Mixed Messages is an annual graduate student showcase presented by Media Studies and Film at The New School. Selected by a panel of distinguished jurors, the winning works represent the year's best in film, video, audio, and multimedia at The New School.
Previous works have won Student Academy Awards and have been screened at the Berlin Film Festival, the Whitney Museum of Art, Sundance Film Festival, and many others.
Past Winners: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
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ZE FRANK
Ze Frank is a digital-era multiplatform Performer—a blogger, vlogger, humorist, stand-up philosopher, composer, and artist. Since his wildly popular 2001 viral video "How to Dance Properly," Ze has built an enthusiastic following through a host of popular creative projects, many posted on his personal website, including interactive group projects, short films, animations, and video games. He won the 2002 Webby Award for Best Personal Website and in 2005 was featured in Time magazine's "50 Coolest Websites.” Ze debuted onstage at the Gel conference in 2003 and presented at the TED Conferences in 2004 and 2005. He has taught at ITP/NYU, Parsons The New School for Design, and SUNY Purchase. Discussing his own work in the digital medium and the potential of platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, Ze comments, "For me, experimentation is not about the technology. In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today’s platforms are not tomorrow’s platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these spaces can use a dose of humanity and art and culture.”
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