CAMP’s mission brings together aware individuals within the arts, music and
film community. We provide a meeting place for activists in the entertainment
industry and art community where they can share ideas, compare the power of
their mediums and create collaborations.
CAMP’s theme this year is 'Peace and Consciousness,' uniting those interested
in sharing alternative views in all areas through the showing of cinema, art,
musical performances and industry speakers.
CAMP Festival sets off summer camp style to teach aspiring filmmakers how to
express alternative themes in their films, and how to promote and market their
work. Each event will focus on different social topics such as feminism,
environmentalism, world hunger, gay rights, and much much more.
CAMP is a cloister of neurotic, self-loathing, naively optimistic, yet refreshingly
self-aware artists. We integrate our enthusiasm in a summer camp-style festival by screening
films, putting on musical performances, and nailing art to the wall with teeny
tiny pushpins. We create and present visual, audio, psychological and at times
gynecological art in all mediums, genres, and venues.
CAMP calls for (and flat out asks politely!) experimentation, social information sharing, and idealistic activism through exposing interested parties to alternative film, art, music and green-blooded goblins.
Some creatives can feel alienated by the cold nature and exclusivity of the art community. These days, art has become industry and creativity a business that is apathetic to the individual artist, focusing on money, image, and pretension rather than ingenuity, talent, energy, and experience.
CAMP's most recent festival included screenings of groundbreaking political films like Joan Sekler's Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election; musical performances by Nicole Schneit and Andrea Sadler (whose documentary 'The Sacred Run: the lotus and the feather' was also featured); arresting photograph displays by Matrona Argiropoulos and Tania Yenidjeian; professional panels and workshops which put cameras in peoples hands for the first time. Collaborative events include an art showing at the Freedom Festival in Park City, Utah in January and upcoming screenings with student films curated by emergeandsee.org.