Mike McGuirk

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Freedom of Assembly… (at Washington Square Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ07pyfLhSh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today is May Day. The day after @potus 100th day in office. It’s a day of the people. Not the President. No, President Biden, there is no jubilee. There is no jubilee in your name, which would mean canceling debt for those struggling. You have decided to further ignore and politicize an issue that’s already challenging enough. You have cast my life and many others I know further into turmoil because you simply want to exorcise your power to do nothing. I am so tired of politics. I am tired of politicians taking credit for everything. I am tired of seeing the thousands of homeless in the streets. I am tired of seeing all the closed shops and struggling businesses. I am tired of being a subject of political ignorance. @potus @kamalaharris we need leadership on this issue. Focus on this issue for just one day... it will change a lot of lives. The headlines yesterday read “Biden at 100 days: Hottest stock market since JFK” No one had student debt when JFK was president. We need to create new revenue streams and pay attention to a new economy that is possible, not one that continues to only benefit the wealthy. We must and we will cancel the debt. @debtcollectivenyc @thedebtcollective @scaredtodebt . . . P.S. please support and checkout www.scaredtodebtseries.com Also, if you are the beneficiary of large stock or crypto gains, please let’s seriously talk. I read and hear about this every. single. day. yet apparently none of this money is used to create jobs or for serious social activism. We need investments in actual people and new ideas. @the_bliss_factory has plenty. (at The White House) https://www.instagram.com/p/COU6KapBrUT/?igshid=w4y1ko5yhxuk

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Make sure you checkout @20thdigital Bite Sized Shorts on @hulu Link in that bio friends! #devilvac #possesedvacuum #demonicpossession #demonicvacuum #rokosbasilisk (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGQCuDoBR7Y/?igshid=1gq6fvjwf8zh9

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Back when you could make movies without the fear of viral infection, Ben Keagan wrote and directed this awesome short film I produced. 👹 DEVIL VAC 👹 Available for streaming now on Hulu. Just look up BITE SIZE HALLOWEEN. Thank you so much to the cast and crew. This was a fun shoot everyone put so much of themselves and best effort into. The work really shows and could not have asked for a better team. . . . Director Ben Kegan Producer Mike McGuirk Director of Photography Sean Webley Production Design Brett Calvo Prop Builder / Puppeteer Jon Hanford UPM Patricia Beaury @beauryfilms Cast - Woman Sylvie Preston Cast - Husband Edward Miskie Stunt Choreographer Ryan Bourque @buh_buh_buh_bourque Gaffer Angelos Rompolis Key Grip Ryan McCluney Assistant Camera Hil Steadman Best Boy / Driver Steve Cifarelli Sound Recordist Harry McFann VFX Sup. Lucien Harriot / Mechanism @mechdigi @mechanism.studio Editor Nick Rudman Composer Julian Cassia Sound Design Dennis Dembeck @dennisdembeck And thanks to everyone at @20thcenturystudios (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CF3CSXqhDgL/?igshid=1n6rcxwrf165f

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Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up. -Alan Moore, V for Vendetta (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEApC6pXr-/?igshid=sp24mawk80pz

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In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement (Revolution), @the_bliss_factory charity shows will postpone and reschedule to next week, June 11th, 12th, and 13th. Proceeds and will go to artists in need and @blackwomensblueprint Because we must fight, and build a new world. (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBV9-9ADyQ/?igshid=12n4w5ervhzz4

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Next Week! Friday June 4th, 5th, & 6th @the_bliss_factory will be performing a live-streaming VJ/DJ sets (I call it live-cinema with a touch of some easy house to make you feel something) as part of @art_dumbo / Dumbo Open Studios. . . This will be one of Bliss Factory’s first charitable events to help artists and those in need. We need to make this world a better place and we need to start by building something new. Stay tuned for more news and partnership announcements. . . #dumboopenstudios #artindumbo #artinbrooklyn #brooklynny #brooklynnyc #dumbo #dumbonyc #dumbobrooklyn #artexhibition #artfair #artfairnyc #artgallerynyc #artcurator #artbuyer #contemporaryartcollectors #contemporaryart #modernart #blissfactory #VJ #Videoart #livecinema (at DUMBO, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvewVTpmHf/?igshid=1pbmbfajx81cv

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No, this painting is not that good. The reason for its existence was to learn and understand. This past fall, I took a figure painting class at The Art Students League of New York. For a month, I studied in a room where Thomas Hart Benton, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and Norman Rockwell figured out who the hell they were going to be. I consider it one of the luckiest moments in my life. I couldn’t afford to take the class, and my girlfriend at the time was kind enough to gift it as a birthday present.  This painting was the hardest thing to finish. It was nothing but mistakes and only filled with a lot of regret about who I am and the sacrifices I made. But that’s what it’s about. Upon receiving the advice “Don’t paint the room” from my instructor Michelle, I still did anyway. I didn’t know how much time I would have in such a sanctuary. The picture doesn’t capture it, but it’s there, tape marks on the floor and everything. To live in this world and even remotely consider yourself an artist is rare, no matter who you are and where you come from. You give yourself up to the unknown, and the only thing that will get you through the tough times is to believe in yourself and your ideas. I will probably not stop painting for the rest of my life now. (at The Art Students League of New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0rJuqJqEK/?igshid=1l2fz0j0ubgmi

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A gift to the world... (at EFEX Rentals, Inc) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8j8ZHQBCzA/?igshid=5fuyxgf30gn4

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Saturday, January 11th 2019. NYC hi: 68 Degrees. Suspicious of the comfort. “Simplicity is the Glory of Expression” -Walt Whitman @buh_buh_buh_bourque Actor / Photographer Ryan always reminds me of the way a moment can together. David Brubeck Quartet doesn’t cease to amaze me. (at DUMBO, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7M5AJbJ12P/?igshid=153vbf35zv8du

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I found this frame is the street a few days ago. @olivianovik & @madeleineours came over to discuss Life of Lila. Things just come together sometimes and when you feel it you just go with it. Here’s to obsessing even more about systemic production design in the future! (at DUMBO, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4nOE-TBDYf/?igshid=5eqyr18g0v1r

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Excited to be an associate curator for the 2019 Video Art & Experimental Film Festival. Screenings are this Thursday and Friday at the Tribeca Film Center. Checkout videoart.net for more info! 20% discounted tickets with: VAEFFFRIEND Pictured: Furnace of the Birds // Arsen Arzumanyan La-Mer // Victor Claramunt Epoch // Kevin McGloughlin Angèle Jalousie // Neels-Castillon NO VACANCE // Yaron Attar DREAM/LIFE // David (DAV.IN) Aufdembrinke Deep Beneath The Skin // Jan Brockmann I want nothing but looking at you // Lisa Carletta #videoart #cinema #videolife #videoshow (at Tribeca) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4d0rbSABDL/?igshid=h2xjldyddiu5

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So pleased to be included in this year's NEFL @cinema_exchange For the past few months, Olivia Novik and I have been putting together a powerful short-form project on the daily life of a New York City sex worker. While producing this project, I've seen so many different sides of a world that is often not portrayed honestly. Sometimes it feels like we’re inundated with sexually in the media and people are accepting, but the vast majority of people in the industry or those who have sexual issues are overlooked and often rejected. The Life of Lila shows New York City like it is, and we hope to get it to you shortly. So proud of @olivianovik and her work to share her story with the world. . . . . #filmmaker #Producer #NewYorkCinema #Shortform #LifeofLila #Brooklyn #RedUmbrellaProject #sexworkerrights #socialjustice (at Brooklyn, New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4N8X05Bb9I/?igshid=gf4hhfk3n1se

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The Abandoned has been selected as a finalist for the 2019 Anchorage International Film Festival! If you're interested in helping make a period horror/triller feature for under two million dollars that explores sacrifice for pursuit of science and Arctic exploration please get at me! Maybe we'll see you in Alaska! #adolphusgreely #filmmaking #horror #writing #mooselaurels (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B34zk52JWbh/?igshid=1631qo7w56qjl

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Tomorrow, do whatever you can to make a difference. I will be documenting and I will do what I can with my craft. This is a time we must drop whatever reservations we may have about humans, society, and our cynicisms. Life itself on our planet is under threat by greed, ignorance, and thirst for power. Anything you can do to limit the effects of industrial global warming will help all living things. Pictured: “Earthrise” December 24th, 1968. #climatestrike #gretathunberg #extinctionrebellion #jagstannarpåmarken (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2nCjY-Bd5H/?igshid=12gzcpbbmb8us

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This Sunday @ 135 Plymouth @ 9pm come checkout the new live cinema set! Link in bio for tickets. Live music / DJs / Drinks / friends / new paradigms 🎉 (at DUMBO, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CDWzYBXZW/?igshid=hekzfdva8bqx

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What a great night in Dumbo. The one and only @themaybelles filling the archway with music. Jan Bells songs orate the history of the neighborhood so well. @leokuelbscollection illuminated the archway with many spectacular video art pieces that really push the bounds of cinema. So excited to see The Sun’s Shadow appear up there. Forever grateful to be in this cultural confluence of Brooklyn. It’s pushed me further than I ever thought and I’ll hold onto the reins until I can’t. Thank you @dumbobid (at DUMBO, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzBV681hFZk/?igshid=1nj9qbmmy82zn