CURATED BY DARRIN MARTIN
FRIDAY, MAY 6TH 2011
7PM OPENING RECEPTION
8PM SCREENING - (FREE)
"Face Time" is a program of short film and video meditations on facial difference and distortion. The works span from documentary to experimental genres and explores issues of memory, disability, age, and aesthetic manipulation. The screening includes British filmmaker David Hevey’s “Behind the Shadow of Merrick” which surfaces the archive of Joseph Merrick, better known as the ‘Elephant Man,’ as a means to allow contemporary people living with disability to contemplate their own lives and imagine a relationship with an extraordinary human being. “Suspension” by video artist Anthony Discenza uses analog technologies to manipulate and mix the faces of celebrities into a vibrant and haunting composite of popular culture. Three shorts from Steve Reinke’s The Hundred Videos; Wish, Barely Human, and Instructions for Recovering Forgotten Childhood Memories gives voice to nostalgic longings and repressed desires through case study photographs, appropriated pornographic head shots, and childlike performativity, respectively. Kerry Laitala’s film “Secure the Shadow” cuts between details of interior architecture and stereoscopic medical images, to create a hauntingly ambiguous and open narrative. Kristin Lucas’s Whatever Your Mind Can Conceive coalesces stress levels, environmental illness, and hypochondria in a humorous meeting between the real and imaginary that surfaces to the skin. In “Lilith,” Steina evokes the mythical first wife of Adam through the performative gestures and facial expressions of painter Doris Cross, whose words and actions are processed towards the inaudible and sublime. Come join us for these works and more and to experience an intimate evening of unforgettable close-ups.
Wish, 2:43, Steve Reinke
Lilith, 1987, 9:15, Steina
Whatever Your Mind Can Conceive, 2007, 3:30, Kristin Lucas
Secure the Shadow, 1997, 8:00, Kerry Laitala
Barely Human, 3:25, Steve Reinke
Behind the Shadow of Merrick, 2008, 17:20, David Hevey
Suspension, 1997, 8:40, Anthony Discenza
Instructions for Recovering Forgotten Childhood Memories, 2:14, Steve Reinke
IN THE PROJECT SPACE AND VILM-DOCK THERE WILL ALSO BE A SELECTION OF LOOPED
SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO BY DARRIN MARTIN - (INCLUDING : MONOGRAPH IN STEREO & FRAGMENTS)
Monograph in Stereo, 17:20, 2004/05
Monograph in Stereo employs documentary and experimental strategies to convey a struggle with congenital and operational hearing loss and tinnitus, a continual ringing in the ear; a phantom auditory perception. The work also stems from research upon the interdependency of the senses with an emphasis on the balance ascertained from binaural hearing and stereoscopic vision and the imbalance caused by their uneven degradation. Images move amongst poetic reverberations of landscapes, interiors and audiological exam rooms. The second video in a trilogy of single-channel works on hearing loss. Available on Monody in Harmony.
Lilith, 1987, 9:15, Steina
Whatever Your Mind Can Conceive, 2007, 3:30, Kristin Lucas
Secure the Shadow, 1997, 8:00, Kerry Laitala
Barely Human, 3:25, Steve Reinke
Behind the Shadow of Merrick, 2008, 17:20, David Hevey
Suspension, 1997, 8:40, Anthony Discenza
Instructions for Recovering Forgotten Childhood Memories, 2:14, Steve Reinke
IN THE PROJECT SPACE AND VILM-DOCK THERE WILL ALSO BE A SELECTION OF LOOPED
SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO BY DARRIN MARTIN - (INCLUDING : MONOGRAPH IN STEREO & FRAGMENTS)
Monograph in Stereo, 17:20, 2004/05
Monograph in Stereo employs documentary and experimental strategies to convey a struggle with congenital and operational hearing loss and tinnitus, a continual ringing in the ear; a phantom auditory perception. The work also stems from research upon the interdependency of the senses with an emphasis on the balance ascertained from binaural hearing and stereoscopic vision and the imbalance caused by their uneven degradation. Images move amongst poetic reverberations of landscapes, interiors and audiological exam rooms. The second video in a trilogy of single-channel works on hearing loss. Available on Monody in Harmony.
Fragments, 10:30, 2011
Disjointed architectural ruins, neoclassical embellishments, sculptural remains, and foam detritus are infused with sounds of ubiquitous technologies that permeate the everyday as the video builds into a song of temporality and permanence. Fragments is as much a meditation on the ruins of ancient civilizations as it is homage to telephones and tourist slide shows.
Disjointed architectural ruins, neoclassical embellishments, sculptural remains, and foam detritus are infused with sounds of ubiquitous technologies that permeate the everyday as the video builds into a song of temporality and permanence. Fragments is as much a meditation on the ruins of ancient civilizations as it is homage to telephones and tourist slide shows.
