SPACE TIMES SQUARE (2008, remastered in 2021)
INTERNATIONAL AWARD
2010 John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology.
• Awarded by the Media Ecology Association at their 2010 Annual Convention at the University of Maine. Space Times Square received the feature screening at the convention.
• Though this project was begun before the founding of the Center, the film features the work of two Center members (Olivia Antsis and Barry Vacker) and has received international recognition since the founding in 2011, including formal screenings in Brussels (2011) and Leon, Mexico (2019). The film was remastered in 2021.
This 24-minute film is a mind-bending tour of Times Square and the existential and cosmic meanings of our global media environments. imdb
Writer/Director: Barry Vacker
Producers: Jo Ann Caplin, Senior Fellow, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Olivia Antsis, Director, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival. Producer of Chinese version: Xiaolin Yu.
Original Music Score: Brett Sroka, composer/musician.
Narration: Jamie Lee
"Space Times Square" (2021 remastered version; 25 minutes) from The Center for Media and Destiny on Vimeo.
FESTIVALS • EXHIBITIONS • STILLS
2019 Festival of International Contemporary, Leon Mexico.
2011 McLuhan's Philosophy of Media Centennial Conference, Brussels.
• photo of Barry introducing the film.
2009 International Conference of the Institute of General Semantics, Fordham Univ. NYC.
2009 First Person Arts Salon, Univ. of the Arts, Philadelphia Arts Bank.
• photo from the after-party (Gail, Barry, and Leigh Ann, the best margarita maker in Philly)
2009 Monkey Town Art and Video Performance Space, NYC.
• photo of the film production team (L-R: Gail Bower, Olivia Antsis, Barry Vacker, Jamie Lee) at Monkeytown.
• the film was projected on four screens at once, in a cube-style theater.
2009 Tulsa Living Arts, New Genre Festival XVI, Circle Cinema, Tulsa.
2008 Radar Hamburg International Independent Film Festival, Hamburg, Vicious Art Gallery.
2008 Student Film Festival, Professional Exhibition, Communication Univ. of China, Beijing.
• photos from two jam-packed screenings: 1 | 2
2008 Cinema Du Reel Festival, Centre Pompidou, Videotheque, Paris.
2008 21st Dallas Video Festival, Angelika Film Center, Dallas.
2008 Third Annual Global Temple Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia.
2007 Int'l Digital Media Arts Annual Conference, Fuel Gallery, Philadelphia.
• exhibit: iDEAs 07: Beyond Boundaries; catalogue.
COMMENTS
Comments from artists, writers, academics, and students.
UNIVERSITY SCREENINGS
2010 TUTV, Temple University cable channel (Comcast). Fall; telecast numerous times.
2010 The Maine Channel, The University of Maine cable channel, Summer
2009 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Jarice Hanson’s graduate media theory course, Fall 2009.
2009 Ursinus College, Kelly Mendoza’s “Media and Society” course.
2008 Cabrini College, Radnor, PA, Kevon Glickman’s music and media class, Spring 2008.
ONLINE VIEWING
Film has been viewed or downloaded over 6000 times via Google, Youtube, Bit Torrents, etc.