Gretchen Burger
Interdisciplinary Artist: Filmmaking, Video+Spatial Installation, Digital Ether Interventions
CURRENT ART WORKS //
KAHAKSINK - RONDOUTings // a place-based, socially-engaged public artwork sparking conversations about the changing cultural and economic landscape in the Shawangunk/Southeast Catskills Region. Collaborator: Sarah Cameron Sunde Previous iteration: 325 Main: What Brought You Here
ALL THINGS FALL APART // a process, a sculpture/bench and a video inspired by Pema Chodron’s teachings about life as a never ending flow of things coming together and things falling apart. Collaborator: Beth Ireland Exhibited at Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s Messler Gallery.
HUMANIZING THE MACHINE // ongoing research, projects and activations to humanize “the machine”, prioritizing human need, public benefit and imagination over profit. Collaborator: Sandy Cioffi
LOCAL TENDER // research into and experiments with new micro-investing technologies to generate community-level, human(e) and sustaining economies of care. Incubated at Creative Exchange Lab and UW CoMotion FinTech Lab. Collaborator: Sandy Cioffi
EDUCATION //
MFA, Film + Video // The Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA Awarded: National Endowment for the Arts, John Renna Merit Scholarship for Graduate Studies
Documentary Storytelling Certificate Program // University of Washington, Seattle, WA
BA // Cultural Studies with focus on race, class + gender theory, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA + Tufts University, Medford, MA
SCREENINGS + EXHIBITIONS //
Sans Souci Dance Festival // Before We Flew Like Birds We Flew Like Clouds: Maurice Hall
Messeler Gallery, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship // All Things Fall Apart, with Beth Ireland
World Economic Forum // 36.5 The Global Story, with Sarah Cameron Sunde
Bellvue Art Museum // You Are Here + So Are You = That’s Really Worth Something, with Sandy Cioffi
IMAGINE Film Festival @ Earthdance // Before We Flew Like Birds We Flew Like Clouds: Maurice Hall
Grand Illusion // EXcinema Group Show
The Society of Illustrators // The Emperor’s New Clothes: A profile of artist Jonah Kinigstein
EXquisite Corpse Cinema, Grand Illusion, Seattle, WA; Akademski Film Center, Serbia; Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA
Hacking Love: Agape Installation & Workshop, SugarPill, with Sandy Cioffi
Anthology Film Archives // Clear Cut: Experiments from the Emerald City
Northwest Film Festival, Next Dance Cinema Festival // Unwrapped
Northwest Film Festival // Cover, screened with Frederick Wiseman's Boxing Gym
Columbia City Gallery // Unwrapped, 5th Annual Juried Show
Northwest Film Festival // Local Sightings Film Festival
Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery // Unwrapped
SCREEN @ Joan Jonas Performance Hall, MIT //
VISITING ARTIST //
Mercury Store // Collaborating Artist, Sarah Cameron Sunde’s Fosse Text Development Residency
Seattle Community College // Visiting Artist + Mentor, Film and Video Communications
Institute For American Indian Art // Visiting Artist, New Media Department
CREATIVE AGENCY //
FEARLESS // Co-founder + Director of Programming, Programmatic consulting, development and execution at creative agency start-up; Clients include Seattle Symphony, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle Public Schools, NFTTY, Gates Foundation, Pacific Science Center, international feminist human rights NGOs CREA and AWID
ART + TECHNOLOGY CURATION //
Feminizing The Machine // Co-Producer + Curator, Collaboration with BeAnother Lab, Workshop and Interactive Exhibition at CREA's Reconference, Kathmandu, Nepal
Digital Feminist Realities Immersive Exhibition Design // Co-Curator, AWID, Association for Women's Rights in Development 2021 conference, Taipei, Taiwan (cancelled due to pandemic)
Creative Exchange Lab // Producer + Curator, Pilot + Exhibition @ Pacific Science Center + other pop-up venues: Exhibition of pioneering immersive experiences, including TREE and Life of Us and The Machine To Be Another; Artist residencies; Lab pilot projects Showcase
NFFTYX // Program Director + Curator, Immersive media festival @ NFFTY, sponsored by Oculus: 360º shorts juried program; 360º bootcamp for youth makers; panels and workshops with featured artists James Kaelan, Rose Troche, Kayla Breit
VRVe /Virtual Reality Recreation Vehicle // Producer + Curator, Immersive storytelling pop-up: Engagements at Seattle Center, King Street Station, Ballard Public Library, MoPOP
ME/WE: Our Future City // Producer + Curator, Media Arts Skills Center Student Showcase: Students engaged mayoral candidates in conversations about the future of Seattle
TWIST360º // Program Director + Curator, Immersive festival @ Seattle Queer Film Festival, sponsored by Oculus: 360º shorts showcase; Virtual body swaps with Machine To Be Another; 360º boot camp with Rose Troche
SIFFX // Program Director + Curator, Immersive storytelling festival featuring: 180º shorts screening in Pacific Science Center Laser Dome; Retrospective VR pioneer Nonny de la Peña; XR Exhibition including NYTvr, National Theatre UK, RYOT, Wevr, New Reality Co, Ginny Ruffner, Sandy Smolan; Panels + workshops; Artist Residency for 20 Seattle artists
VIDEO PRODUCING, DIRECTING, EDITING //
Gates Foundation // Producer + Editor, Goal Keepers, Gates @ 25, Gender Equality Covid campaign
Dell/Microsoft B2B Boundless Innovation Series with Shankar Vedantam of Hidden Brain // Editor, awarded The American Business Awards GOLD STEVIE, finalist for EXAWARDS, Best Virtual Events in the B2B
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute // Profile Stories Editor, Defy Cancer campaign broadcast featuring Tom Brokaw, Andy Grammer, Amy Poehler, Pierce Brosnan
Microsoft Garage XR Makeathon Accelerator // Producer + Story Consultant, Making-of Video: Two-week virtual event introducing Finnish start-ups to US immersive tech ecosystem
AIA+2030 Online Series Certificate Program // Producer + Editor, Ten-hour Educational Series for American Institute of Architects University: Most watched series on AIAU in 2018
The Song Collector // Editor, Documentary Feature: Broadcast on KCTS, Reel NW; Awarded Indomitable Spirit Award, Mountain Film Telluride, Merit Award, Awareness Film Festival
Patriot Guard Riders // Editor, Documentary Feature: Awarded Best of Festival, Louisville Film Festival, Best Documentary, Asheville Film Festival
Biz Kid$ // Post Production Producer + Field Director, Children’s Television Series: Awarded Emmy for Daytime Children’s Programming, 2009 & 2012, Environmental Media Association Award for Children's Live Action Show, 2009
The Motherhood Manifesto // Associate Producer, Documentary Feature: American Public Television broadcast; Distributed through Mom’s Rising
Another Side of Peace // Co-Producer + Editor, Documentary Feature: Broadcast on KCTS, KQED, WHYY; Screened at Mexico City Jewish Film Festival, Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Warsaw Jewish Film Festival
Trade Off // Associate Producer, Documentary Feature: Awarded Best Documentary, Seattle International Film Festival
TEACHING + CURRICULUM DESIGN //
Media Arts Skill Center pilot in conjunction with Seattle Public Schools + The Creative Advantage //Instructor, Curriculum design
Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) VR Camp // Lead Instructor, Curriculum design
Cornish College of the Arts // Faculty – first hire, Curriculum design, Film + Media Department
Seattle University // Adjunct Faculty, Film Studies
Art Institute of Seattle // Adjunct Instructor, Film + Video Production
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS //
Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network, Seattle, WA // Board Member
Seattle Documentary Association, Seattle, WA // Co-founder, Steering Committee Chair, Works-In-Progress Screenings Moderator, Program curator: DocForest, ITVS, Sundance Institute
Urban River Arts, Brooklyn NY // Board Member
Northwest Documentary Association, Seattle, WA // Steering Committee