APRIL 2024 at the SALON

   

On first glance, the work of the two Pittsburgh-based artists could scarcely be more different. Moshe Mahler creates innovative animation and new tools to advance imagery in the digital realm.  Nick Twardus chooses locations outdoors and lets his cameras observe natural and human-made phenomena.  But movement in its many forms brings them together, in the gyroscopic acrobatics of Mahler’s The Art of Weightlessness and the subtle effects of a breeze in a typical Twardus film.

Mo and Nick will present and talk about their alternative approaches to documentary, one unbound to the physical world and the other firmly grounded in it.  Come see and join the discussion!  The program:

• Self-Portrait:  Impermanence (Twardus, 4 min)

• Central Park/New York (Twardus, 3 min)

• The Art of Weightlessness (Mahler, 9 min)

• The Fabricated Wild (Twardus, 10 min)

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

WQED Conference Room

6:30p  Food & Social

7:00p  Screening & Discussion

 

MOSHE MAHLER led The Creative Technology Team at Disney Research of The Walt Disney Company, where he served as the Principal Artist for nearly a decade. He is on the faculty at CMU’s Entertainment Technology Center. 

NICK TWARDUS’ films have screened at festivals throughout the Americas and Europe. He is the Film Technician Program Coordinator and faculty member in film production and studies at CCAC.