Matt McCormick Exhibition
Light Industry
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Portland filmmaker Matt McCormick comes to Light Industry, presenting a collection of recent works, including the brand-spanking new Light Tiger Eye, as well as The Problem with Machines that Communicate and clips from his on-going installation project Future So Bright.
The Problem with Machines that Communicate, which made its world premiere at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival, is an experimental narrative that examines three lonely characters interacting with technology in a world that otherwise doesn’t seem to notice them. Don is a custodian who is never taken seriously, George is a very old man exploring the vivid detail of the world around him, and Hazel is an office worker who is desperate to engage in real conversation. But while each struggle with traditional forms of communication, the inadvertent by-products of their loneliness produces entirely new, abstract forms of communication. Features Marty Crandall, Elyse Sewell, and George Andrus.
Future So Bright is an art project mapping and cataloging the abandoned relics of American western expansion. First exhibited at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery and recently included in the curated portion of Art Basil Miami Beach, it is a series of film installations that detail and document abandoned structures in the American West. Captured on 16mm film and then transferred to digital video, the images create a visual time capsule of forgotten and disregarded spaces, many of which are quickly being reclaimed by nature or new development. Future So Bright examines the disposable mentality of American Western expansion and creates a catalog of abandoned relics that are quickly disappearing.
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November 07, 2008 from 20:00