Chain Times Three

Film/Video CHAIN TIMES THREE A VIDEO INSTALLATION DIRECTED BY JEM COHEN SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER 5, 2003 SCREENED CONTINUOUSLY DURING REGULAR MUSEUM HOURS FREE WITH GALLERY ADMISSION LECTURE ROOM

In this three-projector panoramic triptych, Jem Cohen creates a "superlandscape" comprised of malls, highways, franchises, hotels, and corporate centers. These images, shot over a period of six years, merge documentary with narrative--hints of stories and current events, both found and invented, explore ways that people navigate an increasingly generic, commercialized, and simulated world. Chain Times Three includes an original music score performed by Montréal's Godspeed You! Black Emperor. 2002, U.S., color, video, 41 minutes.


RELATED RESOURCES
ARTIST INTERVIEW
Conversation between artist Jem Cohen and Walker Art Center Assistant Film/Video Curator Dean Otto, September 17, 2003.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 8 PM, FREE
Before the screening, John Archer, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota, discusses the homogenization of architecture, a central theme of Cohen's installation.