BILL BASQUIN                                    www.billbasquin.com

 

 

COMPLETED WORKS

É.       KFC WALK-IN AND BIKE-IN OUTDOOR CINEMA       ongoing live event

2008   THE 10,000 MILE BIKE RACE      5 minutes      16mm film/live event

2008   DEER CAMERA                              5 minutes      digital video 

2008   FORMER SITE OF THE SANDERS WOOL SHED

                                                                        series             16Òx20Ò chromogenic

prints

2008   SOILED                                             series             16Òx20Ò chromogenic

prints, and 11Òx14Ò

digital prints with words

written on the prints

2008   A SITE FOR QUEER REPRODUCTION             1100 word article

2007   FRANK                                              2 minutes      super-8 film/digital video

2006   THE ODYSSEY: Book 16               3  minutes     super-8 film/digital video       

2005   RANGE                                              7  minutes     16mm film

2005   14th AND VALENCIA                     3  minutes     16mm film

2005   MISSION MOVIE THEATRES       3  minutes     16mm film

2004   MARTIN                                             5  minutes     16mm film

2003   AS FAR AS I CAN SEE                   series             16Òx20Ò chromogenic

                                                                                                prints

2001   THE LAST DAY OF NOVEMBER 4 minutes      16mm film

2001   I-5                                                       series             16Òx20Ò chromogenic

                                                                                                prints

2000   THE RIDE                                         10 minutes   16mm film

1997   DIME A DANCE                               series             assemblage, sculpture,

                                                                                                drawing

 

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

2009   Resident Artist, San Francisco Recycling and Disposal

2007   Individual Artist Commission, San Francisco Arts Commission, for Soiled.

2007   Judge, Humboldt Film Festival; Arcata, CA.

2004   Personal Works Grant, Film Arts Foundation, for Range.

2001   Golden Gate Award, SF International Film Festival, for The Ride.

 

 

DATES AND PLACES OF MAJOR PRESENTATIONS OF EACH

KFC WALK-IN AND BIKE-IN GUERRILLA OUTDOOR CINEMA (ongoing)

Collaboration with artists Sabrina Alonso and Sarah Kennedy that

began in 2006. Live, outdoor event with video projection, sound

system,1000 watt generator, and short local films.

2008   September 12, 2008; 16th Street and Florida; San Francisco, CA.

2008   April 17, 2008; New Nothing Cinema (indoors); San Francisco, CA.

2007   October 7, 2007; 22nd and Valencia; San Francisco, CA.

2007   July 14, 2007; 22nd and Valencia; San Francisco, CA.

2007   May 26, 2007; 22nd and Valencia; San Francisco, CA.

2007   March 29, 2007; 22nd and Valencia; San Francisco, CA.

2006   November 17, 2006; Hill Street and Valencia; San Francisco, CA.

 

THE 10,000 MILE BIKE RACE (2008)    5 minutes      16mm film

2008   commissioned for Bay Area Now 5; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts;

San Francisco, CA.

 

SOILED (2008)                                            series           16Óx20Ó chromogenic prints

2008   Soiled; Andalu Restaurant; San Francisco, CA.

2008   Grand Opening; Mission Pie; San Francisco, CA.

2008   This Land is My Land; Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art

and Design; Milwaukee, WI.

2008   Mission Open Studios; Laura Parker Studio, 1890 Bryant Street;

San Francisco, CA. (showed both 16Òx20Ò prints and 11Òx14Ò prints)

 

A SITE FOR QUEER REPRODUCTION (2008)                        1100 word article

2008   ÒQueer Film and Video Festival Forum: Artists Speak Out,Ó The Gay and

Lesbian Quartely, volume 14, number 1 (January 2008).

 

FRANK (2007)                                             2 minutes     super-8 film/digital video

2007   Dolby Screening Room, Night waltz: the Music of Paul Bowles [Film Arts

Foundation]; San Francisco, CA

2007  JurorsÔ Program: Bill Basquin, retrospective film screening and slide show;

Humboldt Film Festival, Minor Theatre. Arcata, CA.

 

THE ODYSSEY: Book 16  (2006)                        4  minutes      super-8 film/digital video  

2006   The Odyssey; Anthology Film Archives, Mix Festival; New York, NY.

                        Plus ongoing national tour.

 

RANGE  (2005)                                           7  minutes      16mm film   

2008   Earth and Sun Film Festival; the North American Raspberry and

Blackberry Growers Conference; Hershey, PA.

2007  Guest Artist, Film Production; Instructor: Sam Green, San Francisco Art

                        Institute; SF, CA.

2007   Guest Artist, Cinematography; Instructor: Abigail Severance, California

                        Institute of the Arts; LA, CA.

2007   Films to Whet Your Appetite II; National Museum of Women in the Arts,

film festival; Washington, DC.

2006   Hamburg Gay and Lesbian Film Festival; Hamburg, GERMANY.

2006   Queer Dis/Locations; National Film Theatre; London Gay and  Lesbian

Film Festival; London, ENGLAND.

2006   Disappearances; Starlight Theatre, Nantucket Film

Festival; Nantucket, MA.

2006   Landscape and Environment Film Festival; Oakland, CA

2006   Platinum Shorts; RedCat Theatre, Outfest Film Festival; Los Angeles, CA.

2006   Guest Artist, Time-Based Media; Instructor: Jamal Currie, Milwaukee

                        Institute of Art and Design; Milwaukee, WI.

2006   Guest Artist, Advanced Film Production; Professor: Dick Blau, University

                        of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Milwaukee, WI.

2006   The Range Triptych, solo show; Woodland Pattern; Milwaukee, WI

2006   The Films of Bill Basquin, solo show; Pitzer Cinematheque, Pitzer College;

Claremont, CA.

2006   Slow Food on Film Docs; Cinema Vittoria, SLOW Food  on Film Festival;

                        Bra, Italy (initial festival) and ongoing international tour.

2006  Shorts Program II; five screenings over two weeks and six month online

                        festival, Sundance Film Festival; Park City, UT

2006   From the Mountains to the Prairies (film screening) Music Box Theatre

(Chicago Underground Film Festival); Chicago, IL.

 

14th AND VALENCIA (2005)                    3  minutes     16mm film   

2005   Blueprints: Schematics from a Memory Grid; Intersection for the Arts, film

screening presented as part of IntersectionÔs 40th Anniversary

Exhibition; San Francisco, CA.

2005   Alive at 9th Street; Ninth Street Independent Film Center; SF, CA.

2005   Are You Together?; The Mix Festival; New York, NY.

           

MISSION MOVIE THEATRES (2005)      3  minutes     16mm film

2007   Urban Cinema Showcase; Expo for the Artist and Musician, Variety

                        Screening Room; SF, CA              

2007   KFC Walk-in and Bike-in Outdoor Cinema; San Francisco, CA

2002   Mission Movies; screening of unedited footage, The Lab; SF, CA

 

MARTIN (2004)                                           5  minutes     16mm film   

2007   Journal of Short Film, volume 8; published and distributed by The Journal

                        of Short Film: Columbus, OH.

2007   Love of Labor, Exploratorium (Museum of Art, Science, and Human

                        Perception); SF, CA

2005   Range Triptych; installation with live musical score for the Women and

                        Theatre Conference, BRAVA Theatre; SF, CA

2005   Compelling Opposites, two-person show; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,

San Francisco Cinematheque; San Francisco, CA.

2005   Are You Together?; Anthology Film Archives, Mix Festival; NY, NY.

2005   Maggot Fest; benefit for the film Maggots and Men (dir: Oakie Treadwell);

San Francisco, CA.

2004   Film Arts Festival 20th Anniversary; published and distributed by the

Film Arts Foundation; San Francisco, CA.

2004   Masculine Wiles; film festival and national touring program, Women in the

                        DirectorÕs Chair; Chicago, IL.

2004  Queer Looks; Metropolis Theatre, Feminale Film Festival;

                        Koln, GERMANY

2004  Motion Studies; Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco International Film Festival;            SF, CA.

 

AS FAR AS I CAN SEE (2003)                series           16Òx20Ò chromogenic prints

2004   The San Francisco Show; New Image Art; Los Angeles, CA.

2003   guest artist, Point Blank; group exhibition of projected slides, New Langton

                        Arts; San Francisco, CA

2003   guest artist, Point Blank; group exhibition of projected slides, Club Galia;

                        San Francisco, CA

2003   As Far As I Can See, three person show; Femina Potens Gallery;

                        San Francisco, CA.

           

THE LAST DAY OF NOVEMBER            (2001) 4  minutes   16mm film   

2007   The Dead, the Absent, and the Fictitious; Kabinett 1, Documenta.12;

Kassel, GERMANY. Plus ongoing international tour.  

2003   Rural Route; Rutgers Film Co-op, U.S. Super-8 Film Festival; Rutgers, NJ.

2002   Guest Artist, Film Production; Instructor: Melinda Stone, University of San

                        Francisco; SF, CA.

2002   Manhandled; BRAVA Theatre, Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema;            

                        San Francisco, CA

2002   Platinum Shorts; DirectorsÕ Guild of America, Outfest Film Festival;

                        Los Angeles, CA

2002   Hybrid; Wisconsin Cinematheque, Wisconsin Film Festival; Madison, WI.

 

THE RIDE  (2000)                                                    10 minutes                16mm film   

2004   Guest Artist, Gender and Media; Instructor: Jennifer Worley, University of

                        San Francisco; SF, CA.

2001   In Transit; Cinema Parisien, Image et Nation Film Festival;

                        Montreal, CANADA.

2001   Hometown Landscapes; Pomona College, Smogdance FilmFestival;

                        Claremont, CA.

2001   Transgender Fest 2.0; Diverse Works; Houston, TX.

2001   Thursday, March 15, 9:30pm; Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor Film Festival;

                        Ann Arbor, MI.

2000   CanÕt Seem to Find the Words; ArtistÕs Television Access, Madcat

                        WomenÕs International Film Festival; SF, CA.

2000 A Boy Named Sue; Victoria Theatre, Frameline Film Festival; San

                        Francisco, CA.

 

DIME A DANCE (1997)           series                   assemblage, sculpture, drawing

1997   Dime a Dance, two-person show; The Bearded Lady CafŽ;

                        San Francisco, CA

1997   Fork; Lunasea; San Francisco, CA.

1997   Fork; The Build Gallery; San Francisco, CA.

 

 

FILM, VIDEO, OR STILL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR OTHER ARTISTS

2007   16mm film for Falling, dir: Deborah Stratman; I shot several segments for

a longer film on which I am not the sole cinematographer;

Big Basin, Muir woods, and Point Reyes, CA.

2007   Super-8mm film for the Sex on Wheels Tour, dir: Jennifer Worley; a tour

                        by bicycle of San Francisco sex worker history with live costumed

                        docents; San Francisco, CA

2003   35mm slides for the play Hair Trigger Heart, dir: Ida Acton; Spanganga

                        Theatre; San Francisco, CA.

2000   Super-8 film for the play Show Me Your Arms, dir: Shoshana von

                        Blanckensee; Bindlestiff Theatre; SF, CA.

1997   Video for multi-media performance Scratch, dir: Harry Dodge, Miranda

                        Mellis, Alessandra Ogren, Shannon Dougherty; SOMArts; San

                        Francisco, CA.

1996   Video for the play From Where I'm Sitting, dir: Harry Dodge; New Langton

                        Arts; San Francisco, CA.

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brehmer, Debra. "This Land is My Land," Susceptible to Images, February 2008. Review of ÒThis Land is My Land,Ó at the Layton Gallery in Milwaukee, WI.

 

Clerici, Joseph. "Q&A with the Judges of the 40th Annual Humboldt Film Festival,Ò The Lumberjack, April 11, 2007. Interview with myself, Bill Brown, and Deborah Stratman.

 

Huston, Johnny Ray. ÒDown ÔN Dirty --The Intimate World of Queer Filmmaking,Ó The San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 24, 2006.

 

Meyer, Andrea. ÒShort Shot: Range,Ó The Sundance Daily Insider, January 27, 2006.

 

Motlani, Aisha. "Place, Ritual, and Memory," The Shepherd Express, January 2008. Review of ÒThis Land is My Land,Ó at the Layton Gallery in Milwaukee, WI.

 

 


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