Jeff
Daniel Silva
Curricula
vitae
Education
MFA Vermont
College of Fine Art (Montpelier, VT)
B. S. Ithaca College (Ithaca,
NY)
Park School of Communications, Cinema & Photography
Minor in Anthropology
Awards and Fellowships
2007 Harvard Film Study Center fellowship support for
ÒChilangolandiaÓ 16mm film
2005 MIT Council for the Arts fellowship support for ÒBalkan
RhapsodiesÓ documentary
2004 Boston Phoenix ÒBest of 2004Ó for Balagan Film Series
2004 Distinguished for Cinematography, Napoidanza Festival,
Italy (ARCUS)
2003 Somerville Arts Council Grant (Artist Fellowship Grant)
2002 Boston Film Critics Society ÒBest film series of the
yearÓ for Balagan
2002 Somerville Arts Council Grant (Video installation Arcus)
2002 Brookline Council for the Arts Grant (Balagan
Experimental Film & Video Series)
2002 LEF Foundation Grant (Balagan Experimental Film &
Video Series)
2001 Boston Film Critics Society ÒBest film series of the
yearÓ for Balagan
2001 MIT Excellence award for Leading Change
2001 Boston First Night 2002 Grant (Interactive performances
with live video)
2000 Somerville Arts Council Grant (16mm film Ebbing)
2000 Instructor appreciation award CCTV
Professional Career
Adjunct Professor, Emerson College, Department of Visual and Media Arts (2006 - Current)
Documentary History and Theory
ÒOtherÓ Cinema: Exploring Cultural Representation through
Non-Fiction film
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, Visual & Environmental Studies VES
(2006 - Current)
Sensory Ethnography with Lucien Taylor
Image/Sound/Culture with Lucien Taylor
Artist Teacher, Boston Art Institute, MFA thesis advisor (Current)
Producer & Multi-Media Manager, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) (1998-2006)
Freelance Video Producer, Cinematographer, & Editor (1996-present)
Co-Director & Curator, Balagan Film Series, Coolidge
Corner Theatre (2000-present)
Adjunct Professor, Tufts University, Ex College (2003)
Graduate Student Advisor, Lesley University (2003-2006)
Instructor, Boston Film & Video Foundation, BFVF (1998-2002)
Instructor, Cambridge Community Television, CCTV (1998-2003)
Videographer, ICAST Multi-Media Company, CMGI affiliate (2000)
¥ Balkan Rhapsodies: 78 Observations,
Encounters & Afterthoughts on Serbia & Kosovo (2007)
¥ Chilangolandia:
Capital in Movement (2007)
¥ Ashes,
AshesÉ 4min (2005)
¥ Dressed
to Kill 5min (2003/4)
¥ Line
5min loop (2006)
¥ Second
Ending 5min loop (2006)
¥ Movement
(R)evolution: Exploring New Trends in Contemporary African Dance (2005)
¥ Arcus
4min, Video (2004) Collaboration with Alla Kovgan
¥ Ebbing
7min (2000) Collaboration with Nicola Hawkins
¥ Ojos
Viajeros (Wandering Eyes) 30min (1998)
Selected Screenings,
Exhibits & Performances
¥ Museum
of Modern Art (MoMA), NY, February 2008
¥ DocHouse
Brussels, Belgium December 2007
¥ ForumDocBH,
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, December 2007
¥ Valdivia
International Film festival - Chile, October 2007
¥ DokumentART
Festival - Neubrandenburg, Germany September 2007
¥ Cinedans
Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands -July 2007
¥ Anthology
Film Archive May 2007
¥ Harvard
Film Archive ÒFor Life Against the WarÓ program March 2007
¥ Mexico
City, Festival Internacional
de Cine Contempor‡neo, February 2007
¥ Lincoln
Center- Walter Reade Theatre , January 2007
¥ BAC!
05 Barcelona Contemporary Art Festival, Spain, December 2005
¥ Portland
Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, August 2005
¥ Independent
Film Festival of Boston, April 2005
¥ Athens
International Film Festival, Athens, OH, August 2005
¥ Indonesia
Dance on Camera Festival, December 2004
¥ Betty
Rymer Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago 2004
¥ Dance
Camera West, Cal Arts June 2004
¥ Liquid
Bodies Moving Image Festival, Toronto, CA 2004
¥ Paris,
France Anthology Film Archives Festival of American Artists March 2003
¥ Greek
International Film Festival 2003
¥ BAC!
03 Barcelona Contemporary Art Festival, Spain 2003
¥ Napolidanza
Festival April 2003
¥ Walter
Reade Theatre, Dance on camera Festival NY, NY 2003
¥ St.
Petersburg, Russia December 2001
¥ New
England Film & Video Festival 2001
¥ Low-Fi
Video Festival, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2000
¥ Guadalajara,
Mexico Chroma Festival 2000
¥ Bar
Harbor Film Festival, Maine 1999
¥ Tremont
Theatre (Boston,
MA, February 2001) With Musicians: Hrvatski, Peter Kovald, Laurence Cook, &
Daniel Carter
¥ Galapagos
Art and Performance Space (Brooklyn, NY, May 2000) With Musicians: Daniel Carter, The Gold
Sparkle Band, and Saturnalia String trio
¥ Pink
Pony (NYC, May
2000) With Musicians: Daniel Carter, & Saturnalia String Trio
¥ Roxy
Theatre Benefit for
BFVF (Boston, MA 2000) With Musicians: Babaloo,
¥ Old
Cambridge Baptist Church (Cambridge MA, March 2000) With Musicians: Andrew Neumann & Tatsuya
Nakatani
¥ Bad
Girrls Studios
(Jamaica Plain, MA, Dec 1998, Nov 1999) With Musicians: Daniel Carter, William
Parker, and The Gold Sparkle Band
¥ Zeitgeist
Gallery (Cambridge,
MA Aug. 1999) With Musicians: Ken Fields, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, and David
Maxwell
¥ Mobius
Gallery, Boston, September 1999)
Professional Associations
& Memberships
¥ Filmmakers
Collaborative,
Waltham, MA (2001-present)
¥ Association
of Independent Video & Filmmakers, AIVF (1995-2006)
¥ Pixonik
Labs- Founding Member
(1999-2001)
¥ Collateral
Damage Collaborative
– Founding Member (1999-present)
Conferences, Lectures,
Papers and Panels
¥ Artist
talk: DocHouse Brusels- Beursschouwburg-
Brussels, Belgium
– Dec. 2007
¥ Artist
talk: ÒThe Aesthetics of Ambiguity and the Empowered EyeÓ - Beyond Text Conference at the Royal
Anthropological Institute- Manchester, UK – June 2007
¥ Visiting
Artist Film III class SMFA, January 2007
¥ Visiting
Artist SMFA, October 2006
¥ Participant
ÒRobert Flaherty film SeminarÓ, June 2006
¥ Lecturer
ÒVideo PodcastingÓ MIT Tech Partners Conference June 1, 2006
¥ Lecturer
ÒContemporary Alternative CinemaÓ, MIT, January 2005
¥ Guest
Presenter & Panelist ÒMashup ForumÓ July14, 2005 Somerville, MA
¥ Participant
ÒRobert Flaherty film SeminarÓ, June 2005
¥ Panelist
ÒFilm Distribution and the Microcinema MovementÓ SMFA March 2004
¥ Presenter
& Programmer ÒSpecial program for the Boston Jewish Film FestivalÓ Coolidge
Corner Theatre, November 2004
¥ Participant
ÒRobert Flaherty film SeminarÓ, June 2003
¥ Presenter
& Programmer, ÒDigital ShortsÓ Association of Moving Image Archivist AMIA,
November 2003
¥ Presenter
& Programmer, ÒSpaces & PlacesÓ Somerville Theatre, July 2003
¥ Presenter
& Programmer, ÒFilmmaker Open StudiosÓ Coolidge Corner Theatre, April 2003
¥ Presenter
& Programmer, ÒFood For Thought: Cinematic obsession with FoodÓ Somerville
Theatre, July 2002
¥ Participant
ÒRobert Flaherty film SeminarÓ, June 2002
¥ Presenter
& Programmer, ÒFilmmaker Open StudiosÓ Coolidge Corner Theatre, April 2002
¥ Panelist
ÒFilm ProgrammingÓ Oni Gallery February 20002
¥ Presenter
& Programmer, ÒExperiments in FormÓ Boston Underground Film Festival, Feb.
2001
¥ Team
member & Contributor, NAMAC Digital Directions project (National Alliance
for Media Arts & Culture), April –June 2000
¥ Panelist,
ÒGoing DigitalÓ Alliance for Community Media Conference (ACMC), UMASS Boston,
March 2000
Juror
¥ Somerville
Arts Council LCC Grant awards, 2007
¥ SMFA
Film Festival, 2006
¥ Somerville
Arts Council LCC Grant awards, 2005
¥ Black
Maria Film Festival pre-screen judge
¥ Somerville
Arts Council LCC Grant awards, 2003
¥ MIT
Film Festival, 2003
Countries Traveled:
Belgium, Belize, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, El Salvador, England,
France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo,
Nicaragua, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, United States
Languages: English
and Spanish
Web Links: http://www.jeffdanielsilva.com
http://www.coolidge.org/balagan/
http://www.filmmakerscollab.org/filmmakers.htm