A FAILED ENTERTAINMENT
Selections from the Filmography of James O. Incandenza
March 7th- March 21st Year of Glad
Opening Reception March 7th at 5:30pm
VCU Fine Arts Building Gallery
1000 West Broad St. Richmond, VA 23284
Gallery Hours M-F 9am-5pm or by appointment
http://arts.vcu.edu/sculpture/
Curated by Sam Ekwurtzel
Film Screening by Bill Santen to take place during opening reception.
In 1996 author David Foster Wallace published his novel Infinite Jest and was instantly hailed as one of the greatest authors of the 20th century, eventually being granted a MacArthur award. His sprawling and complex novel chronicles the lives of the characters surrounding James Incandenza- avant-garde filmmaker, mathematician, and visionary tennis instructor. The plot largely revolves around the missing master copy of one of Incandenza’s films, titled Infinite Jest, a film so entertaining to its viewers that they become catatonic, losing all interest in anything other than endless viewings of the film.
Included as a footnote in Wallace’s novel is the Complete Filmography of James O. Incandenza, a detailed list of over 70 industrial, documentary, conceptual, advertorial, technical, parodic, dramatic non-commercial, and non-dramatic commercial works. In collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University, the curators of this exhibition have commissioned artists and filmmakers to re-create seminal works from Incandenza’s Filmography.
A previous iteration of this exhibition was presented at the LeRoy Neiman gallery at Columbia University in the spring of 2010.
Any inquiries can be directed to the VCU Department of Sculpture directly at 804.828.1511
Featuring film and video work by:
Malado Baldwin
Power Boothe
Matthew Brandt
John and Matt Bucher
Larry Caveney
Justin Chase Lane
Charles Day
David Dempewolf
Sam Ekwurtzel
Michael Gaillard
Gene Gort
Brendan Harman
Tim Hyde
John Kattirtzis
Zerek Kempf
Zack Lamothe
Tim Lawless
Kelly Loudenberg
Lee Matney and Glenn Shepard
Jesse Mcclean
Colin McMullan
Davida Nemeroff
Min Kim Park
JJ Peet
Reid Ramirez
Jordan Rathus
Robert Rhee
William Santen
Jessica Segall
Gregorsz Surman
Daniel Warner
Christine Wang
Paul Wiersbinski
Rachel Wolther
