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Michael Robinson 2013 / 09:34

The cabin is on fire! Krystle can't stop crying, Alexis won't stop drinking, and the fabric of existence hangs in the balance, again and again and again.

WINNER: Best Experimental Film, Melbourne International FF 2014
WINNER: Best of Festival, EXiS Experimental Film and Video Festival, Seoul 2014

Dirty Looks NYC article by Kevin Kilian:
poisonberries.net/killianTDK.pdf

Out 1 Film Journal review by James Hansen:
out1filmjournal.com/2013/11/exhausting-tomorrow-michael-robinsons.html

Irish Times review by Aidan Dunn:
irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/michael-robinson-s-rha-exhibition-feels-like-the-future-1.4105980

Totally Dublin review and interview by Jack O’Higgins:
totallydublin.ie/arts-culture/artsdesk-under-the-wrong-star-michael-robinson/

Included on Jonathan Marlow's best of 2013 list, for Keyframe/Fandor:
fandor.com/blog/the-absolute-best-and-worst-of-nearly-everything-mmxiii

ArtInfo review bu Craig Hubert:
blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1009871/michael-robinsons-the-dark-krystle-in-chicago

Little Joe interview by Bradford Nordeen:
littlejoemagazine.bigcartel.com/product/little-joe-no-5

Screenings:
2013
New York Film Festival: Views From the Avant-Garde, New York, NY
DINCA Vision Quest FF, Chicago, IL
2014
Oberhausen International Short FF, Germany
Viennale: The Vienna International FF, Austria
BFI London FF: Experimenta, London, UK
EXiS Experimental FF, Seoul, South Korea
Melbourne International FF, Australia
Outfest LGBT FF: Platinum Program, Los Angeles, CA
Les Rencontres International, Paris, France
Ann Arbor FF, and 2014 Festival Tour, Ann Arbor, MI
Bucharest International Experimental FF, Romania
Pleasure Dome: Collectif Jeune Cinéma program, Toronto, ON
International Short FF Winterthur, Switzerland
Fringe! Queer Art and FF, London
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Brazil
Antimatter Media Art Festival, Victoria, BC
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, QC
Q-Fest International GLBTQ FF, Houston, TX
Pleasure Dome: Dirty Looks NYC program, Toronto, ON
Dutch Electronic Arts Festival (D.E.A.F.), Rotterdam
Milwaukee Underground FF, WI
Chicago Underground FF, Chicago IL
Big Muddy FF, Carbondale, IL
Dirty Looks NYC at the Spectrum, Brooklyn, NY
2015
National Gallery of Art, “Selections from Oberhausen”, Washington DC
Whitechapel Gallery, “Stateland” group program, London UK
FABRICA, “Stateland” group program, Brighton UK
Phoenix, “Stateland” group program, Leicester UK
Electric Palace, “Stateland” group program, Hastings UK
Aspex Gallery, “Stateland” group program, Portsmouth UK
Channels: The Australian Video Art Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Shadow Electric, shown preceding Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Melbourne, Australia
ACRE TV, “Tele Novela” online streaming group program
Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Playtime Audiovisuales, Laida Lertxundi - Landscape Plus group program, Madrid, Spain
Playtime Audiovisuales, A New Message, Fondacion Felefonico, Madrid, Spain
Kinemastik International Short FF, Floriana, Malta
Les Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
La Videoshop, opening group screening, Paris, France
Xposed International Queer FF, Berlin, Germany
Queer City Cinema International Short FF, Regina, SK, Canada
Wiz-Art: Lviv Int. Short FF, Lviv, Ukraine
Live to Tape Artist Television Fest, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
Athens International Film and Video Fest, Athens, OH
Cine FestiVal, Vale do Jaguaribe, Brazil
Gowanathon III: Gowanus Experimental Film Fest, Brooklyn NY
Glasgow Short FF, Scotland UK
Dallas Medianale, Dallas TX
FLEX Florida Experimental Film and Video Fest, Gainesville FL
2016
International FF Rotterdam, Netherlands
November FF, Goldsmiths, London, UK
Ispwich Art Gallery, “Projected States” group program, Ispwich, Australia
Queer Porto International FF, Porto, Portugal
Speed Museum, Opening Celebration group program, Louisville, KY
Cinema Project, “Dirty Looks: First Three Years” group program, Portland, OR
2019
University of Queensland Art Museum, “Preparation Rituals”, Brisbane, Australia
Block Museum of Art, “Technology Transformations: A Feminist History of the Supercut”, Evanston, IL

Exhibitions:
2014
City Gallery Wellington “Michael Robinson: The Dark, Krystle” (solo show), Wellington, New Zealand
Carrie Secrist Gallery, “The Dark, Krystle” (solo show) Chicago IL
EXPO VIDEO at EXPO CHICAGO (group show) Chicago, IL
Handwerker Gallery “Letters to Our Former Selves” (group show) Ithaca NY
Dallas Art Fair (group show by Carrie Secrist Gallery) Dallas, TX
2015
Atelie367, “Dirty Looks NYC” (group show) San Paolo, Brazil
Flint Institute of Arts “The Dark Krystle” (solo show) Flint MI
Johnson Museum of Art “Locally Sourced” (group show) Ithaca NY
2018
Somerset House Studios, TBCTV (group show), London UK
2019
RHA, “Michael Robinson: Under the Wrong Star” (solo show), Dublin, Ireland

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