Nadia Hironaka + Matthew Suib
dal 25/7/2008 al 22/8/2008
Segnalato da
25/7/2008
Nadia Hironaka + Matthew Suib
Telic Arts Exchange , Los Angeles
The Soft Epic or; Savages of the Pacific West. A monumental video and audio installation examining historical and contemporary representations of cultural anxiety, and the fluid relationship between History and Cinema - where fact and fiction collapse into each other like the folds of a drawn theater curtain.
Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib present a monumental video and audio installation
examining historical and contemporary representations of cultural anxiety, and the
fluid relationship between History and Cinema–where fact and fiction collapse into
each other like the folds of a drawn theater curtain.
Comprised of multiple projections and a newly commissioned surround soundtrack by
Bird Show, the work synthesizes images and effects from historical panoramas, epic
sci-fi and disaster films, and the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch in a fractured,
dystopic cityscape dotted with eternal flames and chimeras. Across the expansive
video projection, Hollywood splendor usurps mythological and historical narrative in
service of political authority and social order.
This exhibition and the following events have been organized by Helen Cahng.
Supported in part by The Maryland Institute College of Art, the Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts, and Waste Management.
Opening reception: Saturday, July 26 from 6-9pm
Telic Arts Exchange
975 Chung King Road - Los Angeles