Program Series
Contested Landscapes: Three Digital Features by James Benning
Copresented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum
This series celebrates James Benning’s 50 years as the creator of singular and uncompromising films, videos, and installations. The artist will appear in person at each screening, including the Los Angeles premiere of his latest work, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The indefatigable artist has produced more than 30 long-form films and videos as well as numerous shorts and museum installations that deal equally with wonders of reality and underlying sociopolitical implications. Known for elegantly framed landscapes, every Benning work is an adventure in perception and an encounter with the unexpected in ways that can only be achieved through cinema.
