Dara Friedman

August 31, 2012 - December 31, 2012

: Dara Friedman Still from Dancer 2011 Super 16mm film transferred to HD video, black and white, sound. 25 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York.; Dara Friedman Still from Dancer 2011 Super 16mm film transferred to HD video, black and white, sound. 25 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York.; Dara Friedman Still from Dancer 2011 Super 16mm film transferred to HD video, black and white, sound. 25 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

ABOUT THE RESIDENCY

For her Hammer Residency, Dara Friedman is preparing for and shooting a new 8mm film. Friedman is best known for her film and video installations that employ techniques of structuralist filmmaking. This new film is a follow up to her film Dancer (2011), which will be shown for her upcoming Hammer Projects exhibition (January 19 – April 14, 2013). An exploration of movement, Dancer is a captivating black-and-white 16mm film that follows over 50 performers dancing through the sidewalks and streets of Miami, practicing a multitude of dance styles from ballet to hip-hop to ballroom dancing and salsa. Together with Dancer and Musical (2007-2008), commissioned by the Public Art Fund, which captured spontaneous actions orchestrated across Manhattan, the three projects form a loose trilogy exploring ideas of movement and public and private spaces.

The Hammer Museum's Artist Residency Program was initiated with funding from the Nimoy Foundation and is supported through a significant grant from the James Irvine Foundation