Director, Photographer and Artist Chris Milk to Appear at Moving Image, 4/19

Chris Milk is an accomplished artist, director, and photographer who has created music videos for Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Beck, Norah Jones, Jack White, U2, Gnarls Barkley, Green Day, and many more. On Friday, April 19, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., Milk will be the first artist to participate in the series Sonos and VEVO present: The Director's Studio, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Spectacle: The Music Video, currently on view at Museum of the Moving Image through June 16, 2013. Milk will show and discuss highlights from his work in an hour-long conversation, to be moderated by Chris Melcher (Melcher Media), founder of The Future of Storytelling Summit.

Known for his artistically and technologically innovative approach to cross-media storytelling, Milk's acclaimed interactive projects include The Johnny Cash Project and Wilderness Downtown (for Arcade Fire). These projects, and his music videos All Fall Down (for Kanye West) and Who's Gonna Save My Soul (for Gnarls Barkley) are featured in the exhibition.

Admission is FREE. Tickets are available first-come, first-served. This program will take place in the Museum's intimate Fox Amphitheater, which has been transformed into "The Director's Studio," presented by Sonos and VEVO. The Museum is located at 36-01 35 Avenue in Astoria, NY 11106. For more information, visit movingimage.us.

Spectacle: The Music Video is the first comprehensive museum exhibition to explore the art form. It features more than 300 videos, immersive installations, and artifacts. The exhibition is organized by the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati and curated by Jonathan Wells and Meg Grey Wells of Flux. Exhibition design by Logan. The exhibition at Museum of the Moving Image is presented in partnership with Sonos, the leading manufacturer of wireless audio systems, and VEVO, the world's leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform. Additional support is provided by Adobe and SOL REPUBLIC.