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Monday March 18, 7PM
\n<\/strong>\u2028The Ghostly Elsewhere
\n<\/strong>\u2028New works by\u00a0Lorenzo Gattorna<\/span>
\n artist in attendance<\/span>
\n admission $6<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Still from Mountain Lying Down <\/em>(Lorenzo Gattorna, 2012) –\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Image courtesy of the artist
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\nMicroscope Gallery welcomes Lorenzo Gattorna back to New York and Microscope for an evening of new and recent works by the now Baltimore-based artist, including his latest film\u00a0Sunrise Fires<\/strong>, a seven-minute exploration of destruction and subsequent regrowth of wildfires almost two decades apart. The program features works in which the artist strives to realize the convergence of direct observation and speculative fiction.<\/span>
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Where Other<\/strong><\/span>
\n film transferred to video, color, sound, 12 min, 2011<\/em><\/span>
\n New Mexico became for us a representation of the capacity for biological and astronomical resonance and retreat; the improbable made possible through an imaginative framework alternative to the empirical environment. A spring spent mostly sick, \u201cwhich figured to our gaze the significant futures that during those years came to pass \u2026 indecipherable from the world during those years \u2026 fatally indistinguishable from the world it attempted to adumbrate, to signify.\u201d \u2013 John Clute.<\/span>
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\n At Rest<\/strong><\/span>
\n film transferred to\u00a0video, black and white and color, silent, 5 min, 2012<\/em><\/span>
\n The swamps offered sanctuary to those inhabitants that rest assured with their age. The cemeteries reminded us to act civil. There was a celebration amongst friends and the restless souls could not wait, torn by the flight of man and the inevitable return to nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mountain Lying Down<\/strong><\/span>
\n film transferred to\u00a0video, black and white and color, sound, 3 min, 2012<\/em><\/span>
\n The title signifies the Paiute name for the north rim plateau of the Grand Canyon, a massive gorge in the state of Arizona and one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Turbulence and tranquility gain exposure at enthralling elevations. Strata are uplifted through edges of contrast caused by severe slants of the sun. The scope of the sacred site reaches translation in static brevity, unearthing billions of years of sedimentary rock sequences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marshy Place Across<\/strong><\/span>
\n film transferred to\u00a0video, black and white and color, sound, 4 min 30 sec, 2012<\/em><\/span>
\n The title signifies the Native American name for Assateague Island, a national seashore and natural landmark located off the coast of Maryland. A passive bay and pristine beach compose the barriers of this subtle yet stunning passage. Distractions amongst the dunes awaken development of the ecological and departure of the artificial. The film culminates in close proximity to a small band of feral horses that share a common territory and domesticated ancestry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Falling Out, Parts One and Two<\/strong><\/span>
\n film transferred to\u00a0video, black and white, silent (part one), color, sound (part two), 20 min, 2006 – 2012<\/em><\/span>
\n Falling Out<\/em>\u00a0captures on discontinued b\/w and color film the ambiguous determination and seamless distancing of a father and son over the course of several seasons.\u00a0Part One\u00a0sways between scenes of shared experiences and temporal passages revealing the fragility and fortitude of the relationship.\u00a0It is presented as a diptych to further reflect the presence of a father and son, the mindsets affected by the conflicts endured. Part Two\u00a0follows as the tranquil aftermath to the tumultuous atmosphere foregrounded in Part One. The characters take into account a landscape once adorned with private residences that now, due to drastic flooding, only provides views of a pastoral terrain. Superimposed over the stark contrasts of highlight and shade defining this abandoned area are scenes of the two traversing locales in southern Vermont recently subjected to severe storms. The confluence of conflict and camaraderie in Falling Out calls into question the demonstration of a familial revival. The bond amongst the father and son strays just as intensely as it returns home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunrise Fires<\/strong><\/span>
\n film transferred to\u00a0video, black and white and color, sound, 7 min, 2013<\/em><\/span>
\n By early September 1995, the Sunrise Wildfire was extinguished. 7,000 acres had burned during the peak of the tourist season yet nobody was killed in the event. The aggravated assault even swept from one side of Sunrise Highway to the other without the slightest hesitance. Another series of severe brush fires ignited 17 years later and became known as the Brookhaven Blaze. The outbreak left less than 2,000 acres torched. The wild ruin and regrowth were revisited within The Central Pine Barrens, the largest natural area on Long Island and its last remaining\u00a0wilderness<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Soundtrack by Ryan Marino.<\/span>
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\nStill from Marshy Place Across\u00a0<\/em>(Lorenzo Gattorna, 2012) –\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Image courtesy of the artist
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\n Lorenzo Gattorna is a filmmaker and programmer originally from New York now residing in Baltimore. His short films have screened in exhibitions associated with Baltimore City Paper, CCNY, The Chicago Underground Film Festival, LMAKprojects, Maysles Cinema, Spectacle Theater, UnionDocs and Views from the Avant-Garde at The New York Film Festival. He has programmed screenings in NYC for Maysles Cinema, Spectacle Theater and UnionDocs as well. Currently he is programming, alongside fellow practitioners Meg Rorison and Kate Ewald, a roaming monthly screening series in Baltimore called Sight Unseen<\/em> supported by the MICA Launch Artists in Baltimore Award.<\/span>
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\nStill from Where Othe<\/em>r\u00a0<\/em>(Lorenzo Gattorna, 2011) –\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Image courtesy of the artist
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Monday March 18, 7PM \u2028The Ghostly Elsewhere \u2028New works by\u00a0Lorenzo Gattorna artist in attendance admission $6 \u00a0 Still from Mountain Lying Down (Lorenzo Gattorna, 2012) –\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Image courtesy of the artist Microscope Gallery welcomes Lorenzo Gattorna back to New York and Microscope for an evening of new and recent works by the now Baltimore-based artist, including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10442","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10442"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10447,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10442\/revisions\/10447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}