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Long Review in Cineaste Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Creative Quarantine Interview<\/a>,\u00a0 Esthetic Lens<\/em><\/p>\n

Cine-file<\/em> review,<\/a>\u00a02021 Oberhausen retrospective<\/p>\n

Today in the Culture<\/a>, New City,<\/em>\u00a02021 Oberhausen retrospective<\/p>\n

Artadia Awardee Spotlight: A Dialogue with Melika Bass<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Melika Bass named one of 2018 Filmmaker Magazine’s<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Melika Bass\u00a0named one of New City Chicago’s<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>FILM 50: SCREEN GEMS 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

Creature Companion<\/em><\/a>\u00a0garners Special Mention of the 2018 International Jury, Oberhausen Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviews for The Latest Sun is Sinking Fast project –<\/em> short films & installations<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

“Secret stories of faith and fear . . . a truly enveloping media experience . . . a sensory haunting.” –\u00a0The Chicagoist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

2015 Fall Film Preview –New City<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“One of the most exciting film events happening in Chicago . . . Beautiful, yet vaguely terrifying.” –Time Out Chicago<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“By super-imposing image, sound, and story, Bass spawns sensory pleasures which guide viewers around the mesmeric space.” –Gapers Block<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

#1 Weekend Pick\u00a0 –Bad at Sports: Contemporary Art<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“Time to catch the thriving local experimental-video-art scene”\u00a0 \u00a0–Chicago Reader<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“Film 50 Follow: Melika Bass in the Modern World”\u00a0 \u00a0–New City<\/a><\/p>\n

“A remarkable group exhibition . . . A rich viewing experience and also a rare one. Bass’s short film focuses unwaveringly . . . intimately projected . . . A fragmentary character study, intense, repetitive and unguarded.”
\n-Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“A show about invisible forces in the world. One of the best art gallery shows in Chicago right now.” –Chicago Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“The space is gorgeous, the art solid, challenging, yet accessible. This is a wonderfully odd, powerful, thoughtful show.” –Huffington Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Interviews<\/h4>\n

Filmmaker Interview<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 -Michael Smith, White City Cinema<\/em><\/p>\n

Inner and Outer Landscapes: A Conversation with Melika Bass<\/a><\/em>
\n-Monica Westin, Bad at Sports: Contemporary Art Talk)<\/em><\/p>\n

Journey through the past (or something like it) with Melika Bass<\/em><\/a>
\n-Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader<\/em><\/p>\n

Melika Bass on Shoals and Waking Things\u00a0<\/em><\/a>
\n-Matt Fagerholm, Indie Outlook<\/em><\/p>\n

Conversation\u00a0<\/a>with\u00a0film critic Ben Sachs and filmmaker Lori Felker<\/p>\n

on\u00a0Claire Denis<\/a>‘s\u00a0The Intruder<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Bastards\u00a0 \u00a0 -Chicago Reader<\/em><\/p>\n

A\u00a0filmmaker interview<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Shoals<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 –White City Cinema<\/em><\/p>\n

A\u00a0filmmaker interview<\/a>\u00a0on Shoals<\/em> MCA exhibition –FNewsmagazine<\/em><\/p>\n

Best-of Lists<\/h4>\n

Film 50 2016: Chicago’s Screen Gems<\/a>\u00a0 – New City<\/em><\/p>\n

Best New Video Installation<\/a> –Chicago Reader<\/em><\/p>\n

“I was fortunate enough in 2014 to catch Melika Bass\u2019s quiet prairie art\/horror film\u00a0Shoals<\/em><\/a>\u00a0… Her latest film project\u00a0The Latest Sun is Sinking Fast<\/a><\/em>\u00a0was one of the most fascinating film experiences of the year, and I can\u2019t wait to see what Bass does next.”
\n-Jason Hoffman, Medium<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“No Imax 3D presentation could be as fully immersive as Chicago artist Melika Bass’ haunting, multi-screen installation at the\u00a0Hyde Park Art Center<\/a>. An oblique, troubling narrative takes shape as you watch each of the separate films.”
\n-The Chicagoist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“Film 50 2014: Chicago’s Screen Gems<\/a>” –New City<\/em><\/p>\n

Press for Sigur Ros film\u00a0VAR\u00d0ELDUR<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Review and interview<\/a> – Connecticut Post<\/em><\/p>\n

Q & A<\/a> video with\u00a0<\/em>Valtari\u00a0<\/em>filmmakers, BFI London Film Festival<\/p>\n

Press for installation SLIDER<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n

“Top 5 art shows to see now” –New City Chicago<\/em><\/p>\n

“Recommended! Perhaps more anticipated is the premiere of filmmaker Melika Bass’s new video installation,\u00a0Slider<\/em>.” –Time Out Chicago<\/em><\/p>\n

Press for installation\u00a0NOCTURAMA<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n

Critics’ Pick –<\/a>Time Out Chicago<\/em><\/p>\n

Art Critic’s Choice<\/a> –Chicago Reader<\/em><\/p>\n

“The videos’ quiet tone and their unusual setting creates a mood like that of a musical nocturne: meditative, gloomy and haunted by the shadows of half-formed dreams.” –Time Out Chicago<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

RedEye <\/a><\/em>review<\/a><\/p>\n

The Chicagoist <\/a><\/em>review<\/a><\/p>\n

Press for film\u00a0WAKING THINGS<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n

“American filmmaker Melika Bass . . . an amazing talent yet to be discovered in Europe, author of a unique cinema of atmosphere and historical reminiscences . . . one of the possible revelations of [the\u00a0Torino Film Festival<\/a>].” –Roberto Manassero<\/a><\/p>\n

“Waking Things<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>[creates] cyclical time dilated to the maximum . . . loaded with details of Nature as\u00a0memento mori<\/em>, reminding us of the transience of this and of life itself.” –Sentieri Selvaggi<\/a>, Italy<\/p>\n

“Filmmaker Melika Bass . . . one of the most promising emergent practitioners in Chicago right now.” –Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Press for film and installation SHOALS<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n

“[A] strangely compelling\u2014almost mesmerizing\u2014work . . . like Malick meets David Lynch, if you want a comparison, but in a deeper sense,\u00a0Shoals<\/em> is pretty much its own beast …” -Mountain Xpress<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“A lulling, singular peculiarity . . .” -Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“Moving from shorts to longer works, Chicago filmmaker Melika Bass is establishing a distinctive style: shooting on 16mm color film, she casts arresting figures who do opaque errands in lyrical landscapes . . . Bass mystifies the work of these plain folk with her own filmic magic. “- Chicago Sun-Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n

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