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trilogy jul 11 /mar 17 - Videos
Trilogy
Three channel video work consisting of three seperate videos produced by
sequenestially recording selected films onto vhs tape until the image acquires a highly distorted
quality and the films appear cut together.
Future Factory Future Prison, features 1981 scifi film "Outland", in which a security officer
on a future factory mine on a far away planet deals with a dangerous new drug used by the
workers to give them energy to work longer in order to earn more money, recorded over "Prisoners
of the War On Drugs" a 1992 documentary about drugs in U.S prisons. Each film was recorded
onto the tape 141 times for 282 total recordings,
The Existential Crises of the Individual in the Post Modern City, includes three films: "Short
Circuit 2" the 1988 family film about a weaponized government robot that develops self awareness
and empathy, and its subsequent adventures through a city recorded over "Juice", a 1992 film
about a group of African American youths and specifically the transformation of one of them into
"Americas nightmare" an armed black male with nothing to lose, which is recorded over 1992 scifi
horror "Split Second", in which a police detective hunts down a mysterious killer alien that's
terrorizing a year 2008 London, flooded by global warming. Each film was recored onto the tape
88 times for a total of 264 recordings
To Boldy Go, consists of 1991's sci fi film "Star Trek VI" which effectively deals with preconditioned
bias and its effect on intergalactic peace recorded over "Straight Out of Brooklyn" a 1991
independent film which chronicles a young African American males attempt to get out of a
Brooklyn housing project and the repercussion on his family. Each film was recorded onto the
tape 134 times for a total of 268 recordings.