Discipline: Film/Video – experimental, Interdisciplinary Art – multimedia installation

Scott Stark

Discipline: Film/Video – experimental, Interdisciplinary Art – multimedia installation
Region: San Francisco, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2024

Scott Stark worked on a feature-length experimental narrative, made up entirely of repurposed 35mm Hollywood movie trailers, loosely about the dire effects of climate change denial. He has made more than 75 short films and videos, created a large-scale video installation at SOMAarts Gallery in San Francisco, and coprograms a film series in Austin.

Studios

Nef

Scott Stark worked in the Nef studio.

Nef Studio, the first entirely new studio built after 1937, was donated by esteemed photographer, explorer, author, and MacDowell Fellow Evelyn Steffanson Nef in 1992. Endowed funds for the studio’s maintenance in perpetuity and an annual Fellowship for photographers were given in addition to funds for construction. Mrs. Nef said she had known about MacDowell all her…

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