An exclusive tour and interview with the curators of the 2008 Whitney Biennial for the New York Times Style Magazine. Recently, I completed a series of videos
for the New York Times / T Magazine about Art Basel Miami Beach (below and nominated for a Webby), including an impressionistic overview of the art fair and a house tour with Miami-based collector Rosa de la Cruz.
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mail@mattwolf.info
I'm a filmmaker based in New York specializing in documentaries about contemporary art and culture. This website features a selection of my work. I make feature films, web documentaries, promotional and industrial videos, public service announcements, comprehensive podcast programs, and site-specific video programs for numerous clients.
Current and recent clients include:
The New York Times / T Magazine, Creative Time, Friends of the High Line, New Museum, Brooklyn Museum, The British Film Institute, and others.
To view selected work samples, please click on the preview images to the left or launch the video player. Please download Quicktime to view video clips. References and further work samples are available upon request.
I directed and produced a feature-length documentary about the avant-garde cellist and disco producer Arthur Russell, who died in the early 1990s. The film
recently premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and is being screened internationally. A teaser for the film can be viewed here and extensive press and distribution updates
are posted at: www.arthurrussellmovie.com.
I have produced and edited a series of video projects for Friends of the
High Line, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and
reuse of the High Line: a 1.5 mile, elevated railway that runs along
the West Side of Manhattan. In addition to promotional videos, including a public service announcement that appeared in New York City taxi cabs, I produced an
immersive installation on the video wall at the Frank Ghery-designed IAC building for the organization's annual gala. Above is the promotional video and below are stills of the IAC video wall.
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I was the inaugural Leonhardt Cassulo Video Fellow at Creative Time, an innovative public arts organization in New York. For two years, I produced, shot, and edited over 20 short documentaries about Creative Time's projects, including an outdoor staging of Waiting for Godot by artist Paul Chan in New Orlean's Ninth Ward.
I developed an innovative podcast platform for these videos, some of which also screened at the IFC Center, Whitney Museum of Art, on Channel 4, and on Creative Time's website. An archive of these podcasts can be downloaded and viewed in iTunes or on Creative Time's website. Above is the video about Paul Chan's Waiting for Godot Project.