About this project
It is in the spirit of individual growth through collaboration that the Antagonist Movement plans their most complex project to date: The Dolls of Lisbon.
The project includes the fabrication of dolls inspired by Mexican Zapatista dolls. The dolls are hand-made by an Antagonist in New York City and kept very simple in design and shape. They will be sent out to the artists we have already worked with around the globe, and will also be given out to Antagonists in the United States. The dolls are meant to convey the message of the movement as well as that of each individual artist. In Lisbon the dolls will also be given out to artists, and the culmination of the Lisbon Project will be an exhibition of all of the artists creations.
Along with the dolls, the movement will produce posters and give workshops on screen-printing and other alternative and “do-it-yourself” forms of artistic expression. There will also be art exhibitions with collaborations between the American artists and the Lisbon artists, as well as artists from countries other than the United States, who have worked with us on past projects and would travel to Portugal for the Lisbon experience.
The Dolls of Lisbon Project will officially begin in May of 2010, when members of the Antagonist Art Movement travel to Portugal to begin a two-week collaborative project with the artists of Lisbon.
Upon arrival, the Antagonist artists, who include film-makers, writers, musicians, and artists, will all begin setting up headquarters in a store front shop provided by the city of Lisbon.
The ten days the Antagonists are in Lisbon, they plan to host and participate in a series of art exhibitions, writer’s night, music showcases and film screenings in conjunction with local Lisbon artists.
The budget we're trying to do is $2,000. the breakdown is $500 for posters, $500 for silkscreens, $500 to build a podium in Lisbon, $100 toward video stock, $200 for doll material, $40 for ink for silkscreen, and $160 for fees related to kickstarter and amazon. The funding goes to the Antagonist Movement for this project.
The Antagonist Art Movement has done a similar project in Berlin, which was documented in the Antagonist made film, “This is Berlin, Not New York.” This film was recently screened at the Royalflush Festival in New York City, and received the "One Of A Kind" Award. Filmmaker Ethan Minsker’s upcoming screening will be at the Brooklyn Museum on October 31st, for a film entitled “Anything Boys Can Do.”
What is the Antagonist Movement?:
The Antagonist Art Movement began ten years ago in New York City’s East Village as a community of artists banding together to promote art, music and writing, and to create an environment where emerging as well as established artists could inspire and assist one another.
To learn more about the Antagonist Movement, check us out online on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
To see more of the completed dolls, go to our antagonist blog.
http://theantagonistblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Dolls
To learn more about what the Antagonists are all about, go to the general website.
http://antagovision.com/
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Signed copy for THIS IS BERLIN NOT NEW YORK DVD 70 minute documentary. Antagonists go to Berlin to make art. Winner "One of a Kind" Award ( Best of Show) Royalflush Festival 2009.
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Two DVD's "ANYTHING BOYS CAN DO" and "THIS IS BERLIN,NOT NEW YORK". "Anything Boys Can Do/ Mark Of The Ninja" is an inspirational look at underground femme rock bands in NYC between 1993 and 1996. This film played more than 50 festivals around the world and won several awards. This DVD comes with a bonus film, "Mark Of The Ninja", a 48 minute documentary covering art of the antagonist movement during 2004. This film was showcased at the New Director Series at the Anthology Film Archives NYC as well as winner of Best Documentary at Evil City Film Fest NYC.
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Both DVD'S and antagonist t-shirt design by Doug McQueen. Your choice S, M, L.
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Limited edition print of original print by Ted Riederer and both DVD's. The print design is that of a shooting target with a face of Picasso or Andy Warhol. These prints were specifically made for the Lisbon show.
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A blank doll made by Ethan H. Minsker, both DVD's and end title credit as a supporter for the new film "The Dolls Of Lisbon". The Dolls are made of white canvas and take 9hrs to complete.
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A original "Fuck you, Give me a dollar" fully embroidered "sugarskull" design by un lee black eisenhower jacket size M. A blank doll made by Ethan H. Minsker, both DVD's and end title credit as a supporter for the new film "The Dolls Of Lisbon". The Dolls are made of white canvas and take 9hrs to complete.
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Ethan H. Minsker
Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographer
FILMS
This is Berlin, Not New York, 2008
Inspiring look at underground artists as they cross the globe to create new work.
A group of New York City artists travel to Berlin for 10 days, showing art in a gallery, putting up art on the streets, breaking into an abandoned building to create original artwork and making connections with Berlin artists. Film features Arturo Vega, Artistic Director of the Ramones punk rock group, Ted Riederer, an artist featured at PS1, and Nicole Gladsburn,an artist featured in the Village Voice. Arturo Vega said - This film should be shown at art schools or to anyone passionate about art.
Mark of the Ninja, 2004; Re-release in DVD, 2009
Winner, Best Documentary, Evil City Film Festival; screened at the New Directors Series at the Anthology Film Archives, New York
Follows the creative art process of young, talented and emerging artists.
Touching a Van Gogh, 2000-2004
2005 Winner, Best Experimental/Alternative Picture, Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival, Oklahoma.
Disillusioned with the contemporary art world, a group of East Village artists bands together to form the Antagonist Movement. Under the banner - Crime is Art, Art is Crime - the Antagonists do whatever is necessary to create art. In breaking with the establishment, the Antagonists have created forums and venues through which artists can showcase their talents. Shot over three years, Touching a Van Gogh offers an inside look at young artists struggling to find themselves while challenging others. Touching a Van Gogh is a call to arms for artists everywhere - Crime is Art, Art is Crime.
Faster Than the World, 2000
A 54-minute documentary on H2O, a punk rock band, distributed worldwide by Epitaph Records.
The Soft Hustle, 1999-2000
The story of a Lower East Side lowlife who makes a bet for $1,000, which he promptly loses. After getting kicked out of the apartment of his girlfriend, he finds himself going home with cheap barflies, robbing East Village stores and pathetically pretending he is gay just to have a place to sleep.
Anything Boys Can Do, 1997; Re-release in DVD, 2009
First place award in the Mixed Messages Festival and a third place award in the Reeling Festival, as well as having been screened in over 50 festivals worldwide.
A documentary film about Lower East Side underground bands, featuring bands such as Tribe 8, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black and Vitapup. This feature-length film zigzags between live performances and interviews,sketching the role of gender within the confines of a supposedly egalitarian alternative music scene.
Amaurosis, 1993
Finalist, New York Film Festival, 1993
A short drama about a lonely woman, Lillian, who is overcome by feelings of guilt and inferiority after acquiring a sexually transmitted disease. The film explores human behavior in, and in reaction to, a situation in which an individual is affected in a devastating fashion, through no fault of her own. Finalist in the New York Film Festival and screened in the Social Outcast Festival in Atlanta, Georgia.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Founder of the Antagonist Movement, Inc.
This is a consortium of artists, writers and musicians based in the East Village of New York City, which promotes art, music and writing and creates a venue for underground artists to reach a wider audience. Recent group shows have included This is Berlin, Not New York, Berlin, Germany, October 2007, and Behold the Antagonist Art Movement, Providence, Rhode Island, May-June 2008.
Director of the Royal Fest, 1997-1999
A festival of films, bands and zines, centered in the heart of the Lower East Side of New York.
Creator and Editor-in Chief, Psycho Moto Zine, 1988-2008
A self-published zine featuring original artwork and articles by diverse individuals. Zine was exhibited during the Alternative Youth Exhibit at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City.
Writer
Co-author of the screenplay, The Stick-Up Artist, which was recognized as one of the top six entrants in the Slamdance Scriptwriting Competition and received a Merit of Excellence award. Author of script, Killing the Messenger, 2009, which is a semi-finalist, 2009, Screenplay Festival. Currently working on two memoirs, one based in Washington, DC and the other based in New York.
