Mono No Aware (organization)


Mono No Aware is a cinema-arts non-profit organization. Founded in 2007, its mission entails the advancement of “connectivity through the cinematic experience.” The organization is named after the Japanese concept mono no aware, which expresses the impermanence of being and beauty.
Mono No Aware is based in Brooklyn, New York and organizes artist screenings, analog filmmaking workshops, equipment rentals, and film stock distribution. Film artists Bill Brand and Leslie Thornton serve on its Advisory Board. Since its founding, the organization has hosted an annual film festival, exhibiting expanded cinema works from around the world that utilize both analog technologies and live performance. Following the completion of the tenth festival, a month-long series of exhibitions, Mono No Aware undertook the construction of the first non-profit motion picture laboratory to operate in the United States.
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Annual film festival

In 2007, the first Mono No Aware film festival was held in the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn. It was free to attend and free to submit and the same holds true today. In 2016, the organization, in celebration of its tenth anniversary, organized MONO X, a 21-event film festival spanning three boroughs in New York City. It presented the work of 150 artists to an audience of 5,000. Works included sculpture, expanded cinema, and installation art incorporating the moving image on film and/or video. Presenting sponsors included Kodak, Brooklyn Brewery, and Technicolor.

Exhibition History

YearFilmFormatArtist
2007We are the Divided United16mm & Live SoundHuong Ngo & Emcee C.M.
2007Light Sleep WalksSuper 8mm & Live SoundPaul Clipson & Joshua Churchill
2007Fireworks Film16mm & Live SoundAustin Willis
2007#472 A35mm & Live SoundNastya Osipova, Lea Bertucci, Ed Bear
2007Happy Holidays16mm & Live SoundSteve Cossman & Matt Morandi
2008Prenotions in Red, White, and Blues16mm, Super 8mm, Live SoundFern Silva & Doron Sadja
2008Architecture of the Sun16mm & Live SoundBrittany Gravely, Jennifer Pipp, The Glass Shivers
2008BlushSuper 8mmSam Dishy
2008Mekanikdolls16mm, Super 8mm, Live Sound, PerformanceSeyhan Muaoglu & Jess Ramsay
2009El Ojo, La Boca, El Ano16mm, 35mm Slide, Live Sound, PerformanceJuan David Gonzalez Monroy & Julio Monterrey
2009Etching With LightSuper 8mm & Live SoundDavid Mason & John Davis
2009HoneybedSuper 8mm, Live Sound, PerformanceSyni Pappa, Myrto Karapiperi, Anna Maria Rammou
2009Lunar FlareSuper 8mm & Live SoundJulie Buck & Levi Rubeck
2009Spillway Study/Carpe Diez16mm & PerformanceRoss Nugent
2009Safe & SoundSuper 8mm & Live SoundRachael Rene Abernathy
2010The Chinese NightingaleMagic Lantern, Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, PerformanceBradley Eros, Lary Seven, Joel Schlemowitz, Victoria Keddie
2010Youkali16mm & Live SoundNoe Kidder, Jessica Goldring, Mark Gallay
2010Errata.Cinema16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceThomas Dexter
2010This Gives Me Fever at Night16mm & PerformanceLuis Arnias & Kim Ferero-Arnias
2010UFO Evidence16mm & Live SoundJason Martin
2010You Know They Want to DisappearSuper 8mm & Live SoundStephanie Gray
2010Spalms16mm & PerformanceSarah Halpern & Matt Wellins
2010UntitledSuper 8mm, 16mm, PerformanceJeremiah Jones, Ann Meisinger, Zane Starr, Kerry Farias
2010Grandflower16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceJoshua Lewis, Danica Pantic, Joseph Stankus
2010Catharsis16mm InstallationTara Nelson
2011A Northern Portrait16mm & Live SoundLindsay McIntyre
2011Genesis16mm & Live SoundEdward Merton Casey
2011The Proximity of Standing StonesSuper 8mm, 16mm, Live SoundMonica Baptista & Robert Aki Aubrey Lowe
2011The Colors of SpringSuper 8mm, 35mm Slide, Live Sound, PerformanceJoey Huertas, Patricia Ordonez, Morgan Nance
2011Half the Available Light in a SpacePerformanceLuke Munn
2011Monkey16mm & Live SoundEric Ostrowski
2011Glitch Envy16mm & PerformanceJodie Mack
2011Through the HeadlightsLive Sound & PerformanceJasa Baka, Julia Thomas, Tyr Jami
2011Under the BQESuper 8mm & Live SoundAlex Mallis & Hunter Simpson
2011Tranquility #2 New York16mm & Live SoundTheodore King & Jordan Stone
2011Still Already There16mm & Live SoundAlex Cunningham
2011Harvest MoonSuper 8mmAmanda Long
2012IV Phases16mm & Live SoundRobert Howsare
2012Selected Scenes Woven From Star Wars IV & VSuper 8mm & InstallationMary Stark
2012Expansion Contraction16mmMiro Hoffmann
2012Bike-CycleZoetrope InstallationJodie Mack
2012MeasuresSuper 8mm & PerformanceTara Nelson
2012Je Ne Sais Plus 16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceKristin Reeves
2012Watershed / Surface Patterns16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceMike Bonello & Man Forever
2012Crusher16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceSteve Cossman & Ryan Marino
2012Richard GambleLive SoundRichard Gamble
2012Ganzfeld Test16mm & SculptureAmanda Long
2012B-90 Noir16mm & Live SoundJohnny Rodgers
2012Francesca Woodman's Aunts16mm & Live SoundElina Brotherus
2012CementageSuper 8mm, 16mm, Live SoundMasha Mitkov
2012Where's the Child?Super 8mm, Slide 35mm, PerformanceJoey Huertas & Suzana Stankovic
2012The Birds of Chernobyl16mm & Live SoundMargaret Rorison
2012Will o' the Wisp16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceKate Fleming, Sean Hanley, Charlie Adams, and others
2012Jahiliyya FieldsLive SoundMatthew Morandi
2013Laser/WaterLight InstallationJuliette Dumas
2013Infinitas ViasLight InstallationCharlotte Becket
2013Skinner #316mm InstallationJae Song
2013Light Box Collages35mm, 16mm, Medium Format Photographic InstallationMark Street
2013Camera Paintings16mm InstallationJoel Schlemowitz
2013Let Your Light Shine16mmJodie Mack
2013Second Hermeneutic16mm & Live SoundMike Morris
2013The Telepathy Sessions16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceBrittany Gravely & Kenneth Linehan
2013Tastefully Taut Against Germanium Satin16mm & Live SoundBruce McClure
2013Tape Measure Film16mm InstallationMary Stark
2013RGB FanLight InstallationJohnny Rodgers
2013SXOSuper 8mm, 35mm Slide, Live SoundChris Berntsen & Nick Klein
201352 Died16mm & Live SoundEliseo Ortiz
2013Rediscovering German Futurism16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceKurt Ralske, Miriam Atkin, Daniel Carter
2013MeshesSuper 8mm, Live Sound, PerformanceLaura Bartczak, Paige Fredlund, Mark Demolar
2013Zephyr16mm & Live SoundSylvain Chaussée & Adrian Cook
2014Crystal ImageLight InstallationEmmanuelle Negre
2014Spore Film Loop Series16mm InstallationAnna Scime
2014Beyond a Shadow of a FormLight & Sculpture InstallationLayne Hinton
2014Cymantic SunLight InstallationLachlan Turczan
2014Island Arcadia16mm & Live SoundEmilie Lundstrom & Hunter Simpson
2014Relieving the American Dream16mmJodie Mack
2014Second Hermeneutic16mm & Live SoundCharlotte Taylor & Robert Edmondson
2014Chiratsuki35mm Slide & Live SoundTomonari Nishikawa, Jeremy Young, Jesse Perlstein, Ian Temple
2014Technicolor N.G.Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm Slide, Digital InstallationTara Nelson & Gordon Nelson
2014-+=OO.16mmLivia Santos, Andrei Moyssiadis, Dream Seed Group
2014Bruce's Borders16mmScott Fitzpatrick
2014City 316mm & Live SoundSam Hoolihan & John Marks
2014The Fish with Two Legs16mm & Live SoundBrian HK Oh, Maya Kuroki, Alexis Farand
2014Memo16mm & Live SoundKrittin Patkuldilok, Hoshika Tachibana, Gabriela Gyorgeva, Alexandra Kocheva
2014Surface CopernicusSuper 8mm & Live SoundKyle Corea, Patrick Scanlon, Stone Dow, Clint Hartzell
2014Kannon, Goddess of Mercy3D 16mmJoel Schlemowitz
2014Third Hermeneutic16mm & DigitalMike Morris
2015DrifterLight Installation & SculptureCharlotte Becket
2015Still Life with Fries16mm InstallationRebecca Erin Moran
2015The Clouds are not Like Either One16mm InstallationViktoria Schmid
2015Eye Spoke Chorus16mm & Live SoundTimothy David Orme & Kir Jordan
2015Grant Park16mm & Live SoundRobbie Land, Robert Pepper, Michael Durek, Amber Brien, Jon Worthley
2015Harbour City16mm & Live SoundSimon Liu, Ben Hozie, Warren Ng
2015Holland, Man.16mm & Live SoundAaron Zeghers
2015Vista16mm & Live SoundSylvain Chaussé & Adrian Cook
2015Faces35mm Slide & Live SoundMichael Newton & Vito Ricci
2015DreamingSuper 8mm & PerformanceStephanie Gould & Brighid Greene
2015Two AriesSuper 8mmJosh Weissbach
2015Second Star16mm & Live SoundScott Fitzpatrick
2015Reflectors16mm & Live SoundJohn Marks, Crystal Myslajek, Sam Hoolihan
2015Dog Year16mm & Live SoundCraig Scheihing, Christian Bach, Justin Fox, and others
2015Night Visions16mm & Live SoundZoe Kirk-Gushowaty
2016The Circle, The Triangle, The Rectangle and the Crossing3D 16mm InstallationAntonio Castles & Lucas Maia
2016S1/S735mm Photographic InstallationOlya Zarapina
2016Them Apples16mm InstallationAdam Levine
2016BadTransfer16mm, Live Sound, PerformanceThomas Dexter
2016Plane Wave16mmDaniel Robert Kelly
2016Frente a Frente16mmCaitlin Diaz
2016Se Busca 16mm & PerformanceAnnalisa Quagliata
2016Metamorphosis #1: Medusa's Children16mmAthena Washburn & Eli Neuman-Hammond
2016Thisquietarmy x Philippe Leonard16mm & Live SoundThisquietarmy & Philippe Leonard
2016Even Silence is Cause of Storm35mm slide & 16mmAdriana Vila Guevara, Luic Macias, Alfredo Costa Montiero
2016Mom's Tiger LiliesSuper 8mmKellie Bronikowski
2016Red Wing, Black Bird16mm & Live SoundErika Jane Barrett
2016Change16mm & Live SoundLily Jue Sheng & Michael Sidnam
2016Spectrum States16mm & Live SoundJoshua Churchill, Paul Clipson, John Davis
2016Highview16mm & Live SoundSimon Liu, Warren Ng, Ben Hozie
2016Zone Four16mm & Live SoundNoe Kidder & Mark Gallay
2018BirthdaySuper 8mm & PerformanceNikki Calonge, Michael De Angelis, Eva Peskin
2018AppetiteSuper 8mm & PerformanceLaurel Atwell
2018EveningsSuper 8mm & PerformanceStephanie Gould
2018Chasing TrainsSuper 8mm & PerformanceJason Bernard Lucas
2018Lung-ta of Film, The Face of the Other, In Beauty May You Walk16mm, 35mm, Video, Installation, Performance, Live SoundManoshi Chitra Neogy, Xuezi Zhang, Scott Endsley
2018Fire 16mm InstallationViktoria Schmid
2018Exquisite Corpse, Movement in Five Parts16mm InstallationTrevor Tweeten
2018Untitled Still Life16mm InstallationRebecca Erin Moran
2018Parasitic OscillationSuper 8mm & Live SoundBryan Ratigan & Edward Paul Quist
2018Cine間-Absence Triggered by a Third BodySuper 8mm & PerformanceTetsuya Maruyama
2018Lydon16mmLucy Kerr
2018Hamood in America16mm & PerformanceSaif Al-Sobaihi, Moe Kamal, Ryan Hance
2018Solo DuetSuper 8mm & PerformanceLaura Bartczak
201863 Acres: Dear Danny LyonSuper 8mm & Live SoundStephanie Gray
2018From Day to Night16mm & Live SoundRobert Orlowski & David Shapiro
2018Golem Rite16mm & PerformanceMary Lewandowski & Nilson Carroll
2018Desaparcer / Disappear16mm & PerformanceElena Pardo, Manuel Trujillo, Javier Lara
2018Stasis & Motion16mm & PerformanceJohn Marks, Crystal Myslajek, Sam Hoolihan
2018Lovemoon Battlefield16mm & PerformanceAlex Cunningham
2018A Chorus of Black Voids Sings in Rays of Unseeable Light16mm & PerformanceMichael Morris
2018Rapt16mm & Live SoundMelissa Cha
2018Who You Give Your Heart To16mm & Live SoundPhoebe Collings-James
2018What's the Meaning of This?16mm & Live SoundPimo
2018Motion at a Distance16mm & Live SoundLindsay Packer & Andrew Kong Hoon Lee
2022The Meadows16mm AnimationMaya Edelman
2022For Cynthia16mm AnimationNora Rodriguez
2022Stepping into the Frame16mm Tripple ProjectionLauren Noelle Oliver
2022Beam16mm Dual ProjectionBlinn & Lambert
2022Birthday Song16mm InstallationErica Sheu
2022Coal16mm InstallationJanika Herlevi
2022Three Faces Scratched in Cloth16mm Tripple ProjectionPeaches Goodrich
2022And so She Works...From Home...As Does She16mm Dual ProjectionSimone Barros
2022Three Cities Winter '1916mm Projection & Live SoundConnor Kramerer
2022Dust in The Wind35mm Slide Projection & Live SoundHsuan-Kuang Hsieh
2022The Folly16mm Projection & Live SoundHasabie Kidanu
2022Pulsos Subterraneos/Underground Pulses16mm Multi Projection & Live SoundElena Pardo, Millie Wissar & Misha Marks
2022The Mushroom Archive16mm Multi Projection & Live SoundOptipus
2022Touching the Rumble of Melting16mm ProjectionNung-Hsin Hu
2022Everything Comes Full Circle16mm InstallationLilan Yang
2022Into the NightKinetic SculptureRay Chang
2022Mere Dil Mere Musaafir16mm Projection & Live SoundJulia Zanin De Paula & Iman Selachii
2022When the Seeds say EnoughS8mm Dual Projection & Live SoundDominick Rivers
2022NowadaysMulti Format Multi ProjectionTessa Hughes-Freeland & Mark Abramson
2022Devotion16mm Projection & Live SoundSara Scur & Hugo Wai
2022The Lovesick Serpent16mm Projection & Live SoundChae Yu
2022Content Warning16mm Projection & PerformanceAyanna Dozier
2022The Seven Sins of Memory16mm Multi Projection & PerformanceIEVA BALODE & MAKSIMS ŠENTEĻEVS
2022Deprivation16mm FilmCaity Arthur

Educational Initiatives

Mono No Aware runs workshops in Brooklyn year-round, and collaborates with institutions throughout North America, to teach students analog filmmaking techniques. Workshops include non-toxic film processing with coffee and beer, hand-making photographic emulsion, 2D and 3D analog animation, optical printing and contact printing, and Super 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm filmmaking.