Controlling Time

Various Artists

February 9th - March 8th

Video works by:

Vida Sačić, Charles Long, Danielle Rosen, Yvette Mayorga, Shawné Michaelain Halloway, Tanya Garcia, Kasem Kydd, Jessye McDowell, Rabia Tayyabi, Chekwube Danladi, Taha Heydari & James Williams II, Marcela Torres, Alfredo Salazar-Caro, and Jiwon Ham. Curated by KT Duffy

Controlling Time is inspired by quick media that places a halt on late capitalism’s infinite stream of time. Based around “vignettes” of video made for the portable screen that can be viewed anywhere, the videos in the exhibition, however, mystify and evade immediate consumption. The videos are elusive in their subject matter and in their creation. They are the shadows and alternate temporalities that late capitalism abhors, and they become the lull contemporary society needs.

The artists in Controlling Time use the materiality of video to assert autonomy and regain control over their temporal situation. As video continues to be the medium for emancipatory practices, envisioning alternative histories and possible futures, the artists in the show engage video art’s subversive history, and leverage its potential in order to critique and create challenging new discourse, and in turn regain control of the constant flow of time.

As part pf the show, charm braceletes with a file of each video can be bought here. Each bracelet is an original production and showcases charms specifically made for each work.