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Written by Joe DiRosa
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We are pleased to announce Marco Brambilla’s first solo exhibition at
the gallery, presenting the New York debut of a three-channel video
installation called Sync.
Sync (2005) is entirely comprised of sampled images, some as short as
single frames, both from mainstream film and pornography. Each of the
three projections is organized around a different theme: fights, sex
and theatre audiences. All three screens progress at a rate of several
shots per second, resulting in a violent, almost hysterical barrage of
information on the viewer, heightened by a syncopated percussion-based
sound track that drives the pace even harder. By eliminating the
original continuity and narrative in the source material, Brambilla
achieves a new visual choreography.
Brambilla emphasizes the formulaic and derivative constructs of the way
sex and violence are portrayed by Hollywood, and interpreted by
audiences. Over time, this sensory overload leads to an increasing
tolerance for, and resistance to graphic sex and brutality, both in the
movies and in the news media in general.
Sync also highlights the controversial issues in and around the
representation of sexuality in art, opening up for debate the question
of whether art can be disguised as pornography, or vice-versa, and
leaves the viewer free to choose his or her own path through these
intersections of art and sexuality.
Also on view will be Sea of Tranquility (2006), a single channel video
projection that re-imagines the historic Apollo 11 landing on the
moon’s surface in 1969.
Brambilla’s work was recently on view at the Wexner Center for the
Arts, Columbus and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Sync has
been screened at the Tate Modern, London, in addition to the Sundance
and Cannes Film Festivals.
This exhibition will remain on view through Saturday, November 25th at
138 Tenth Avenue (between 18th and 19th Streets), Tuesday through
Saturday from 10am to 6pm. For more information or images please
call212-206-8710 or log on to
www.cohanandleslie.com
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