The Pigeon Game

Screening at Anthology Film Archives on June 28th

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:08:12 +0000

The 20-minute version of the Pigeon Game will be screening on Tuesday, June 28^th at the Anthology Film Archives in the East Village. The film will be part of a program of shorts called NEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION: WHERE LESS IS MORE.

In January 2010, Anthology began hosting monthly screenings organized by New York Women in Film and Television. These screenings include works by NYWIFT members as well as from women filmmakers around the world. Films included in the series must be directed, co-directed, produced, written, edited, or shot by women. Whenever possible, the filmmakers are present for a Q&A following the screening, as well as an after-party with cash bar and complimentary food.

Details about the films in the program can be found here.

June 28^th, 7:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
New York, NY 10003 USA

The Pigeon Game used in art work in Singapore

admin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:39:14 +0000

Artist Lynn Lu recently used audio from “The Pigeon Game” in an installation/performance piece titled “Ultima Thule.” The work was created for “A Crossroads” exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Singapore in March 2011. Lynn built a dovecote full of speakers playing different sounds, including the cooing and wings sounds of the pigeons from the film and Benedetto Vieni’s meditation on pigeon racing being about “the love of home.”

photo by Geraldine Chan

More about this project and the artist can be found here.

The Tenement Museum Screening

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:10:49 +0000

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Tenement Museum! We had a great night with Colin Jerolmack giving the history of pigeon sports in New York City, Marty McGuinniss talking about being a pigeon racer today and showing three of his beautiful birds and then the premiere of the latest cut of the Pigeon Game! Many thanks to Amanda Lydon and all of the Tenement Museum staff as well as Steve Zeitlin from City Lore who co-sponsored the event. It was so fantastic to have such a large, engaged audience!

photo by Matthew Connors

standing room only at the Tenement Museum

photo by Matthew Connors

pigeon Racer Marty McGuinniss & director Annie Heringer

photo by Matthew Connors

historian Colin Jerolmack on urban pigeon racing

photo by Matthew Connors

Marty and his silver hen

photo by Matthew Connors

editor Siobhan Dunne with two stars of the Pigeon Game, Marty McGuinniss and Joe Musto

photo by Adam Williams

If you missed the event you can listen to a recording of the spoken parts of the evening on the Tenement Museum’s website here.

The Pigeon Game to screen at The Tenement Museum 09/01/10

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:05:23 +0000

The Pigeon Game will be screening a new, twenty-minute cut as a work-in-progress at the Tenement Museum on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010. The screening will be part of the museum’s “Tenement Talks” series and will also feature two speakers -Colin Jerolmack, assistant professor of sociology and environmental studies at NYU who will talk about the history of pigeon sports in NYC, and Martin McGuinniss, a Bronx native and veteran pigeon racer who’s taken first prize in many of the area’s most competitive races will talk about racing today.

The event is free, but you do need to make a reservation to attend: events@tenement.org

Wednesday, September 1 at 6:30 pm
The Pigeon Game: A Documentary Work-in-Progress
Co-Sponsored by City Lore

Tenement Museum Shop, 108 Orchard Street (Delancey)
F to Delancey; B/D to Grand; J/M/Z to Essex
212-982-8420; events@tenement.org
Free

Mary Timony to make music for The Pigeon Game

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:16:00 +0000

Musician Mary Timony (Wild Flag, Helium, Soft Power) has agreed to create the soundtrack for The Pigeon Game! In addition to continuing to play in rock bands, Mary has been making music for films and TV. Check out her work at her website here:

The Pigeon Game Successfully Ends Kickstarter Campaign!

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:15:21 +0000

THANK YOU! With an unbelievable flood of support in the last week of the campaign, we pulled through -meeting our $10,000 fund-raising goal in the nick of time! A huge thank you to all of you that donated -and please be patient, I am working on getting your rewards to you as soon as possible!

If you missed the campaign and still want to make a contribution towards the project, you can do it at our fiscal sponsor’s site here:

http://www.artsengine.net/fs/current_projects/P66/

All donations through Arts Engine are tax-deductible! If you prefer to write a check, make it payable to Arts Engine, Inc. and send it to:

Art Engine, Inc.
104 West 14th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10011

Please be sure to include the title of the film on your check or money order.

Arts Engine, Inc is a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the State of New York.

The Pigeon Game launches Kickstarter Campaign

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:22:08 +0000

The Pigeon Game needs your help! In order to create a 20 minute cut of the film to be included in a screening in the Tenement Museum’s “Tenement Talks” on Tuesday, August 26th, we need more funding. Please visit the film’s project page on the Kickstarter website and make a donation.

You can donate at any level and many of the film’s projects and supporters have donated really interesting, fun rewards to thank you for your help. Everything counts!

Finalist in the Roy W. Dean New York City Video Grant

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:19:19 +0000

The Pigeon Game is a finalist for the Roy W. Dean NYC Video Grant. A complete list of the finalists can be seen here.

Finalist in the Paley Center for Media’s DocFest 09 Pitch Workshop

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:38:22 +0000

Heringer (fourth from left) at the Paley Center

For more information about the event and the films, please visit the Paley Center website here.

Arts Engine becomes fiscal sponsor

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:28:15 +0000

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