Gary Bass

Gary Bass on set of "Radiopaque"

Work: "Radiopaque
When: 9pm March 31 2003
Where: El Pasaje Parking Lot

Work: "Margaretha"
When: 7:30pm March 31 2003
Where: El Pasaje Parking Lot

Work: "Speaking"
When: 7:30pm March 31 2003
Where: El Pasaje Parking Lot

These works will be shown again at 10am Saturday, April 5, 2003, at the HCC Campus Theater.

Gary's short films have been seen in Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles. He is a writer, director (and sometime actor) whose credits include film, television, radio, theater as well as performance and visual art.

Bass is a member of Offramp, whose work can be heard locally on WMNF, 88.5 FM. He is also a writer/director for The Cropduster Theater Co.

Gary is a graduate of the Boston University School of Fine Art where he studied writing, directing and acting.

Artist's Statement

"Since my childhood in the American Southwest, I have been interested in, and surrounded by storytellers from many different traditions. Telling stories with pictures and sound is one of my earliest memories. Certainly there were stories told and retold on special occaisions, both public and private for specific purposes (intstructional, religious, cautionary). The stories that made the deepest and most lasting impression however were those that were connected with daily life, especially those told with humor."

"The specific challeges of taking the writer's vision and creating from it something tangible that can be shared with others is what draws me to filmmaking as a medium. With actors and technical crews I tend to take a collaborative, ensemble approach, and view us as co-creators of the project at hand."