About

Protocinema was founded by Mari Spirito in 2011. The name Protocinema refers to Cave of Forgotten Dreams, (2010) 3-D documentary film by Werner Herzog. "In this short interview with the Guardian, Herzog talks about the enormous leap in cultural growth that these paintings of animals represent. In several cases, the artist appears to be capturing a sense of movement, an almost "proto-cinema" style of representation where a beast is drawn with 8 legs instead of four - not unlike the futurist paintings of the early 20th century whereby a figure was captured moving through space and time."
-feelguide.com Posted on March 25, 2011 by Brent Lambert

Board

Kate Fowle
Mike Nelson
November Paynter
Renaud Proch

Advisors

Filiz Avunduk
Defne Ayas
Negar Azimi
Sascha Bauer
Tamar Corm
Haro + Bilge Cumbsuyan
Anne Ellegood
Lia Gangitano
Sylvia Kouvali
Rose Lord
Oyku Ozsoy
Tuce Peksayar
Basak Senova
Lisa Spellman
Tirdad Zolghadr

This list is still in formation.

Elizabeth Baribeau - Development and Fundraising - Internship - from New York University's Museum Studies Program.

Protocinema also works in collaboration with Sabanci University, Istanbul.