UNCLASSIFIABLE
Curators: Jenny Yurshansky and Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen
March 20 - 22, 2007 | 7PM
15 Nassau St.
FREE
Unclassifiable showcases video work that steps outside the frames that define video art, cinema, the documentary, and pop-culture. The featured artists in this program have crossed over the boundaries of these groups, leaving us to question the limits facing creative practice today.
March 20 | 7PM
SHIFTING THE FULCRUM:
Indie flick or art flick? If the Hollywood machine is out of the equation and they both follow the short film format, then what is the distinction?
Videos by Candice Breitz [ZAF], Jesper Just [DK], Anu Pennanen [FIN], Eric Schmidt [DEU], Jorunn Mykelbust Syversen [NO], Salla Tykkä [FIN], Florian Wüst [DEU].
March 21 | 7PM
TANGENTIAL DOCUMENTARIES:
They slide, they veer, and they are more than a mocumentary. This twist on the documentary will give you the how and what but will leave you pondering the why. Videos by Erik Bünger [SWE], Miriam Bäckström [SWE], Johan Grimonprez [BEL], Henrik Lund Jørgensen [SWE/DK], Jenny Perlin [USA], Khaled Ramadan [DK], Jeffrey Vallance [USA].
March 22 | 7PM
POP GOES THE VIDEO:
Rehashing, remixing, redefining…an anti-commodification of pop-culture. Desaturate and become more than just a boob in front of the tube.
Videos by// Johanna Billing [SWE], Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta Kalleinen [FIN], Liisa Lounila [FIN], Rä di Martino [ITA], Tova Mozard [SWE], Adrian Piper [USA], Eddo Stern [ISR], Stina Wirfelt [SWE].