Anita Thacher received $15,000 in support of Lost/In Memorium (2006). Lost/In Memoriam is a non-narrative film and progresses through the rhythms and emotions of accompanying music by Robert Aldridge. The rituals of women’s daily lives are honored and memorialized through transformed images of flowers, woods, water and more. This 7-minute film screened at Tribeca Film Festival, New York; Film Forum, New York; MadCat Film Festival, San Francisco; 26th FIFA Festival International du Film Sur L'Art, 2008; Festival Laboratorio lmmagine Donna, Florence, Italy, 2008. An excerpt is available at https://www.anitathacher.com/lost-in-memoriam/
Anita Thacher (d. September 8, 2017) was a New York-based artist known for her work in a variety of mediums–film, video, public art, multimedia, light, architectural and sculptural installation, as well as painting, photography and prints. Her art explores issues of perception both spatial and personal. Memory, childhood and domestic themes are fundamental elements in the work.
She was the recipient of numerous grants and awards from Jerome Foundation (two grants), The National Endowment for the Arts (four grants), The New York State Council on the Arts (five grants), The Ford Foundation, The American Film Institute, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, The New York Women in Film and Television Preservation Fund. Public collections include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Guggenheim, New York, Arsenal, Internationales Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin among others. Her films are distributed by Arsenal, Berlin and Light Cone, Paris among others. Her prints are available through The Metropolitan Museum of Art store and VanDeb Editions.
Anita Thacher is represented by Microscope Gallery, New York. National and international exhibitions include The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The New York Film Festival, P.S.1, The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jeu de Paume, Paris and The Whitney Museum of American Art among others. Ms. Thacher was a MacDowell Colony Fellow, former member of its Board and a Civitella Ranieri Fellow.
