Eyeball Witness: Suitable Video Vol. 2
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, March 27th, at 7PM
Eyeball Witness takes its title from cop show terminology, referring to an individual who has seen something happen. Such a person used to be called an “eye witness,” which seemed sufficient, but I like the recently updated “eyeball”… weirdly visceral in its anatomical disembodiment, it reduces the person to a floating eye and turns sight into just another kind of record (retinal camera, wireless cerebral hard-drive). Along these lines, to see is to capture, to recall is to make real.
This seemed like a reasonable metaphor for a strain of video art concerned with direct recording of action and performance, with emphasis on personal expression, structural innovation, peculiar point of view and humor. The 16 short works in this program present a multitude of approaches to performance and direction in video. Experimental DIY methods prevail over conventional notions of story, quality or technique. The camera provides audience access to the thing that has happened, however shaky, small or strange; often with complex and affecting results.
Featuring Andrew Fansler, Derek Fansler, Ken Fandell, Eric Fleischauer, Gabriel Fowler, Charles Irvin, Emily Jones, Mike Lopez, Daniel Paz, David Servoss, Kwabena Slaughter, Clay Smith, Alexander Stewart, Kirsten Stoltmann, Selina Trepp and Erik Wenzel.
Suitable Video is the curatorial platform of Scott Wolniak, organizing video programs for screenings, gallery exhibitions and limited-edition DVDs.
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