{"id":20094,"date":"2017-09-28T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/?page_id=20094"},"modified":"2017-10-10T14:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T18:02:09","slug":"20094-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/?page_id=20094","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday October 13, 7:30pm<\/span>
\nVideos by Cate Giordano<\/span><\/strong>
\nArtist in person<\/span>
\nSeating is limited – advance tickets recommended<\/span><\/em>
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\nStill from “After the fire is gone” by Cate Giordano, 2017, single-channel video, 33 minutes – Image courtesy of the artist<\/span>
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Microscope is extremely pleased to present a screening of video works by Cate Giordano, culminating with the premiere of her 33-minute single-channel video “After the fire is gone\u201d, the scenes and outtakes of which form part of a broader\u00a0installation currently on view in her solo exhibition of the same title at the gallery. <\/span><\/p>\n

The five works in the program – spanning nearly a decade from \u201cHunter in the Woods\u201d made when the artist was an undergrad student to a second new work \u201cPrelude\u201d – typically find Giordano in wigs and mustaches assuming the role of\u00a0the main\u00a0characters and singing soundtracks in music video-like sequences. Coarsely made sculptures of everyday objects, furniture, animals and people including non-speaking and still incarnations of the main characters are integrated into story lines that often play with and subvert the portrayals of familial, romantic, and sexual relationships\u00a0that we see in the movies and on TV.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I mix ridiculous costuming and melodramatic plot lines with banal gestures and everyday actions.\u00a0I tend to gravitate toward themes that relate to a grotesque Americana, and sometimes I feel like I\u2019m regurgitating what I\u2019ve seen my whole life on TV, but making it my own, role-playing, becoming the archetypes that I\u2019ve been so affected by both in real-life and in media.\u201d – Cate Giordano<\/span><\/p>\n

The screening is taking place in\u00a0connection with the artist\u2019s current solo exhibition at\u00a0the gallery \u201cAfter the fire is gone\u201d on view through October 22. Giordano will be in attendance and available for Q&A following the screening.<\/span><\/p>\n

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General Admission $8<\/span><\/em>
\nMembers & Students $6<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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ADVANCE TICKETS<\/a><\/div>\n

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\nCate Giordano<\/strong>\u00a0works primarily in moving image, often playing multiple roles in her videos, and sculpture in the form of sets or characters made in a way that highlights their otherness and materiality. Her work has previously exhibited at\u00a0Spring\/Break Art Show, New York;\u00a0James Farley Post Office, New York; Old School in collaboration with the New Museum, New York; and Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY among others. Solo screenings have been presented at\u00a0Film Society at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA and Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn, NY. Group screenings include\u00a0Flaherty Seminar at Anthology Film Archives, New York and Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY among others.\u00a0Her work has been discussed in\u00a0Artforum<\/em>,\u00a0Artnet<\/em>,\u00a0ARTnews<\/em>, ArtObserved<\/em>, Hyperallergic<\/em>,\u00a0San Francisco Art Quarterly<\/em>,\u00a0and others.\u00a0She received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art in 2008 and was a Smack Mellon\u2019s Artist Studio Program recipient in 2016-17.\u00a0Originally from Pensacola, FL, Cate Giordano lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Program:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hunter in the Woods<\/span><\/strong>
\nHi8 transfer to digital video, color, sound, 2007, 8 minutes<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Hunter Dodge escapes to the woods and builds his ideal life for himself out of scrap wood.\u00a0 His happiness is disrupted by his estranged wife, Joy, who drags him kicking and screaming back into reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Peg Bordelon Series<\/span><\/strong>
\nHD video, color, sound, 2013, 10 minutes<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

A southern transplant winds up in NYC hell bent on making a film.\u00a0 Posing as a “Women’s Studies” major at a non-existent college, Peg can be found skulking through the streets, camera in hand, looking for talent everywhere she goes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Species<\/span><\/strong>
\nMiniDV and 16mm film transfer to digital\u00a0 video, color, sound, 2008, 14 minutes<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Trapped in the belly of a Trojan Lion, Jonah and Dot are falling out of love. Jonah, a writer, fights to remain true to his artistic visions, despite mounting pressure from Dot to earn money. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Prelude<\/span><\/strong>
\nSuper 8mm transfer to video, color, sound, 2017, 5 minutes<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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After the fire is gone<\/span><\/strong>
\nVHS and miniDV transfer to digital video, color, sound, 2017, 33 minutes 35 seconds<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Dolly is discontent with her life in New York City, waiting tables at a greasy spoon while her husband Anton sells life insurance out of a shoebox office in Queens. When Clayton, the love of her life, happens into the diner, Dolly is overcome with nostalgia for her past life with Clayton, the South, and everything she was before she married Anton. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\nWith underwriting support of the Robert D. Bielecki Foundation<\/em><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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