Museum of the Moving Image

 

I distinctly remember my field trip in 7th grade to the Museum of the Moving Image. I felt as if I had stepped into another dimension. I left my world behind and entered into a thrilling zone of lighted floors, color changing ceilings, and image-moving walls. It was quite enchanting and I was captivated. Although a decade has passed from that moment, it remains a vivid recollection within me. 

Museum of the Moving Image is located in Astoria, New York and is an compelling resource for the public to understand and appreciate art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. They collect, preserve, and provide access to moving-image related artifacts, screen significant films and other moving-image works, present exhibitions of artifacts, artworks, and interactive experiences, and offer educational and interpretive programs to students, teachers, and the general public.

Many of the exhibitions are, but not limited to films and/or installations stimulating all our senses through visual imagery. Artists from all over the world are invited such as Jan Svankmajer, a surrealist Czech animator, Mircea Cantor from Romania, and Ming Wong from Berlin & Singapore who works are all currently on exhibition. 

It's quite interesting to see the works of artists from different parts of the world and the ways in which each distinctly respond to the medium of media differently. It gets me thinking about my future students and how I want to set my dialogical approach in teaching to stimulate students to respond in such multifarious ways, reflecting who they are and their experiences. 

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One of the online exclusives currently on display: 

 

 

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