Pipilotti Rist, (Entlastungen) Pipilottis Fehler, 1988

Pipilotti Rist, (Entlastungen) Pipilottis Fehler, 1988. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Screening Room

Screening Room Program with Electronic Arts Intermix

This rotation of single-channel videos by contemporary artists in the Screening Room offers complementary perspectives on themes found in Ragnar Kjartansson: Scenes from Western Culture.

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Tony Oursler, Empty, 2000

Tony Oursler, Empty, 2000. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Chip Lord, Movie Map: SF 03, 2003

Chip Lord, Movie Map: SF 03, 2003. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Jacolby Satterwhite, Country Ball 1989-2012, 2012

Jacolby Satterwhite, Country Ball 1989-2012, 2012. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Cory Arcangel, Beach Boys/Geto Boys, 2004

Cory Arcangel, Beach Boys/Geto Boys, 2004. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

C. Spencer Yeh, Jason Lescalleet "Beauty Is A Bowtie (HTDW)," (Alternate Version), 2013

C. Spencer Yeh, Jason Lescalleet “Beauty Is A Bowtie (HTDW),” (Alternate Version), 2013. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Using the language of popular entertainment—pop-music, performance, and cinema—Ragnar Kjartansson wryly critiques the ubiquity of Western representational styles that idealize and channel desire in highly commodifiable ways. The video artists featured in the Screening Room contribute their own visual twists and rhythmical riffs on the banal spectacle of Western culture.

Featured are works by Cory Arcangel, Charles Atlas in collaboration with Bill Irwin, Skip Blumberg, Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, Joan Jonas,  Chip Lord, Mary Lucier, Tony Oursler, Pipilotti Rist, Jacolby Satterwhite, and C. Spencer Yeh. This program has been developed in collaboration with Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.