JANIS CRYSTAL LIPZIN / ARTIST

Taxonomical Interlude from Glorious Ravage

upcoming shows

"engaging and dense imagery, full of life, melancholy, and nostalgia".

That's what the Thomas Edison Film Festival called Some Mistakes I Have Made in awarding it Honorable Mention in the upcoming 41st 2022 TEFF . More details coming soon....

still frame from Some Mistakes I Have Made. 19 min. digital film

recent shows

The first public screening of my digital film Some Mistakes I Have Made was an in-theater screening DECEMBER 1, 2021 at the Pacific Film Archive in the program PERSISTS, RESISTS, EXISTS
in the series
New Time: the Future is Feminist
https://bampfa.org/event/persists-resists-exists
with 6 other short films which share a materialist approach to 21st century feminism.

On October 24, 2021 at the Pacific Film Archive Shut Out the Sun was screened in conjunction with the Berkeley Art Museum exhibition New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century

watch Shut Out the Sun

Shut Out the Sun

Micro-Celluloid Incidents in 4 Santas

more news
I’m excited to announce a new collaboration with the online film streaming service Kinoscope which aims to enhance the appreciation and understanding of film as an art form globally among diverse audiences. My digital film, Micro-Celluloid Incidents in 4 Santas,is now available for viewing on the Kinoscope platform in the Canyon Cinema Collection, which envisions a broad range of West Coast landscapes through varied methods.
http://bit.ly/ccf-kinoscope

note cards depicting images from my Improbable Hybrids and Botanical Exposures photo series are now available at Shapeshifters Cinema online store of artist-made goods in Oakland here:
shop.shapeshifterscinema.com/collections/hand-made-goods/products/note-cards-by-janis-crystal-lipzin

view video excerpts from a Sep 10 2020 live online panel discussion of my recent photo work