About
Perimeter Media + Culture Projects is a New York City-based organization that presents film and video festivals, arts events, and cultural exchanges.
History
Perimeter Media + Culture Projects is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded in 1998 in New York City with a mission to present independent media arts and cultural programs that encourage dialogue and exchange across geographic, cultural and social boundaries. Perimeter supports and exhibits international independent film, video, and multi-media artists (with an emphasis on short works by contemporary artists and producers) and creates opportunities for dialogue and interaction between artists, cultural producers, and the public.
By collaborating with cultural institutes, college and universities, and other cultural and media arts organizations and producers, Perimeter has successfully presented several projects that have an international focus. Perimeter's projects have included the New York Animation Festival, the Outer Limits Film and Video Series, the MOOV media arts festival, international cultural exchanges, and youth workshops.
Perimeter's projects have presented the work of more than 700 film, video, media and performance artists from more than 30 countries, including: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, and Yugoslavia. More than 10,000 members of the public have attended Perimeter's festivals, screenings, exhibitions, and satellite programs.
People
Perimeter Media + Culture Projects was founded by Matt Isaac, a New York-based curator, programmer, and writer. Rachel Melman and Carrie Dashow, who organized Video Lounge, co-founded Perimeter's Outer Limits Film and Video Series and MOOV media arts festival.
Partners
Perimeter has collaborated with other cultural organizations, festivals, and universities, including Anthology Film Archives, Art In General, Artists Space, Danish Film Institute, Cinema Tropical, Fantoche International Animation Festival, Knitting Factory, Film Kontakt Nord, Makor, Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, Mexican Film Institute, Millennium Film Workshop, New School University, Ocularis, School of Visual Arts, Thundergulch, and Women in Animation.
Supporters
Perimeter's projects have received grants, funding, sponsorship, and in-kind support from the following foundations, corporations, public funding agencies, and cultural institutes: New York State Council on the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, American-Scandinavian Foundation, AtomFilms, Australian Consulate (New York), British Council, Canadian Consulate General (New York), Connecting Point Multimedia, Consulate General of Denmark (New York), Consulate General of Israel (New York), Consulate General of the Netherlands (New York), Experimental Television Center, Film Roman / Level13.net, Hollywood East Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Manhattan Community Arts Fund, Mitsui Fudosan, New York Press, Oxygen Media, Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council, Quebec Government House, Quebec-New York 2001, School of Visual Arts, Showtime Networks, Sunbow Entertainment, Toon Boom Technologies, Village Voice, and 1251 Avenue of the Americas / Rockefeller Center.