Lee Krist

Solo Exhibitions of The Big Film Series
2004, October. Hampshire College. Amherst, Massachusetts
2004, May. Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario
2004, March. Reed College. Portland, Oregon
2004, February. Pacific Switchboard. Portland, Oregon.
2003, November. Olympia Film Festival. Olympia, Washington.
2003, June. Chicago Filmmakers. Chicago, Illinois.
2003, June. Jefferson Presents. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2003, March. Hampshire College. Amherst, Massachusetts.
2002, December. Four Walls Cinema. Portland, Oregon.
2002, March. The Block House Theater. Portland, Oregon.
2002, February. San Francisco Cinematheque. San Francisco, California.
2001, March. Squeaky Wheel Cinema. Buffalo, NY.
2000, September. The Whitney Museum of American Art. NY, NY.
2000, August. The Blinding Light Cinema. Vancouver, Canada.
2000, February. Brooklyn Babylon Cinema. NYC, NY.
Exhibitions of the Film Installation Tableaux Vivant
2004 Reed College Arts Week. Portland, Oregon
2003 Core Sample: An Exhibition of Contemporary Portland Art. Portland, Or.

Group Film Exhibitions
2004, May. “Hand processed 16mm films” Artist Television Access. San Francisco, CA
2003, October. 'The Big Film Series'. Core Sample: Capture and Release Film Screening. Portland, Oregon
2003, August. 'The Big Film Series'. My House. Eugene, Oregon.
2003, April. 'The Big Film Series'. Movies With Live Soundtracks. Providence, Rhode Island
2002, September. 'Big Film'. PENUMBRA Artist Television Access. San Francisco, CA
2001, November. 'The Finer Shades of Exertion'. Mix- NY Gay and Lesbian Experimental Film Festival. NYC, NY.
2001, May. 'The Big Film Series'. Intermedia Arts Center Flaming Film Festival. Minneapolis, MN.
2000, November. "HUH". Mix - NY Gay and Lesbian Experimental Film Festival. NYC, NY.
1999, May. "The Big Film Series". Time and Space Gallery. Hudson, NY
1999, April. "The Big Film Series". The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema. NYC, NY
1998, July. "August 1997, Greenpoint, NY”. The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema. NYC, NY

Residencies
2004, Spring. Artist in Residence at the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto.
Grants
2004 Regional Arts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant. Portland, Oregon. 2004, Experimental Television Center Finishing Fund. NY.
2003, International Artist in Residence Fellowship. Toronto, Ontario.

Awards
1999, Maya Deren Award, Bard College Annandale on the Hudson.
1998, Black Maria Director's Citation Award for " August 1997, Greenpoint, NY".

Workshops
2004 October. Hampshire College. Amherst, Massachusetts.
2004. March, April. Lift Film Cooperative. Toronto, Canada.
2004, March. Reed College. Portland, Oregon.
2003, January. Flicker Film Workshop for Teens. Northwest Film Center. Portland, Oregon.
2001, April. Lift Film Cooperative. Toronto, Canada.
1999, 2002. Bard College. Annandale on the Hudson, NY.

Filmography The Big Film Series:
A collection of 35 mm hand processed film portraits, shot and projected using
An early motion picture hand cranked camera and projector. In these performative film screenings, Lee Krist operates his projector among the audience rather than anonymously from an isolated projection booth, creating an intimate screening experience reminiscent of the dawn of cinema. Traditionally these screenings are silent but some screenings have live musical accompaniment.
- Twoness. 1998 35 mm, B&W, silent, 200 ft. Twoness is the first film created in the Big Film series. These early camera tests were experiments in filming continuous motion with a 35 mm hand cranked camera. A cinematic exploration of the various ways motion can be reproduced when the camera's recording speed is variable.
- Willa. 1998. 35 mm, B&W, silent, 100 ft. The first of many portraits in the Big Film series, which focuses upon the subtlety of movement.
- Pea Green. 1999. 35 mm, color, 80 ft. A color landscape portrait of home.
- Self - Portrait. 1999. 35 mm, B&W, 45 ft. Filming this portrait was like a railroad. Self - Propulsion moved by parallel speed.
- Susannah. 1999. 35 mm, B&W, 70 ft. Through various photochemical manipulations this portrait explores the movement potential of photographic film emulsion. A study of the ephemeral nature of film stock and friends.
- Killer Diamonds. 2000. 35 mm, color, 60 ft. A portrait of a dear friend.
- Huh. 2000. 35 mm, hand painted color, 80 ft. A portrait of a professional model, this film just barely makes it into the moving picture category.

- The Finer Shades of Exertion. 2001. B&W, 100 ft. A filmic exploration of gesture and movement through capturing dance on film.
- 1083. 2003. Color, 80 ft. A Self-Portrait of me in my home sweet home.
- Tableaux Vivant. (W.I.P.). Color, 300 ft. A series of portraits and vignettes shot in Oregon, with a variety of still cameras this body of work attempts to reunite motion picture film and photography long lost companions that were separated at birth.

16mm Films
Rocky Butte. 2003, 16mm color, silent, 6 minutes.
August 1997, Greenpoint, NY. 1998 16 mm B&W silent, 8 minutes.
A hand processed film portrait created in the tradition of city symphonies. The kinetic movement of the film emulsion has replaced the frantic motion of the city. This film is a wistful meditation upon the obsolescence of the urban industrial landscape; their decaying and antiquated features are captured with faltering grains of silver nitrate and straying electrolytes.
Grieg Farm, Red Hook, NY. 1997. 16 mm B&W, silent, 9 minutes.
A intimate portrait of the disappearing agricultural landscape of the Hudson Valley.