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Boston Globe Local Action June 22, 2003 'Cyberlounge' shows director is no slouch By Loren King Globe Correspondent  On Tuesday, Boston
artist Ravi Jain will screen his 71-minute film ''Cyberlounge,'' which
he shot entirely at the Gallery at Green Street in Jamaica Plain last
month. The screening will take place in Chicago's Gene Siskel Film
Center. The event is part of a weeklong celebration in Chicago of
the 72 Hour Feature Project, a competition in which filmmakers had
to complete a film at least 70 minutes in length within 72 hours.
Jain, who lives in Jamaica Plain, was one of 12 filmmakers selected
by the jury of the 72HFP competition. He will attend the announcement
of the grand prize winner in Chicago on June 28. ''Cyberlounge'' was
shot and edited in one 72-hour stretch, ending on May 10. His intent,
Jain says, was to edit the film while shooting within the gallery,
thereby ''opening up'' the filmmaking process into an ongoing performance-based
work. The result, he says, is a ''self-reflective piece'' that plays
like three short films about the gallery and the project itself.Jain has lived
in Boston since 1992. He earned his MFA degree from the Massachusetts
College of Art's Studio for Interrelated Media program and was selected
by Boston's Bromfield Art Gallery for a 2001 solo artist competition.... |
