# Ed Halter

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Ed Halter Occupations curator, writer

**Ed Halter** is a film programmer, writer, and founder of [Light Industry](/source/Light_Industry), a [microcinema](/source/Microcinema) in [Brooklyn, New York.](/source/Brooklyn) He currently teaches at [Bard College](/source/Bard_College), where he is Critic in Residence.[1]

## Criticism

His writing has been featured in *[Artforum](/source/Artforum)*, *[The Believer](/source/The_Believer_(magazine))*, *[Bookforum](/source/Bookforum)*, *Cinema Scope*, *[frieze](/source/Frieze_(magazine))*, *Little Joe*, *Mousse*, [Rhizome](/source/Rhizome_(organization)), Triple Canopy, and *[Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice).*[2] Halter is interested in the intersection of video games, digital media, and American [experimental film](/source/Experimental_film).

## Books

His first book *[From Sun Tzu to Xbox](/source/From_Sun_Tzu_to_Xbox)* was released in 2006.[3] He has edited the compilation *Mass Effect: Art and the Internet in the Twenty First Century* (2015), with [Lauren Cornell](/source/Lauren_Cornell). His edited volume *From The Third Eye: The Evergreen Review Film Reader* was published by [Seven Stories Press](/source/Seven_Stories_Press) in 2018; it is a compilation of essays from *[Evergreen Review](/source/Evergreen_Review)* which were published from 1950-1970.[4]

## Film programming

Halter has programmed and worked on various film festivals, particularly the [New York Underground Film Festival](/source/New_York_Underground_Film_Festival), which ran from 1994 to 2008.[5] He currently helps run and program events at Light Industry.[6] Light Industry is an exhibition space for experimental film currently housed in [Greenpoint, Brooklyn](/source/Greenpoint%2C_Brooklyn),[7] after moving several locations in and around Brooklyn.[8] Light Industry has the goal of creating a space for the curation and cultivation of a thriving, but fragmented art scene.[9]

## Awards

In 2017, Halter was awarded the [Carl & Marlynn Thoma Art Foundation's](/source/Carl_%26_Marilynn_Thoma_Art_Foundation) Arts Writing Awards in Digital Art as an emerging writer.[10]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Faculty"](http://film.bard.edu/faculty/). *FILM & ELECTRONIC ARTS*. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ed Halter"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171215000934/https://www.bard.edu/ccs/meet/faculty/ed-halter/). *www.bard.edu*. Bard University. Archived from [the original](https://www.bard.edu/ccs/meet/faculty/ed-halter/) on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["bio : ed halter dot com"](http://www.edhalter.com/info/bio/). *www.edhalter.com*. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["From the Third Eye"](https://www.sevenstories.com/books/3114-from-the-third-eye). *sevenstories.com*. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The End of the New York Underground Film Festival"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171215000638/https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/04/01/the-end-of-the-new-york-underground-film-festival/). Archived from [the original](https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/04/01/the-end-of-the-new-york-underground-film-festival/) on December 15, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Cinema as an Event: An Interview with Light Industry's Ed Halter"](https://brooklynrail.org/2011/09/film/cinema-as-an-eventan-interview-with-light-industrys-ed-halter). Retrieved 2017-12-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Light Industry"](http://www.lightindustry.org/about/). *www.lightindustry.org*. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Light Industry: Building a New Kind of Cinema in Industry City"](http://www.nyartbeat.com/nyablog/2008/08/light-industry-building-a-new-kind-of-cinema-in-industry-city/). *www.nyartbeat.com*. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Lim, Dennis (2011-09-02). ["Microcinemas Pack a Special Mission in a Small Space"](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/movies/microcinemas-pack-a-special-mission-in-a-small-space.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2017-12-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["2017 Recipients: Rudolf Frieling & Ed Halter"](https://thomafoundation.org/2017-recipients-rudolf-frieling-ed-halter/). *Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation*. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2019-10-18.

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.edhalter.com/)

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