¨John Menick was born in White Plains, New York, lived for a long time in New York City, and then moved to Mexico City, where he currently resides. Menick makes films and audio works, writes essays and short stories, and occasionally makes prints and drawings. These works are often populated by wandering detectives, duplicitous storytellers, homeless documentarians, mad travelers, and institutionalized cinephiles. His artwork has been shown at museums and galleries and festivals internationally; his written pieces have appeared in several print and online journals. In 2008, both the Jerome Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts gave him video production grants. Sometimes Menick teaches art at the Cooper Union in New York, though he mostly teaches these days at an artist-run school called SOMA in Mexico City. His ideal audience member — possibly you — watches no television, can’t drive or swim, always carries a pen, hates cell phones, names Pale Fire as his or her favorite book, wears glasses, and is afraid of flying.¨
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