Apr 14th 2010
Ryan Trecartin
@ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, April 14th, at 6PM
Ryan Trecartin‘s video practice both in form and in function advances understandings of post-millennial technology, narrative and identity, and also propels these matters as expressive mediums. His work depicts worlds where consumer culture and interactive systems are amplified to absurd or nihilistic proportions and characters circuitously strive to find agency and meaning in their lives. The combination of assaultive, nearly impenetrable avant-garde logics and equally outlandish, virtuoso uses of color, form, drama, and montage produces a sublime, stream-of-consciousness effect that feels bewilderingly true to life.
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