May 29th 2013

Loophole Limbo

@ Gallery 400

400 South Peoria Street

Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 7PM - 9PM

Curated by Abina Manning, Director, Video Data Bank

Location: Screening Room 3226, 400 South Peoria Street

Inspired by the actions and tropes of the HALFLIFERS’ extensive body of work on video, Loophole Limbo delves deep into the archives of the Video Data Bank collection in order to expose, interrogate, and investigate the performative in artists’ video. Featuring work produced across every decade of video’s relatively short history, the investigation reveals that artists’ video is obsessed, alienated, and downright strange . . .

Featuring:

Dara Birnbaum, Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman, 1978, video, 5:45 min.

Vito Acconci, Pryings, 1971, video, 16:16 min.

Anne McGuire, All Smiles and Sadness, video, 7:00 min.

Tom Rubnitz, Pickle Surprise, 1989, video, 2:00 min.

Tom Rubnitz, Strawberry Shortcut, 1984, video, 1:00 min.

Laurie Jo Reynolds, Space Ghost, 2007, video, 26:00 min.

Bjørn Melhus, No Sunshine, 1997, video, 6:15 min.

Total running time: 64:16 min.

Image: Tom Rubnitz, Strawberry Shortcut, 1984, video, 1:00 min. (still). Courtesy Video Data Bank.

Sponsored by the Video Data Bank

Related Exhibition: HalfLifers

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