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Curated by Douglas Chang
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This
program explores the paradox of layering in all its alluring,
obscuring and ambiguous manifestations. The peeling off of layers
can, in some circumstances, strip a subject down to its essence,
exposing a truth that lies buried under false images and conventions.
Yet it can also turn into its own kind of ritual fetish, teasing
the numbed and dumbed-down consciousness along a path of red herrings
leading it into an abyss of conspiracies and transgressions whose
satisfaction lies forever just behind the next veil. At a time
when nakedness is coveted but nudity condemned; when WMD remain
perpetually out of reach, hidden somewhere in a gaping desert of "perhaps" at
such a time, the ultimate aphrodisiac may be the search for truth
itself. Can one version of truth be promoted without eclipsing
others? And aren't even the layers we shed those garnishes of skin,
clothing and environment endlessly receding from what we deem the
central organ themselves part of the total reality from which truth
gets its inherent value?
Getting Off by Annmarie Lanesey
Tender Bodies by James Duesing
1+1=3 by Alinah Azadeh
L'Echange by Caitlin Berrigan
Immersion by Tobias Tovera
Quienes Son? by Alex Stikich
Security Anthem by Kent
Lambert
Thick by Kristina Faragher
Nation Elevated by Eric Saks
White Balance by Francois Bucher
Vielleicht (Perhaps) by Eliza Barrios
(Running time: 85 min.) |
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