Opening this Friday at
@80WSE for “Seasonal Affective”. Entrancing, rarely exhibited videos selected from the catalog of
@electronicartsintermix Featuring Charles Atlas / Merce Cunningham, Stephen Beck, Forcefield, Maggie Lee, and Chris Marker. Join us in traversing autumnal and brumal time.
Opening reception Friday, November 10th 6–8PM
Seasonal Affective culminates with a rare presentation of Coast Zone (1983), a beautiful collaboration between Merce Cunningham and Charles Atlas originally shot in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. A hypnotic meditation on camera movement and dance choreography, the film features a composition by Larry Austin performed by John Cage, Martin Kalve, Takehisa Kosugi and David Tudor, setting the dancers to minimalistic percussion and quiet voiceover repeating the word "discordance."
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SEASONAL AFFECTIVE
November 9, 2023 – February 3, 2024
80WSE
Opening Friday, November 10th 6–8PM
Charles Atlas / Merce Cunningham
Stephen Beck
Forcefield
Maggie Lee
Chris Marker
Image: Chris Marker. An Owl is an Owl is an Owl, 1990. Video still courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.