Electromediascope, the Museum's long-running series of experiemental film, video and new media is back for another installment beginning Friday, April 13. This time the theme is Being There: Experiencing Place and Non-place. The films all somehow challenge "what we think we know or recognize about the geophysical, institutional and cultural aspects of particular places."
It brings up interesting questions about places such as airports, shopping malls, highways and even the Internet. It used to be that people defined their sense of place or personal space in terms of location, where they lived or the traditions they followed. These "non-places" distance us from our surroundings by their boredom, repetition and the amount of time we all spend waiting for them.
Artists Peter Hutton, Tacita Dean, Emily Richardson, Aria Sala, Ken Kobland, James Benning and the German collaboration "e-team" are featured in the spring series. Free tickets are available online.