A haunting piece shot in the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA. The viewer becomes a voyeur searching for a fleeting human presence through the visual construction of "deteriorated cells." Suggestions of surveillance, incarceration, and isolation are enmeshed within the ominous sound design. The penitentiary opened in 1829, became a National Historic Landmark in 1965, and closed in 1971.
A haunting piece shot in the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA. The viewer becomes a voyeur searching for a fleeting human presence through the visual construction of "deteriorated cells." Suggestions of surveillance, incarceration, and isolation are enmeshed within the ominous sound design. The penitentiary opened in 1829, became a National Historic Landmark in 1965, and closed in 1971.
Using a split, identical image, this performance piece focuses on one’s own duality within. To struggle with one’s self, is something that must be endured to find a truer understanding.
Narrated by the artist’s father, this piece recreates the experience of preparing a homemade meal and gathering to eat as a family on any given Sunday. Illustrating the preparation of an old Italian-American recipe, the artist celebrates the lost art of his family’s tradition.
Through a time-lapse construction, this video deals with decision-making and contemplation. Throughout our lives, we all make decisions that we can or cannot let go of.
Through a time-lapse construction, an endless cycle of expansion and collapse, this piece focuses on vulnerability and criticism. The work is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado.”
Giorno Di Festivita is a short-documentary shot during the 100th Anniversary of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel held in the Marion Section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Narrated by long-time parish member Sonny Tullo, this video immerses the viewer in the festival’s procession, food, and rituals surrounding this celebration of family and community.
This experimental non-fiction work deals with the loss of the artist’s grandfather. Through a telephone conversation with his mother, we learn about the events leading up to his grandfather’s death, and the painful truths he has had to confront.
This piece examines the relationship between “reality TV” as content and our passive consumption of the “different reality” served up by the all-pervasive forms of media in the 21st century.
LOUIS LIBITZ (b. Jersey City, New Jersey). He received his MFA in Art Video from the Department of Transmedia, College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University; where he also taught Advanced Post-Production Techniques as an adjunct professor. Currently, he is an adjunct professor of Computer Imaging and Computer 2D Animation 1 courses in the Department of Arts & Communications at Bergen Community College.
LOUIS LIBITZ (b. Jersey City, New Jersey). He received his MFA in Art Video from the Department of Transmedia, College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University; where he also taught Advanced Post-Production Techniques as an adjunct professor. Currently, he is an adjunct professor of Computer Imaging and Computer 2D Animation 1 courses in the Department of Arts & Communications at Bergen Community College.
Working in both experimental and documentary styles, his video works have been exhibited in galleries and festivals nationally and internationally. For more information about the artist please visit: louislibitz.com
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