Friday December 20, 7PM
“Best Of All Possible Worlds”
Works by Maxwell Paparella
w/ Elliot Kaufman
admission $6 – artists in person
Still from “Maxwell Paparella’s World Series Chapter One Sickest Dog In The Doghouse” (Maxwell Paparella, 2013) / courtesy of the artist
We are very pleased to welcome Maxwell Paparella and Elliot Kaufman for a night of new videos and the debut of the first chapter of World Series, a live video lecture/presentation by inspired by the iMovie effect named after Ken Burns. This will be the first time the 2013 Bard College graduates in Film & Electronic Arts have screened together.
Paparella’s World Series is, according to the artist, “a proposal for a failed project”. The narration of Chapter One Sickest Dog In The Doghouse “concerns itself with an amateur analysis of pervasive symbology of modern living – ‘Thank You’ shopping bags, E(ART)H bumper stickers, perfume advertisements in glossy magazines – as well as more localized, vernacular forms – auto shop advertisements, supermarket folding chair floor displays, diner placemats – in hopes of treating all aesthetic experience as essentially similar, occurring by the same means and imposing itself on the same subjects.”
This work will be preceded by a selection of videos from Paparella’s “My Institutions” cycle, a series of Powerpoint presentation videos related to government, family, economy, education and religion. The program also includes Elliot Kaufman’s recently completed 11-minute, ASPEN, a work that combines various digital and analog technologies, documentary footage and 3d rendered materials.
Paparella and Kaufman will be in attendance and available afterwards for Q&A.
PROGRAM
Approx. 45 minutes
Religion, 2013
by Maxwell Paparella (2:46)
Education, 2013
by Maxwell Paparella (3:02)
Family, 2013
by Maxwell Paparella (3:55)
Government, 2013
by Maxwell Paparella (2:30)
Economy, 2013
by Maxwell Paparella (3:37)
ASPEN, 2013
by Elliot Kaufman (11:00)
Maxwell Paparella’s World Series Chapter One Sickest Dog In The Doghouse, 2013
by Maxwell Paparella (~19:00)
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Maxwell Paparella currently lives and work sin Hudson, NY. Recent work includes an incorrectly formatted PDF and a series of water-resistant nude studies. He has previously screened in New York at Microscope Gallery and Eyebeam. More info is available at www.maxwellpaparella.com
Elliot Kaufman is a video maker living in New York City. He uses appropriated footage with personal materials to investigate information systems and obsolete technology. More info at www.elliotkaufman.com
Still from “Aspen” (Elliot Kaufman, 2013) / courtesy of the artist
