NADA Miami 2011
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
Big Screen Plaza is pleased to announce The First Truth - a video program that will premiere at NADA’s Miami Art Fair, via the hotel’s flat screens and in-room hotel channel. It will also screen in May 2012 at the Big Screen Plaza in NYC. All of the works explore notions of the absurd through pop culture, science fiction, dreams and/or re-imaginings of real life events. Some of the highlights of this program are Mika Rottenberg’s 5 Second Party, a brief video featuring a woman with a gravity defying ponytail and a blindfolded man on a couch; Desiree Holman’s, I Would Do Almost Anything That You Asked Me to Do… in which the artist awkwardly dances with performers in gendered male latex suits; and Shana Moulton’s The Sentimental Futurist, where the artist recreates a lost scene from a futurist film using pastel colors, illogical melting effects, and a keen sense of humor. Lynn Hershman’s alter ego Roberta Breitmore also makes an appearance in the historical video Lynn Turning into Roberta, an exciting work in this eclectic program.
About the Big Screen Plaza: Pulsing between 29th to 30th Streets at 6th Avenue, in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, the Big Screen Plaza‘s 30 x 16 ft. HD-format LED screen is a new nexus of the city’s cultural life. Established in 2010, the 10,000-square foot outdoor multimedia venue hosts major events and screenings of an eclectic mix, ranging from cinema to sports and arts to fashion.
The Program loop is 58 minutes:
1)LIUTO GOLIS by Laleh Khorramian, courtesy of the artist and Nicole Klagsbrun, 4:50
2)The Sentimental Futurist by Shana Moulton, courtesy of the artist and Country Club, 4:51
3)5 Second Party by Mika Rottenberg, courtesy of the artist and Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, 0:26
4)No Telos, No Beauty by Stephanie Dodes and Marshall Korshak, courtesy of the artists, 5:25
5)Once More by Katie Armstrong, courtesy of the artist and BravinLee Programs, 4:03
6)Apology by Snejina Latev, courtesy of the artist and Cleopatra's, 1:29
7)Let's Call it Valencia by Alexa Gerrity, courtesy of the artist and The Company, 10:33
8)I Would Do Almost Anything That You Asked Me to Do… by Desiree Holman, courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery, 3:34
9)Lynn Turning Herself Into Roberta by Lynn Hershman, courtesy of the artist and bitforms gallery, 5:36
10)Shuffle by Sanford Biggers, courtesy of the artist, 4:46
11)Small Pop by Alex Schady, courtesy of the artist and Toomer Labzda Gallery, 5:38
12)Phantasmagoria by Tom Thayer, courtesy of the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, 5:35