Richard Kerr - Curriculum Vitae
Chair, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Professor, Film ProductionConcordia University
1455, boul. de Maisonneuve ouest, FB-319
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 1M8
Phone (514) 848-2424 x. 4349
Fax (514) 848-4225
kerr@alcor.concordia.ca
EDUCATION
Sheridan College of Applied Arts & Technology, Media Arts Diploma, 1976-79
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Chair, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, 2004-2006
Associate Professor of Cinema, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, 1999 - present
Associate Professor of Film and Video Production, University of Regina, Department of Film and Video, 1986-1998
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
le bombardement le porte des perles (4 min, 35mm, 2004)
collage d’hollywood (8 min, 35mm, 2003)
i was a strong man until i left home… (27 min, digital video, 2000)
Pictures of Sound (20 min, digital video, 2000)
human tragedy on a grand scale (50 min, digital video, 1999)
never confuse movement with action… (the self-fictionalization of Patrick Hemingway) (50 min, digital video, 1998)
the willing voyeur… (77 min, 35mm Dolby SR, 1996)
McLuhan (60 min, video, 1993)
Plein Air (20 min, 16mm, 1991)
Plein Air Etude (5 min, 16mm, 1991)
The Machine in the Garden (20 min, 16mm, 1991)
Cruel Rhythm (40 min, 16mm, 1991)
The Last Days of Contrition (35 min, 16mm, 1988)
On Land over Water (Six Stories) (60 min, 16mm, 1984)
Canal (22 min, 16mm, 1982)
Luck is the Residue of Desire (20 min, 16mm, 1981)
Vesta Lunch (11 min, 16mm, 1978)
Hawkesville to Wallenstein (6 min, 16mm/35mm, 1976)
RETROSPECTIVES
The Films of Richard Kerr, Cinematheque quebecoise/Cinema Libre, Montreal, Quebec, 2000
Overlapping Entries, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, 1993
Overlapping Entries, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1993
Wasteland – Fotographie Biennale, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1992
SELECTED SCREENINGS
Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto, April 2004
Nemo Film Festival, Paris, France, March 2004
Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporaneo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, February 2004
Festival international nouveau cinema / nouveaux medias, Montreal, October 2003
two below zero: re/viewing saskatchewan film, Concordia University, Montreal, May 2003
Les Rendez-vous du cinema quebecois, Montreal, February 2002
Cinematheque Ontario, The Independents, Toronto, February 2001
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France, January 2000
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canadian Images, September 1999
the antechamber cinematheque, The (auto) Biography Projects, Regina, May 1999
Cinematheque Ontario, The Independents, Toronto, March 1999
Roma Film Festival, Rome, Italy, November 1996
Vancouver International Film Festival, October 1996
Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno Swisse, Official Canadian Selection, August 1996
Canadian Experimental Film Retrospective, Bologna, Italy, November 1995
BRAVO! Television Network, June 1995
Lantern, Vester Cinematheque, Rotterdam, Netherlands, November 1994
Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, November 1994
Virtual Cinema – Films on the Cutting Edge, John Spotten Theatre/NFB, January 1994
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, June 1993
Athens Film Festival, Athens, Ohio, May 1993
Media Arts 911 Centre, Solo Screening, Seattle, Washington, October 1992
San Francisco Cinematheque, Solo Screening, San Francisco, October 1992
Los Angeles Film Forum, Solo Screening, Los Angeles, October 1992
CineCycle, Solo Screening, Toronto, October 1992
Wasteland – Fotographie Biennale, Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 1992
Festival of Festivals, Perspective Canada Salutes the CFMDC, Toronto, September 1992
Anthology Film Archives, New York City, February 1992
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Solo Screening, Regina, Saskatchewan, January 1992
Innis Film Society, CineCycle, Solo Screening, Toronto, October 1991
Festival of Festivals, Perspective Canada, Toronto, September 1991
Zeeland Film Festival, Camera Natura, Netherlands, September 1991
Canada House, London, England, February 1990
Grierson Seminars, Toronto, November 1989
National Gallery, Washington, D.C., November 1989
Viper Film Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland, October 1989
Millennium Film Theatre, New York City, October 1989
Anthology Film Archives, New York City, October 1989
Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany, May 1989
International Experimental Film Congress, Toronto, May 1989
National Gallery of Canada, Avant-Garde Profiles, Ottawa, May 1988
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 1989
Art Gallery of Ontario, Spirit in the Landscape, Toronto, October 1989
Dunlop Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Regina, Saskatchewan, December 1988
Art Gallery of Ontario, Recent Work from the Canadian Avant-Garde, Toronto, November 1988
European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, Germany, October 1988
Festival of Festivals, Perspective Canada, Toronto, September 1988
National Gallery, Avant-Garde Profiles, Ottawa, July 1988
Northern Visions, Images 1988, Toronto, June 1988
Canadian Film Studies Association, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, May 1988
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1987
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 1987
Festival of Festivals, Perspective Canada, Toronto, September 1985
Festival of Festivals, Perspective Canada, Toronto, September 1984
Grierson Seminars, Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 1981
Canadian Images, Peterborough, Ontario, 1981
Ann Arbor Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980
Festival of Festivals, Culture Under Pressure, Toronto, 1980
AWARDS
Saskatchewan Film and Video Showcase, Best Sound, the willing voyeur…, 1996
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Best Experimental Film, Cruel Rhythm, 1993
Saskatchewan Film and Video Showcase, Best Overall Production, Best Experimental Production, Best Soundtrack, Cruel Rhythm, 1992
Athens Film & Video Festival, Award Winner, The Last Days of Contrition, 1990
Santa Fe Film Expo, Award Winner, The Last Days of Contrition, 1990
San Francisco International Film Festival, Best of New Visions Category, The Last Days of Contrition, 1989
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Golden Sheaf Award – Best Experimental Film, The Last Days of Contrition, 1989
Saskatchewan Film and Video Showcase, Best Experimental Production, The Last Days of Contrition, 1988
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Golden Sheaf Award - Best Experimental Film, On Land over Water (Six Stories), 1986
Academy of Canadian Cinema, Canadian Short Film Showcase, 1983
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1982
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980
GRANTS AND AWARDS EQUITY FUNDING
CASA Grant, Concordia University, Research Funding, 2003
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Installation Project Grant, Industrie/Industry: Oeuvres récentes de Richard Kerr / Recent works by Richard Kerr (formerly titled collage d’hollywood: the installation), 2002
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec, Film Production Grant, collage d’hollywood, 2001
Canada Council, Film Production Grant, Anxiety 1.0, 2001
FRDP Grant, Concordia University, Research Funding, 2000
CASA Grant, Concordia University, Projection Completion, 1999
Canada Council, Travel Grant, Visual Arts, December 1998
Saskatchewan Arts Board, A-Grant, Media Arts, never confuse movement with action, May 1997
Canada Council, Film Production Grant, never confuse movement with action, March 1997
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Visual Arts Grant, January 1996
Cultural Industry Development Fund, Matching Grant, the willing voyeur, November 1994
SaskFilm and Video Development, Equity Funding, the willing voyeur, May 1993
National Film Board of Canada, Prairie Centre, Equity Funding, the willing voyeur, April 1993
Canada-Saskatchewan Partnership Agreement on Culture for Professional Development Grant, the willing voyeur, April 1993
Canada Council, Film Production Grant, the willing voyeur, July 1992
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Production Grant, the willing voyeur, April 1992
Saskatchewan Film Development Project, Equity Funding, the willing voyeur, April 1992
Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Film Production Grant, the willing voyeur, January 1992
Canada Council, Film Production Grant, Cruel Rhythm, January 1992
National Film Board of Canada, P.A.F.P.S., Film Completion Assistance, Cruel Rhythm, 1991
National Film Board of Canada, Prairie Centre, Project Development, the willing voyeur, May 1991
SaskFilm and Video Development, Script Development, Phase I, the willing voyeur, June 1990
Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Film Completion Grant, Plein Air, November 1989
Canada Council, Film Production Grant, Cruel Rhythm, June 1989
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Production Grant, The Last Days of Contrition, April 1989
FUND (Foundation to Underwrite New Drama), First Choice, Canada Communication Corporation, Script Completion Grant, After the Long Silence, feature film based on the mystery of Tom Thomson, May 1988
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Completion Grant, The Last Days of Contrition, 1987
National Film Board of Canada, P.A.F.P.S., Film Completion Assistance, The Last Days of Contrition, 1987
Canada Council, Film Production Grant, The Last Days of Contrition, 1986
Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Grant, The Last Days of Contrition, April 1986
Academy of Canadian Cinema, Short Film Showcase, Hawkesville to Wallenstein, 1983
Canada Council, Film Production Grant, On Land over Water (Six Stories), 1982
Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Grant, Canal, 1981
Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Grant, Luck is the Residue of Desire, 1980
VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS/COMMISSIONS
Industrie/Industry: Oeuvres récentes de Richard Kerr / Recent works by Richard Kerr , an exhibition of new works, Cinematheque quebecoise, Salle Norman-McLaren, Montreal, curated by Brett Kashmere, November 2004-January 2005
WIDE, Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto, Ontario, 2001
Mendel Open, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, curated by Jeffery Spalding, 2001
Fine Arts Faculty Show, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, January 2000
Changing Times: University of Regina Fine Arts Faculty Show, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, curated by Timothy Long, February 2000
Squareheads, group show, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto, Ontario, January 1999
The After Motion Picture Series, solo exhibition, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, curated by Leanne Martin, August-November 1998
Patterned After, group show, Triangle Gallery of Visual Art, Calgary, Alberta, curated by Jeffery Spalding, July-August, 1997
Shockproof, group show, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, curated by Reginald Hamilton, May 1997
Franco Conquers the Film World, light box, City of Regina, Art Commission, on permanent display at Lawson Sports Complex, Regina, Saskatchewan, January 1997
Overlapping Entries, mixed media installation accompanying film retrospective, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, March–May 1993
Still Life, video installation for Regina Work Project: Shifting Territory, Neutral Ground Art Gallery, Regina Saskatchewan, curated by Tom Sherman, May 1991
COLLECTIONS (includes Film, Video and Visual Art)
La Cinematheque quebecoise, Montreal, Quebec
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Telefilm Canada, Montreal, Quebec
Concordia University, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Montreal, Quebec
Carleton University, School of Art and Culture, Ottawa, Ontario
McLuhan Centre of Art, Toronto, Ontario
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Toronto, Ontario
Kino Arsenal Film Archives, Berlin, Germany
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
National Film, Television and Sound Archives, Ottawa, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Canada Council Permanent Archives, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina, Saskatchewan
CURATORIAL WORK
Recent Independent Cinema in Quebec, Quebec/Ontario: New Forms/New Works, A Biennial of Artistic Exchange, Ryerson University, Toronto, 2002
foureightysix film festival, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1998
Masters of the Avant-Garde Cinema, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1991
Spirit in the Landscape, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1989; international tour, U.S.A. and Brazil
Cinema Western Canada, Alliance of Independent Film and Video Associations, Annual General Meeting, Spring 1989
Hidden Cinema (Western Tour), Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Co-curator, Spring 1989
Images of Expatriate Artists, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, 1987
Practices in Isolation: Canadian Avant-Garde Cinema, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1986
Image-Making: Messages and Meanings, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1984
Personal Styles: Transitions and Influences, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1983
Cinema Art: Survey of Non-Traditional Cinema, Centennial Art Gallery, Oakville, Ontario, 1983
Survey of Canadian Cinema, Rodman Art Gallery, St. Catherines, Ontario, 1982
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Images, Flesh and Thought: The Work of R. Bruce Elder, Symposium, Ryerson School of Image Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Panelist, February 1999
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Visiting Lecturer, March 1998
Arts of the Americas, University of New Mexico, College of Fine Arts, Visiting Artist, July 1997
Canadian Avant-Garde and America, Syracuse University of Art and Design, Syracuse, NY, Visiting Artist, November 1992
German Solo Tour, Berlin/Dusseldorf/Frieburg/Augsburg/Hanover, sponsored by Canadian External Affairs, May 1990
The Canadian Avant-Garde Looks at America, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 1990
Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Music Video Panelist, October 1989
The Canadian Avant-Garde Looks at America, Faculty Colloquium, Concordia University, Communication Studies, Montreal, Quebec, March 1989
Camera in the Video Ear, Winnipeg Film Group, Artspace, Winnipeg, Manitoba, December 1988
Idea to Screen – Process and Practice, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, November 1988
Production in Canadian University Film Programs, Canadian Film Studies Association, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Panelist, May 1988
Music Video: Directions and Trends, Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Moderator, 1987
ARTICLES, REVEIWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Ball, Denise. “Ideas not Ideologies.” NeWest Review (August/September 1989): 31-33.
Douglas, Dave. “Richard Kerr.” Biographical Entry. Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada. Ed. Peter Harry Rist. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. 110-111.
Elder, R. Bruce. “Living Fictions: Richard Kerr’s On Land over Water.” C Magazine (August 1985): 79-84.
_____. “Richard Kerr.” Biographical Entry. The 1999 Canadian Encyclopedia World Edition. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999.
Falsetto, Mario. “Recent Films from Canada,” in International Experimental Film Congress. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1989. 68-70.
Folland, Tom. “Digital Abstraction.” Squareheads. Exhibition catalogue. Toronto: YYZ Artists’ Outlet, 1997. 5-9.
Glassman, Marc. “Richard Kerr’s Last Days of Contrition.” Cinema Canada (October 1988): 44.
Hoolboom, Michael. “Richard Kerr: The Last Days of Living.” Interview. Inside the Pleasure Dome: Fringe Film in Canada. Toronto: Gutter Press, 1997. 156-169.
_____. “Why the Film You’re Making Won’t Be Seen in Canada: Case Study #2 - Wolf Man in Emerald City.” Independent Eye (Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre) 12, no. 2 (June 1991): 59-60.
Kashmere, Brett. “Richard Kerr: le grand inventaire.” La Revue
de la Cinémathèque 79 (Sept-Oct-Nov-Déc
2004): 14. Published by the Cinémathèque québécoise.
Kashmere, Brett, and Richard Kerr. “Collage d’Hollywood.” Protée 31, no. 2 (Automne 2003): 47-56.
Kerr, Richard. “The Making of the willing voyeur…” Take One (Fall 1996).
_____. Practices in Isolation: Canadian Avant-garde Cinema. Kitchener-Waterloo, ON: Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1986.
_____. “The spy who knew too much.” Landscape with Shipwreck: First Person Cinema and the Films of Phil Hoffman. Ed. Karyn Sandlos and Michael Hoolboom. Toronto: Images Festival of Independent Film and Video and Insomniac Press, 2001. 30-36.
Martin, Leanne. The After Motion Picture Series. Exhibition catalogue. Regina: Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1998.
Mendenhal, Marie. “Regina Filmmaker Has What It Takes.” NeWest Review 19, no. 2 (December 1993/January 1994): 12-14.
_____. “Local Control.” Reel West 8, no. 4 (October/November 1993): 18-20.
Pepper, Gordon. “The After Motion Picture Series.” Splice (Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative) (Fall 1998): 6-9.
“Richard Kerr.” Biographical Entry. Take One’s Guide to Canadian Cinema. Ed. Wyndham Wise. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. 115.
Testa, Bart. “Hawkesville to Wallenstein and The Last Days of Contrition.” Recent Work from the Canadian Avant-Garde. Ed. Catherine Jonasson and Jim Shedden. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1988. 15-17.
_____. Richard Kerr: Overlapping Entries. Monograph. Regina: Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1991.
_____. “Richard Kerr’s Recuperation: After Motion Pictures and Les Collages de Hollywood.” Prefix Photo 4 (2001).
Wise, Wyndham. “Six to Watch.” Take One 3 (Fall 1993): 32-37.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Les Rendez-vous du cinema quebecoise, Art and Experimentation Awards Jury, February 2002
Canada Council, Millennium Arts Fund, Juror, June 1999
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Advisory Board Member, 1997-2000
Canada Council, Co-op Assessment Juror, March 1996
Canada Council, Film Production Jury, July 1995
Saskatchewan Motion Picture Association, Board Member, November 1992
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Acquisition Consultant, July 1992
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Production Juror, May 1992
Canada Council, Explorations Jury, Edmonton, Alberta, June 1991
Canada Council, Film Production Juror, October 1990
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan, Jury Member, March 1990
Canada Council, Explorations Jury, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, March 1990
Arts Strategy Task Force, Government of Saskatchewan Appointment, November 1989-1990
Canada Council, Film Production Juror, February 1989
Plains Canada Conference, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina, Coordinator, Fall 1989
Neutral Ground Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Board Member, 1989
Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Board of Directors, Executive & Finance Committees, 1987-1990
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Toronto, Board of Directors, 1984-1988
Art Gallery of Ontario, Artists with their Work, 1983-1990
Brakhage/Elder Lectures, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Coordinator, 1988
Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Juror, January 1988
Juno Awards, Music Video Juror, 1987
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Saskatchewan, Pre-Selector, 1987
Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Juror, 1985
Toronto Super 8 Festival, Juror, 1985