Facing East: 48 Hours In The Life Of East Austin August 18, 2007

OPENING SATURDAY AUGUST 18TH 7:00 pm for the Exhibit and Film Screening

AT NEW EAST ARTS GALLERY
1601 E. 5TH STREET SUITE 106

DiverseArts called on Austin photographers and filmmakers/videographers, inviting them to participate in the 2007 edition of FACING EAST: 48 Hours in the Life of East Austin.

Facing East is a documentary-arts exhibition project that features still and moving visual images that capture and communicate a slice of East Austin life, all shot within the same 48 hour period. The project is designed to feature the work of photographers and filmmakers as they tell a narrative story, capture a mood, and/or document a scene or happening that communicates something essential about the identity, sense of place, and life in today's East Austin.

As Old East Austin fades–before our very eyes – into memory, the images created for Facing East, freeze in time glimpses of personal lives, neighborhoods/a sense of place, traditions and institutions, old and new, found East of I 35. With new images reflecting diverse views of Central East Austin, the work submitted uniquely illustrates compelling aspects of this culture-rich community, seen through the eyes of various artists, all captured on July 21-22, 2007.

Official Website: http://www.diversearts.org/gallery.html