Politics

Laura Kipnis, Ecstasy Unlimited
Laura Kipnis
Ecstasy Unlimited: The Interpenetrations of Sex and Capita!

Ecstasy Unlimited is an engaging video essay on the social construction of sexuality. Kipnis attempts to historicize pleasure and politicize desire, to reveal within the current discourse on sex — and within an ensemble of current sexual practices — the production of forms of sexuality that work to guarantee social order, rather than subvert it. Through various narrative ploys and theoretical tactics, the tape attempts to recover traces of a "political unconscious" in contemporary social malaise.

Basma Alsharif, Farther than the eye can see
Basma Alsharif
Farther than the eye can see

A woman recounts her story of the mass exodus of Palestinians from Jerusalem. Beginning with the arrival and ending with the departure, the tale moves backwards in time and through various landscapes. The events are neither undone nor is the story untold; instead, Farther than the eye can see traces a decaying experience to a place that no longer exists.

Flag Mountain, John Smith
John Smith
Flag Mountain

John Smith’s Flag Mountain records a vast flag, the insignia of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, painted onto the side of the Kyrenia mountains overlooking Nicosia, the divided capital of the former island nation. The flag, situated in what is officially understood under international law to be 'Turkish occupied' northern Cyprus, is accompanied by the legend 'Ne mutlu Türküm diyene' ('How happy is he who can say “I am a Turk”').

Bobby Abate, A Few Extra Copies
Bobby Abate
A Few Extra Copies

On January 22, 1987 an unjustly convicted Budd Dwyer grasped onto the pages of his final speech as Pennsylvania's State Treasurer before shooting himself in front of news cameras. Our current year of armageddon, recession, and occupation resonates as a fitting time to step into Budd's shoes (and perhaps others who sought freedom the same way.) I set up a mini news conference with antiquated, glitchy analog cameras, mixers, players, and decks with the goal of recording Budd's speech in one take.

Sunday School with Franz Hinkelammert
Jim Finn
Sunday School with Franz Hinkelammert

The violent overreaction to 9/11 and to the revolutions of the 1960s cannot be explained only with fear and politics. Franz Hinkelammert, a German-born liberation theologian, economist and philosopher, brings religion front and center to the discussion in a unique way. The emptiness and senselessness felt by those at the margins of a free-market utopian ideology has been filled by an extreme millenarian Christianity and other religious fundamentalisms that justify murder and torture as preemptive self-defense.

Videofreex, Money
Videofreex
Money

Taped on Prince Street in Soho, New York, Skip Blumberg creates a one-word performance.  Shouting the word "Money" over and over, he attracts the attentions of New York's finest.  The crew attempt to explain to the policemen that there is no public disorder as the streets were empty when they began to tape.

The video is an unwitting early example of the reaction of the state to the use of video cameras on the streets.

Jem Cohen, Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, Series One
Jem Cohen
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, Series Two
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, Series One

Five short impressions of Occupy Wall Street, shot in New York during the Fall of 2011. 

AVAILABLE FOR EXHIBITION, WITH SERIES One.  ARTIST CAN CONSULT ON INSTALLATION SPECIFICATIONS.

Jem Cohen, Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 10
Jem Cohen
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 10
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 6
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 7
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 8
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 9

Newsreel footage of Occupy Wall Street movement protesters on November 17, 2011, three days after the destruction of the camp at Zuccotti Park.  Footage captures an evening rally at Foley Square and a march across the Brooklyn Bridge.

Director, Camera, Edit: Jem Cohen, Soundtrack music:  Guy Picciotto

This title is also available on Gravity Hill Newsreels: Coccupy Wall Street, Series Two.

Jem Cohen, Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 9
Jem Cohen
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 9
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 6
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 7
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 8
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 10

Newsreel footage of Occupy Wall Street protest home base at Zuccotti Park / Libery Square on November 17, 2011.  Newsreel captures the park on the morning of Occupy Wall Street Day of Action, two days after police raid on the encampement.

Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 8
Jem Cohen
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 8
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 6
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 7
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 9
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 10

Newsreel footage of Occupy Wall Street protest home base at Zuccotti Park / Libery Square on November 15 and 16, 2011. Newsreel captures police raid on the park and its aftermath.

Jem Cohen, Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 7
Jem Cohen
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 7
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 6
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 8
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 9
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 10

 

Newsreel footage of Occupy Wall Street protest home base at Zuccotti Park / Libery Square on November 2, 2011.  Newsreel captures Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans march and rally nad General Assembly guest speaker.

Director, Camera, Edit: Jem Cohen, Soundtrack music:  Guy Picciotto

This title is also available on Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, Series Two.

Jem Cohen, Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 6
Jem Cohen
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 6
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 7
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 8
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 9
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 10

Newsreel footage of Occupy Wall Street protest home base at Zuccotti Park / Libery Square on October 24, 2011.  Newsreel captures a large General Assembly meeting and smaller working groups meeting in public atrium.

Director, Camera, Edit: Jem Cohen, Soundtrack music:  Guy Picciotto

This title is also available on Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, Series Two.

Jem Cohen, Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 1
Jem Cohen
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, Series One
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, Series Two

Five short impressions of Occupy Wall Street, shot in New York during the Fall of 2011. 

Available for Exhibition, with Series Two.  Artist can consult on installation specifications.

Jem Cohen, Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 5
Jem Cohen
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 5
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 1
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 2
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 3
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 4

Impressions of Occupy Wall Street’s Liberty Square at night, shot in October of 2011.  Includes a General Assembly meeting about purchasing a new wi-fi tower for the encampment, and a first winter storm.

Jem Cohen, Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 4
Jem Cohen
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 4
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 1
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 2
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 3
Gravity Hill Newsreels: Occupy Wall Street, No. 5

Newsreel footage of Occupy Wall Street protest home base at Zuccotti Park in the rain on October 19, 2011.

Director, Camera, Edit: Jem Cohen, Soundtrack music:  Joe Hunter, Guy Picciotto, Quotes from Eric Cantor, Herman Cain
Presented by DOC NYC and IFC Center. 

This title is also available on Gravity Hill Newsreels: Coccupy Wall Street, Series One.

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