John Orentlicher
John Orentlicher was born in Roanoke, Va in 1943 and grew up in Wasington, D.C. He served in the peace Corps from 1964-66 interrupting his college studies, and received his BA in 1968 from Goddard College (Plainfield, VT). He went on to receive his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1970.
Professor Orentlicher taught in Michigan initially and later moved to Syracuse University to teach in the Art Video program of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. He served many years as a Chair of various media programs and is now a Professor Emeritus.
John Orentlicher received a Video Fellowship from the National Endowment on the Arts and a project Grant with Lucinda Devlin from the New York Council on the Arts. His video work has been exhibited in invitational and juried venues in Canada, Berlin, Amsterdam, Spain, Italy, Japan, Colombia, Peru and Chile in addition to festivals and museums in the U.S. He was awarded two Senior Fulbright Lectureships in Colombia, and Chile and has traveled extensively in South America and Mexico.
Artist Code: 347
Videography
2008, 07:30 minutes, colour, English
2007, 09:29 minutes, colour, English
2006, 28:30 minutes, colour, English and Spanish with English Subtitles
2003, 29:30 minutes, Colour, Spanish
2003, 29:30 minutes, Colour, English
Coffee with legs / Café con Piernas
2002, 13:00 minutes, colour/B&W, Spanish
2002, 06:30 minutes, colour, English/Afgahni
Tutifruti: Life & Times in Patagonia
2001, 12:45 minutes, colour, English
1999, 12:15 minutes, colour, English
1999, 11:30 minutes, colour, English
1996, 06:00 minutes, colour, English
1996, 11:20 minutes, colour, English
Orentlicher Selected Works 1981 - 1988
1995, colour, English
Converging Paths (Huellas Convergente)
1994, 17:40 minutes, colour, English
Against the Wind (Azotado per el Vieuto)
1994, 12:00 minutes, colour, English
1993, 21:00 minutes, colour, English, Spanish
1991, 28:00 minutes, colour, English
1989, 15:30 minutes, colour, English
1989, 12:30 minutes, colour, English
1988, 13:00 minutes, colour, English
1987, 08:30 minutes, English
1986, 11:00 minutes, colour, English
1985, 16:00 minutes, colour, English
1983, 19:00 minutes, colour, English
1981, 29:00 minutes, B&W
1980, 25:08 minutes, colour
1979, 28:00 minutes, colour
1979, 07:00 minutes, colour
1979, 10:00 minutes, B&W
1979, 10:00 minutes, B&W
John Orentlicher Compilation 1975 - 1978
1978, B&W
1978, 07:00 minutes, B&W
1978, 20:00 minutes, B&W
Because it's My Image, Watchin' the Leatherman
1978, 10:00 minutes, B&W
1977, 03:00 minutes, B&W
1977, 23:00 minutes, B&W
1976, 18:15 minutes, B&W
1976, 09:46 minutes, B&W
1975, 07:18 minutes, B&W
1975, 05:45 minutes, B&W
1975, 07:15 minutes, B&W
1975, 13:15 minutes, B&W
Critical Writing
[Activating the Archive] 3: Lisa Steele, 1993. Toronto: Art Metropole, 1993.