Video artists Cecelia Condit and Miranda July employ the macabre, satire, and humor to speak about the subjugation of women. In Condit’s Possibly in Michigan, cannibalism in the Midwest is the backdrop to this operatic fairy tale where we see and hear what often remains hidden. Miranda July’s The Amateurist applies surveillance and technology to create a satirical portrait of a woman on the brink of a technologically-driven madness.
Films featured:
Possibly in Michigan by Cecelia Condit (1983, US, 12 min.)
The Amateurist by Miranda July (1998, US, 14 min.)
Screening right here for free beginning at 11 am (CDT) April 12 through April 26. Also available to view on-site in the Bentson Mediatheque during gallery hours.
About the Artists
Cecelia Condit is an American video artist whose works explore the dark side of female subjectivity, putting a subversive spin on the traditional mythologies of female representation in film and the psychologies of sexuality and violence. Condit’s videos have shown internationally in festivals, museums, and alternative spaces, and are represented in collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Centre Georges Pompidou Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France.
Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, writer, and performance artist. Her most recent feature is Kajillionaire (2020). July first visited the Walker in 2000 to show video work from her Big Miss Moviola project and her performance The Swan Tool. July has attended area premieres of many of her films at the Walker including Getting Stronger Every Day (2001), and Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), and The Future (2011). In 2014 she premiered her performance work New Society on the Walker stage. Her participatory artworks include the website Learning to Love You More (with artist Harrell Fletcher), Eleven Heavy Things (a sculpture garden created for the 2009 Venice Biennale), and Somebody (a messaging app created with Miu Miu.) Raised in Berkeley, California, July lives in Los Angeles.
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