INDEPENDENT PICTURES AND ARTS COLLINWOOD PRESENT "VIDEO FALL-OUT" 22 VIDEO INSTALLATIONS BY 22 FILM AND VIDEO ARTISTS

Cleveland, Ohio (September, 2011) – Curated by local artist Cynthia Penter and Paul Cusato, Board President of film non-profit Independent Pictures, the "Video Fall-Out" Installation opens at the Bank Building, just down the street from Arts Collinwood, at 15619 Waterloo Rd. in Cleveland's Waterloo Arts District, on Friday, October 7 at 6:00PM. Admission to the installations is free and will run for the following two weekends, through October 22, 2011.

Co-Curators Cynthia Penter and Paul Cusato stepped in to take the lead in coordinating the video artists, which also includes Colorado filmmaker Ronnie Cramer, whose experimental film was submitted to the 2011 Ohio Independent Film Festival. Highlights of Video Fall-Out include Clevelanders Robert Banks, whose 16 and 35 mm experimental films have gained him major recognition throughout the international film festival circuit; founder of Asterisk Gallery and tireless promoter of the arts, Dana Depew; multi-media artist, Patsy Kline, whose interactive work and installations are known for questioning authority and shaking our complacency; internationally published and exhibited artist Michelle Murphy, whose satirical work begs the viewers to question their perception, success and expectations, and co-curator/multi-media artist Cynthia Penter, who, in addition to teaching at multiple colleges and universities over the course of her 20-year career, has many times been selected as artist-in-residence and for fellowships, both with Ohio Arts Council and the American Film Institute.

Installations are original works, and with the exception of 20 gallons of paint donated by Home Depot in Euclid and Sherwin Williams in Euclid, are created with the artists' own funding sources and equipment for no monetary gain. The Bank Building on Waterloo Rd., the upstairs of which was once used for medical offices, provides the perfect setting for the installations. Patrons can walk through the maze of installations, the rooms each assigned to individual artists working together to form one cohesive show.

Cheryl Carter, executive director of Arts Collinwood, Cindy Barber, co-owner of the Beachland Ballroom, and Bernadette Gillota, artistic director of Independent Pictures, have been working together for the past two years to bring quality film projects to the Waterloo neighborhood, including the annual Ohio Independent Film Festival since 2010 and for the first time in 2011, the Script Mill, which is part of Independent Pictures' Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards. 
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