Alfred Guzzetti
dal 3/4/2002 al 4/5/2002
Segnalato da
3/4/2002
Alfred Guzzetti
Location One, New York
Guzzetti has directed and collaborated on many documentary and experimental films and videotapes. His body of work includes personal, political documentaries and, most recently, digital video works that had their predecessors in his experimental films from the 1960s and 1970s. The installation at Location One includes two experimental videotapes, "Under the Rain" and "A Tropical Story". These videos make use of documentary-like footage yet they are not configured like documentaries. Curated by Tanya Leighton.
It is a great pleasure to present the first solo exhibition of work by the internationally celebrated
filmmaker Alfred Guzzetti. Guzzetti has directed and collaborated on many documentary and
experimental films and videotapes. His body of work includes personal, political documentaries
and, most recently, digital video works that had their predecessors in his experimental films from
the 1960s and 1970s.
The installation at Location One includes two experimental videotapes, "Under the Rain" (1997; 10
minutes) and "A Tropical Story" (1998; 9 minutes). These videos make use of documentary-like
footage yet they are not configured like documentaries. Guzzetti's deep subjectivity and
consciousness is transparent in his exquisitely composed, carefully crafted, and concise images.
Descriptions of landscapes, public and private spaces, advertising and television images
rhythmically lull us into a gentle contemplation; then interrupt us by assaultive sounds, quick edits
and scrolling texts. These pieces articulate a recurring theme in Guzzetti's work: the complex
anxiety of being in a foreign place and the projection of our consciousness onto changing
landscapes. "The moon is the same, although the surroundings are not." His work asserts the
struggle to assimilate what we know, or think we know, and what we have repeatedly heard, yet
have consistently forgotten.
Alfred Guzzetti is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is Osgood Hooker Professor of Visual
Arts at Harvard University. His films and tapes have been included in numerous national and
international film festivals. He is the author of the book "Two or Three Things I Know about Her:
Analysis of a Film by Godard" (Harvard University Press, 1981).
"The Tower of Industrial Life," an experimental videotape from the same series, is currently on
exhibition as part of the Whitney Biennial 2002.
Location One (www.location1.org) is a new not-for profit art center, which fosters the convergence of
all types of creative expression. We maintain a gallery space suitable for every form of
performance and exhibition, and within this space, multimedia net-broadcasting facilities that allow
us to webcast a 24-hour stream of both live and archived events. Our International Residency
Program invites artists from other countries to experiment with emerging technologies. Location
One is an exploration space for continual creative discovery.
Image: Stills from "Under the Rain", videotape, 1997
Location One
26 Greene Street, NY 10013 New York
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 12-6
Opening Reception: April 4th, 6-8pm