New York Minute
This work continues Lynn Bianchi’s relationship with New York City and its inhabitants - her home and inspiration since 1968. New York Minute was developed and created during lockdown - the year of loneliness and isolation - yet Lynn never felt lonely because the city was right outside her window - still alive and forever hopeful. A love letter to New York, this work is an abstraction of one day in the city - from dawn till dusk - moments that last a minute, or maybe a lifetime.
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Lynn BianchiDirector
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Lynn BianchiCinematography
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Yana BirykovaEditing
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Sweet MeggMusic
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Hannah GillMusic
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Project Type:Experimental, Short
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Runtime:4 minutes 37 seconds
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Completion Date:March 6, 2021
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Production Budget:7,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Digital Cinema Package:Unavailable
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Amsterdam World International Film FestivalAmsterdam
Netherlands
April 5, 2021
European Premiere
Best Cinematography -
Falcon International Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
April 30, 2021
UK Premiere
Best Experimental -
New York Independent Cinema AwardsNew York
United States
April 20, 2021
North American Premiere -
London International Short Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
May 6, 2021 -
Manhattan Rep's STORIES Film FestivalNew York, NY
United States
May 1, 2021 -
Niagara Canada International Film FestivalNiagara Falls, Ontario
Canada
May 22, 2021
Canadian Premiere -
Best Director AwardLondon
United Kingdom
April 30, 2021 -
Florence Film AwardsFlorence
Italy
May 5, 2021
Best Picture -
New York International Film Awards™ - NYIFANew York, New York
United States
May 6, 2021
Best Experimental Film -
New York International Reel Film FestivalNew York City
United States
May 7, 2021 -
New York Film AwardsNew York, New York
United States
May 9, 2021
Best Picture -
San Diego Movie AwardsSan Diego, California
United States
June 18, 2021
Award of Prestige: Best Experimental -
Pittsburgh Independent Film FestivalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States
June 25, 2021 -
Toronto Film Magazine FestToronto
Canada
June 10, 2021
Winner: Best Experimental -
Montreal Independent Film FestivalMontreal
Canada
June 13, 2021
Official Selection -
RAGFF VeneziaVenice
Italy
June 14, 2021
Official Selection -
Last Shot Film FestivalNew York
United States
June 15, 2021 -
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (SFFFF)San Francisco, CA
United States
July 14, 2021 -
FLICKFAIRLos Angeles, CA
United States
July 1, 2021
Award: Best Experimental -
International Independent Film AwardsEncino, CA
United States
July 8, 2021
Gold Winner -
Calgary Independent Film FestivalCalgary
Canada
July 10, 2021 -
New Wave Short Film FestivalMunich
Germany
July 2, 2021
Award Winner: Best Experimental -
New York City IO Film FestivalBrooklyn, New York
United States
November 7, 2021
Official Selection -
BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video FestivalBilbao
Spain
October 3, 2021 -
2021 ARFF Amsterdam // International Awards 2021Amsterdam
Netherlands
September 24, 2021 -
Chicago Indie Film AwardsChicago
United States
August 4, 2021 -
New Faces New VoicesNew York, NY
United States
September 17, 2021 -
Lund International Architecture Film Festival 2021Lund
Sweden
October 15, 2021 -
New York Shorts International Film FestivalNew York, NY
United States
October 29, 2021 -
Syracuse International Film FestivalSyracuse, NY
United States
October 20, 2021 -
YoFiFest, The Yonkers Film FestivalYonkers, NY
United States
November 5, 2021 -
Motion Pictures International Film FestivalAbuja
Nigeria
November 17, 2021 -
MalatestaShort Film FestivalCesena
Italy
November 12, 2021 -
Hudson NY ShortsHudson, NY
United States
November 5, 2021 -
RAGFF New York CityNew York, NY
United States
November 9, 2021
Lynn Bianchi is a fine art photographer and multimedia artist who has shown her work in over thirty solo exhibitions and in museums worldwide.
Bianchi’s photographic work has been shown at Brooklyn Museum, Yale Art Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto among others. Servitude I from the Heavy In White series was added to the collection of Walker Art Center in 2019. The work is also reproduced in the Walker’s catalogue The Expressionist Figure among such artists as Edgar Degas, Willem de Kooning, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso, etc.
Bianchi’s art has been featured in over forty publications, including The Huffington Post, Juxtapoz Magazine, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Vogue Italia, AnOther Magazine, Phot’Art International, and GEO. Lynn’s work resides in numerous private collections across the globe, including Manfred Heiting’s and Edward Norton’s, as well as in museum collections including Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, Biblioteque Nationale de France in Paris, Musée Ken Damy in Brescia, Italy and 21c Museum in Louisville, Kentucky among others. She has recently exhibited in New York City at The Untitled Space, The Armory Show and BitBazel Miami NFT salon at Salomon Arts Gallery among others.
In 2011 Lynn began working in the video field and has to date produced about 30 multimedia works. Her most recent projects are frequent winners of Best Experimental Awards and have been shown at various festivals all over the world, including New York Shorts International Film Festival, Odense International Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Berlin Shorts Award, Moscow Shorts, Lund Architecture Film Festival, Budapest International Foto Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards, New Earth International Film Festival in Poland, Toronto Film Magazine Festival among others. Most recently, Bianchi’s video work New York Minute participated in over 20 different film festivals around the world and was shown to the public at Cinema Village and Alamo Drafthouse in New York City among others.
Lynn’s latest works are suspended between Henri Cartier-Bresson’s idea that to photograph is to hold one’s breath with all faculties converged in an effort to capture fleeting reality, and the belief that flowing processes that transcend reality cannot be entirely captured by static images. By capturing the natural world Bianchi illustrates our human emotions and motivations. The perpetual movements of the ocean or the endless variations of a skyscape reflect our own shifting internal gestures. The artist looks for the precise moment when mastering a static or moving image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
Bombarded by the constant flux of information injected into our lives by technology, we are losing our ability to contemplate. But can technology be turned upon itself and help us feel in a deep, spiritual way? To investigate this, I turned to mixed media. In my work, I master a composite moving image to allow for the grandeur and magic of The Everyday to unfold. I see my video work as an extension of the still image. This combination of moving and still images expresses our shifting internal gestures – where the Eternal is reconciled with the Quotidian.