{"id":11969,"date":"2021-10-27T18:13:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T22:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=11969"},"modified":"2021-10-27T18:13:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T22:13:20","slug":"ben-balcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/ben-balcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Balcom"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5578\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11969-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/BenBalcom.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/BenBalcom.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/BenBalcom.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benbalcom.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11974 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balcom-headshot.jpg?resize=300%2C273&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balcom-headshot.jpg?resize=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balcom-headshot.jpg?resize=461%2C420&amp;ssl=1 461w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balcom-headshot.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ben Balcom<\/a> (b. 1986, Massachusetts) is a filmmaker currently living and working in Milwaukee, WI. He is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin\u2014Milwaukee and is the co-founder and co-programmer of Microlights Cinema. Since 2013, Microlights has hosted over 50 film and video artists from around the world. Combining elements of documentary, fictional narrative, and abstraction, Balcom\u2019s films investigate the relationship between cinematic artifice and ordinary affects. He has explored melodrama, essay film, and, most recently, regional histories.<\/div>\n<div>His films have been exhibited at venues and festivals such as the European Media Festival, Media City Film Festival, Anti-Matter Media Arts, Alchemy Film, Ann Arbor Film Festival and Slamdance. Balcom received his MFA in Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and his bachelor\u2019s degree in Film-Video Production from Hampshire College.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The books I mentioned in the interview are <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_trilogy\">Kim Stanley Robinson&#8217;s Mars Trilogy<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavepoetry.com\/products\/sho\">Douglas Kearney&#8217;s Sho<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/306319387?h=9a76cc4f50\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/306319387\">Garden City Beautiful<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/benbalcom\">Ben Balcom<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/403121580?h=7bcf33fc09\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/403121580\">News From Nowhere<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/benbalcom\">Ben Balcom<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/BenBalcom.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listBen Balcom (b. 1986, Massachusetts) is a filmmaker currently living and working in Milwaukee, WI. He is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin\u2014Milwaukee and is the co-founder and co-programmer of Microlights Cinema. 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