Potential Partners February 9, 2006

Potential Partners is documentary exploring the hearts and minds of single men and women of varying ages, experiences and attitudes on the subject of sex, intimacy and relationships.


In the closed space between interviewee and camera, the private desires and fears of individuals grappling with the quest for love unfold. What is for some a lonely social world, the slow lane in a society predicated on being a couple, is for others a place of adventure and exploration. Stories of inner turmoil and doubt contrast with insights and occasional wisdom. The film draws on relationship experts such as Dr. Martin Bergmann, the renowned psychoanalyst who appeared in Woody Allen?s ?Crimes and Misdemeanors? commenting on our evolving approaches to dating and the influence of fantasy in this pursuit.


Whether in a relationship or not, please join us in a provocative exploration of the emotions and forces that shape the most personal, yet universal of endeavors: the quest for a partner.


DIRECTOR/PRODUCER


Mandy Morrison/mandymachine is a performance and video artist who has been creating interdisciplinary work for the past ten years, exhibiting in the US and Europe. Her work was selected for the 2000 Whitney Biennial, which featured her video, ?Desperado.? Ms. Morrison has also shown in the New Festival in New York and the Dallas video festival. In Europe her work has been exhibited in venues including the Kunstlerhaus e.V. and Offener Kanal, in Hamburg, Germany. Ms. Morrison has been an adjunct professor and visiting artist at a number of academic institutions including the University of Wisconsin, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The University of Minnesota, Rutgers University, Rhode Island School of Design and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She is also a recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in media, an Artist-in-Residence Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin and a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Ms. Morrison received her BA from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the University of Illinois.

Potential Partners is her first documentary film. Seating is limited, please RSVP to [email protected]. A $10 donation is requested at the door.