The “2011 Pittsburgh Biennial” on view at Pittsburgh Center for The Arts and the Carnegie Museum of Art includes a much-smaller showing at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, which is worth seeking out.
 
The exhibit offers visitors a sense of the kind of work being done in film, video and photography in our region at the moment.
 
Featuring the work of just four artists — Olivia Ciummo, Ben Hernstrom, Emily Newman and Carrie Schneider — the show is tucked neatly in and around the second-floor art gallery housed at Filmmakers. 
 
The first piece visitors will likely encounter is Ciummo’s short film “I Never Made it Without Trying.” Finished in 2009, but shot over a 4-year period between 2004 and 2008, it features collected imagery that comes from many places the artist has traveled to over those years, ranging from around Pittsburgh to as far away as Barcelona. Read More