FLEX FEST
FEBRUARY 24 - 27, 2022
4220 N. FLORIDA AVE.
Tempus Projects is partnering with the Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival (FLEX), an annual multi-day short film festival that takes place at various venues around Tampa, FL. Tempus Projects will serve as fiscal sponsor for the 2022 FLEX festival and will host festival screenings at our temporary space at 4220 N. Florida Ave.
Since its founding in 2004 by Roger Beebe in Gainesville, FL, FLEX quickly became and has remained one of the premiere showcases for visionary short films in North America. It is the only significant festival of its kind in the Southeast. In 2019, the festival relocated to Tampa, FL, under the direction of filmmaker and educator, Warren Cockerham. The competitive festival took place February 6-10 at various indoor and outdoor arts venues around Tampa. Programming included 81 short films in 9 competition programs, 2 programs of expanded cinema, and 3 programs of juror selections.
While so-called independent films have a home in almost every town in the U.S. now (with both festivals and multiplexes or art houses), experimental film and video remains largely the province of major cities, often in their most significant museums and galleries. Bringing this kind of work to Florida serves the very important purpose of alerting those in the region to the very existence of this kind of filmmaking, which is in essence the “high art” of cinema. FLEX works to legitimize the film culture of Florida in the eyes of a cosmopolitan culture that often dismisses the state as a cultural vacuum.
Learn more at www.flexfest.org.
Tempus Projects is located at 4220 N. Florida Ave. Masks required in the gallery, please.
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Tempus Projects is dedicated to nurturing established and emerging local, national, and international artists through exhibitions, collaborations, residencies, and events. Our non-profit organization promotes artists working in all media, and develops, organizes, and hosts exhibitions that engage the Tampa Bay community through the arts.
Our vision is to foster a vibrant and critical arts nexus that connects grassroots efforts to an international arts dialogue through innovative, equitable programming. Tempus Projects is committed to inclusion, accessibility, collaboration, innovation, and integrity.
