Mother + Father (2005)

EXHIBIT:    The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image. Part II: Realisms. At the Hirshhorn museum. Runs through Septemeber 7, 2008. Featuring artists Candice Breitz, Matthew Buckingham, Paul Chan, Ian Charlesworth, Phil Collins, Jermy Deller, Kota Ezawa, Omer Fast, Fancesco Vezzoli, and Arthur Zimijewski. 

I recently attended the Hirshhorn museum's current film exhibit, The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image, Part II: Realisms. The exhibit is split into two parts, featuring some 50 films. The first part focuses on Hollywood, pop culture, and global cinema. The second relates historical events and the genre of documentary. 

This exhibit was the best I've attended so far this summer. Each film runs 10 to 15 minutes long. Some people have trouble walking into the various rooms and sitting through each film, but it is definitely worth it. The Hollywood/pop culture section blew my mind. 

If you are not in the D.C. area, check out my favorite film online, Mother + Father, by Candice Breitz. It is a piece that takes place in two separate rooms, with six televisions in each. Breitz has taken scenes from iconic movies featuring mothers and fathers and recut them. Altogether, the clips form a strange sort of soliloquy. Watch both films in full!

Mother + Father

(Click on Work -> Video -> Mother + Father, and select one of the two videos. Make sure you put your mouse on the images to get the video to play.)