaurant landscape. In honor of “Gus,” we take a look back at his debut restaurant, the iconic Palace Grill. Gus became a co-owner of the Palace Grill that sits on West Madison Street in 1955. His cousin, George Lemperis, and other family members purchased the Palace Grill in 1979, and Lemperis operates the restaurant to this day. This video was shot by Skip Blumberg, and aired on Chicago Slices in […]
We’re very excited to announce that we are up and running with our new state-of-the-art digitizing system. With networked storage, HD upconverting capabilities, new 10-bit timebase correctors, and the ability to encode four simultaneous streams of video, this system is going to improve both the quality and quantity of our work. The new system was made possible by the generous support of several significant individual contributors, as well as to the invaluable advice of Jim Morrissette and Scott Szczurek. Thanks […]
Announcing our new weekly video series, The Whole World is Watching Media Burn is expanding on our successful online video productions by creating a new weekly mini-documentary series The Whole World Is Watching. We will harness the power of historical videos to illuminate contemporary culture and politics. It will be free to worldwide audiences, as always. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING The stories we tell about the world and our country’s past matter. Facts matter. History is being rewritten at […]