Sam Hoolihan is a Minneapolis-based visual artist and educator blending photography, moving image, and performance. His films have screened in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Hoolihan recently premiered a Walker moving image commission for the Expanding the Frame Series in collaboration with local sound and film artists. Sam is co-founder of MirrorLab, a studio, film lab, and project space for explorations in integrated art forms.
Small-Gauge Alchemy: Super 8 Filmmaking Across Generations
“The built-in limitations force students to slow down, to treat every second of film as precious, and to participate in more face-to-face interaction and conversation.” In anticipation of the April 11 screening of rare Super 8 films made by teen students at Film in the Cities in the 1970s, Minneapolis-based artist and educator Sam Hoolihan muses upon the unique qualities and limitations involved in working with the small-gauge film format.