Statement
Dave Greber is smiling by Lisa Silvestri
I make art to expose culturally degenerative memes overlooked by the general public. I create a skeleton "commercials" built from the tone, cadence, verbal and graphic illusions that comprise a corporate propaganda campaigns. I then fill the shell with my own agenda and reveal the form itself as hypnotically manipulative. I infuse them with my own contemporary style and present them as a seamless video loop, which translates them from a parasitic language to one of viewer empowerment.
Bio
David Bradford Greber is a video artist with roots in the Philadelphia area. He studied production at Middle Bucks Institute for Technology, Temple University, and Universiteit van Amsterdam. Since 2005, he has lived New Orleans where he has produced documentaries for non-profits and musical acts, regional advertisements, and three independent films. As a member of The Front artist collective, he has been producing site-specific installation art for galleries and film festivals.Contact
email: davegreber@gmail.comyoutube: youtube.com/davegreber
gallery: nolafront.org
blog: dismuse.com
CV
Education
Temple University — B.A., Film and Media Arts, 2005
Universiteit van Amsterdam - Semester at the International School of Social Sciences 2004
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology - NOCTI Certified Video Production, 2001
Solo Exhibitions
Primer, The Front, New Orleans, LA May, 2010
Selected Group Exhibitions
Sports, The Front, New Orleans, LA, July 2010
Heat/Humidity, 930 Toulouse, New Orleans, LA, May 2010
ArtVentures, Louisiana ArtWorks, New Orleans, LA, May 2010
Sovereign Screens, Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, April 2010
Refresh, The Front, New Orleans, LA, 2010
Selected Filmography
Walnut Square: a Community Rebuilt, 8 min. 2010
Imagine Mars, 9 min. 2009
The Eleutheromaniacs, 27.5 min. 2009
Carnival Picaresque, 12.5 min. animation 2008
Like When You Throw Sand, 29 min.live-action/animation 2006
Awards/Residencies
Member of the Front artist collective, New Orleans, LA Feb. 2010-
Artist in Residence at the Louisiana ArtWorks June 2009-June 2010
Baltimore vs. The World DVD Compilation, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2009
Winner of Best Graphics, Best Sound Design, Best Movie (group a), and Audience Award at the 48 Hour Film Festival in New Orleans, 2009
Winner of Best Emerging Experimental Film, Bucks Fever Film Festival, Doylestown, 2008
Audience Award at the 48 Hour Film Festival in New Orleans, 2008
Diamond Screen Festival Best Graphics Award, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Skills USA VICA Pennsylvania State competition, First place in TV Production, 2000
Selected Screenings/Tours
IXFF, San Francisco, CA, 2009
IXFF, Boston, MA, 2009
Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, 2009
Baltimore vs. The World, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2009
Peepshow Series, Big Top Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2009
48 Hour Film Festival in New Orleans, 2009
Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival, the Southern Arts Federation, 2008-09
Southern Circuit Tour of Filmmakers, 2008
Bucks Fever Film Festival, Doylestown, PA, 2008
Peepshow Series, featured film at Big Top gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2008
Atlanta Underground Film Festival, 2008
Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, 2008
UNO Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, 2008
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, 2008
Timecode: NOLA episode 410, COX Digital Cable, 2008
48 Hour Film Festival in New Orleans, 2008
Diamond Screen Festival, Philadelphia, PA, 2003