MediaScope
January 12 and 26, 2004
Dedicated to experimentation with cinematic form and content, MediaScope presents emerging and recognized artists who discuss their work with
the audience. The program explores filmmaking and videomaking, as
well as Web-based, installation, and digital art practices.
Organized by Sally Berger, Assistant Curator; Jytte Jensen, Curator;
Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator; Barbara London, Associate Curator;
and Joshua Siegel, Assistant Curator, Department of Film and Media.
In Pretend (2003), Julie Talen explores the possibilities
of multichannel storytelling, using the split screen format as a
way of integrating points of view or as a kind of visual stream
of consciousness. She spins a contemporary fairy tale out of a fascinating
multilayered narrative about two sisters, a family in trouble, a
possible kidnapping, and the veracity of what ones sees (or tells).
Program approx. 100 min.
Yang FuDong's installations and films explore China's rapid changeover
to the shifting context of an emerging capitalist economy. The artist
discusses An Estranged Paradise (1997–2002). A quiet
meditation on peace, boredom, love, and melancholy, the film tells
the story of a young man who lives in a small town in China with
his fiancée. For no
apparent reason he begins to suffer from disaffection and restlessness,
which begin to undermine his life. His malaise lifts as the rainy
season comes to an end and he can enjoy life again. Fudong's other
work will be part of MoMA's video exhibition China Now,
on view February 12–16. Program approx. 90 min.
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