Bull.Miletic
{{Short description|American artists}}
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| alma_mater = San Francisco Art Institute, University of Oslo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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| notable_works = [https://vimeo.com/75258238 Heaven Can Wait], [https://vimeo.com/161592247 Ferriscope], [https://vimeo.com/262951218 Zoom Blue Dot]
| style = Contemporary art, Video art, Video installation
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| awards = 23rd Excellence Award, Japan Media Arts Festival; The Bay Area Award, New Langton Arts; Video Maker Award, Bay Area Video Coalition; The Norwegian Video Award, Oslo Screen Festival
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Bull.Miletic is a collaborative visual arts duo, created by Synne T. Bull (Norwegian, born 1973) and Dragan Miletic (American, born Yugoslavia 1970). They are principally known for their video installation artworks and contributions in the fields of media archaeology, new media, and history of film.
Short biography
Bull and Miletic met at San Francisco Art Institute where they began to work as Bull.Miletic in 2000.Helfand, Glen. "Next Generation." San Francisco Chronicle, May 22, 2003.
Since 2005, Bull.Miletic's work has been represented by Anglim Gilbert Gallery.Held, Jr. John. [http://sfaq.us/2015/04/an-artful-journey-paule-anglim-2015/ "An Artful Journey: Paule Anglim (?-2015)"]. SFAQ, April 4, 2015. They currently live and work in Oslo, Norway.
Exhibitions
Bull.Miletic have shown internationally at venues including Japan Media Arts Festival, Venice Biennale, California Biennial, WRO Media Art Biennale, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade. Their work has been reviewed in Artforum, Aftenposten, Billedkunst, Kunstkritikk, Mousse Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, and Rhizome among others.Tišma, Andrej. "Kreativna Simbioza." Dnevnik, August 15, 2004.Helfand, Glen. "San Francisco Critics' Picks." Artforum, June 9, 2005.Baker, Kenneth. "'Listening Post' brings the Internet into view." San Francisco Chronicle, August 4, 2007.Moseng, Maria. "Urbane bilder." Billedkunst, No.6, 2010.Helsvig, Simen Joachim. "Nasjonsvisjoner." Kunstkritikk, December 11, 2014.
Recognition
Bull.Miletic were the recipients of the Excellence Award{{Cite web|url=https://j-mediaarts.jp/en/award/single/ferriscope/|title = Ferriscope}} at the Japan Media Arts Festival, Video Maker Award at the Bay Area Video Coalition, Best Norwegian Video Award at the Oslo Screen Festival and have received professional grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Arts Council Norway, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Office for Contemporary Art Norway{{cite web |url=http://www.oca.no/contributors/synne-and-dragan-bull-and-miletic |title=OCA: Contributors |website=www.oca.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529133157/http://www.oca.no/contributors/synne-and-dragan-bull-and-miletic |archive-date=2013-05-29}} and CEC ArtsLink{{cite web |url=http://www.cecartslink.org/grants/participants/projects_awardees_2005.html |title=2005 ArtsLink Projects Awardees {{!}} CEC ArtsLink |website=www.cecartslink.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128113930/http://www.cecartslink.org/grants/participants/projects_awardees_2005.html |archive-date=2009-11-28}} among others. They lectured in programs such as Art, Technology, and Culture Lecture Series{{cite web |url=http://atc.berkeley.edu/bio/Bull.Miletic:_Synne_Bull_and_Dragan_Miletic/ |title=UC Berkeley Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium - Bio: Bull.Miletic: Synne Bull and Dragan Miletic |website=atc.berkeley.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205021651/http://atc.berkeley.edu/bio/Bull.Miletic:_Synne_Bull_and_Dragan_Miletic/ |archive-date=2011-12-05}} at the University of California, Berkeley in 2011, SCMS Annual Conference 2013 Chicago and Arts + Design Mondays{{Cite web|url=https://bampfa.org/event/aerial-view-motion-bullmiletic|title = The Aerial View in Motion with Bull.Miletic | BAMPFA| date=19 July 2017 }} at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in 2017. Their work has been nominated for the Rockefeller Media Art Award as well as San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's SECA Art Award. They were artists in residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts{{Cite web|url=http://www.headlands.org/artist/synne-dragan-bull-miletic/|title = Bull.Miletic}} in 2003, at Künstlerhause Bethanien Berlin{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethanien.de/en/artists/bull-miletic/|title=Kb | Bull.miletic}} in 2004, at Nordic Artists’ Center Dale in 2006, and at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris in 2007. In 2012, they were Visiting Artists at the Cinema and Media Studies,{{Cite web|url=https://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/events/2012/what-cinematic|title = What is Cinematic? | Film Studies Center}} University of Chicago and in 2017, Bull.Miletic were inaugural Art + Science Artists-in-Residence at University of California, Berkeley.{{Cite web|url=http://arts.berkeley.edu/visiting-artists/|title=Visiting Artists in Residence | Arts Research Center}}{{Cite web|url=https://cstms.berkeley.edu/current-events/the-aerial-view-in-motion-with-bull-miletic/|title = The Aerial View in Motion with Bull.Miletic :: Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, & Society}}
Related activities
Bull.Miletic initiated and curated several exhibitions including Net.Film{{Cite web|url=http://artport.whitney.org/resources/netartexhibitions.shtml|title=Whitney Artport: Resources > Net Art Exhibitions}} in New York. In 2010, they co-organized Urban Images{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanimages.no/ |title=Home |website=urbanimages.no}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.digicult.it/news/urban-images-symposium/|title=Urban Images Symposium • Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture|date=19 September 2010 }} symposium at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. In 2012, they were part of the art research project "re:place"{{Cite web|url=http://www.khib.no/english/artistic-research/artistic-research-at-bergen-academy-of-art-and-design/artistic-research-projects/re-place/|title=KHIB}} in association with Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Oslo National Academy of the Arts and The Grieg Academy, which culminated in the survey exhibition This Must be the Place.{{cite web |url=http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/kinokino-centre-for-art-and-film-presents-this-must-be-the-place/ |title=KINOKINO Centre for Art and Film presents This must be the place {{!}} Art & Education |website=www.artandeducation.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909061756/http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/kinokino-centre-for-art-and-film-presents-this-must-be-the-place/ |archive-date=2013-09-09}}
Public collections
Publications
- "Urban Images: Unruly Desires in Film and Architecture," edited by Synne Bull and Marit Paasche. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sternberg-press.com/index.php?pageId=1347&bookId=242&l=en|title = Frontpage}} {{OCLC|793371926}}
- "Cities Reimagined," edited by Bull.Miletic. Novi Sad: Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, 2010. {{ISBN|978-86-84773-68-7}}
- "Unfinished: Scars of the Past / Face of the Future," edited by Bull.Miletic. Belgrade: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007. {{OCLC|271570720}}
- "Bull.Miletic: Slow Seeing," edited by Bull.Miletic. Berlin: Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bethanien.de/en/publications/slow-seeing/|title = KB | slow seeing}} {{OCLC|75278677}}
- "Bull.Miletic: The Island of Pelicans," edited by Bull.Miletic. Montréal: Centre d'exposition Circa, 2003. {{OCLC|948718104}}
References
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External links
- [https://artfacts.net/artist/bull-miletic/97732 Artfacts.net]
- [https://bull.miletic.info/ Bull.Miletic] website
- [http://anglimgilbertgallery.com/bull-miletic/ Bull.Miletic] webpage at Anglim Gilbert Gallery
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Category:American installation artists
Category:San Francisco Art Institute alumni
Category:Artists from San Francisco