Season 3 October 20-30th 2011

Christopher Allen

UnionDocs artistic director  |  United States
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Christopher Allen has worked as a director, creative entrepreneur, and new media artist after graduating from Columbia University and studying at Trinity College Dublin. He directed the interactive documentary Capitol of Punk, part of a 2007 exhibition at the MoMA NYC, and is the founder/director of UnionDocs. Christopher was also a founding-partner of the start-up Counts Media, and played a leading role in the invention and execution of many art & entertainment concepts there, such as Yellow Arrow, a place-based storytelling project exhibited online and in galleries and museums internationally.

Christopher Allen will participate in:
« Featuring Disaster—How We Picture Catastrophes », screening and discussion, Friday, October 28th, NYU Cantor Film Center (theater 101).
« Hunter VS. Hunted: A Philosopher Discusses Short Media Pieces », screening and discussion, Tuesday, February 1st, UnionDocs.
« Get what you want: An artist and an ethicist discuss manipulation and desire », screening and discussion, Monday, April 18th, UnionDocs.

“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”  Isaac Newton