September 10 - December 7, 2008
Ryan Trecartin’s videos uncannily reflect his generation, which was raised using the Internet, digital television, and interactive video games. He mixes cheap special effects with absurd narratives in which he and his cast of collaborator-friends act out a sort of Lord of the Flies for the 21st Century. He tells sad love stories and bizarre family dramas utilizing technology to heighten the action and reflect the information overload we all experience today. In his latest work I-BE AREA, 2007, Trecartin weaves together several unruly stories with fast-moving, fast-talking characters that deal with such themes as cloning, adoption, self-mediation, life-style options, virtual identities and larger questions of an existential nature. I-BE AREA (108 min) will be shown on the hour every other hour in the Hammer’s Video Gallery.
This exhibition is organized by Hammer Curator Ali Subotnick.
Ryan Trecartin’s videos uncannily reflect his generation, which was raised using the Internet, digital television, and interactive video games. He mixes cheap special effects with absurd narratives in which he and his cast of collaborator-friends act out a sort of Lord of the Flies for the 21st Century. He tells sad love stories and bizarre family dramas utilizing technology to heighten the action and reflect the information overload we all experience today. In his latest work I-BE AREA, 2007, Trecartin weaves together several unruly stories with fast-moving, fast-talking characters that deal with such themes as cloning, adoption, self-mediation, life-style options, virtual identities and larger questions of an existential nature. I-BE AREA (108 min) will be shown on the hour every other hour in the Hammer’s Video Gallery.
This exhibition is organized by Hammer Curator Ali Subotnick.
Above: Ryan Trecartin. Still from I-Be Area, 2007. Video. 108 min. Courtesy Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York. Inset: Ryan Trecartin. Still from I-Be Area, 2007. Video. 108 min. Courtesy Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.