Publication accompanies a two-part exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Part 1: Dreams opens in February 2008; Part 2: Realisms opens in June 2008
Features the work of Matthew Buckingham, Candice Breitz, Paul Chan, Phil Collins, Bruce Conner, Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Kota Ezawa, Omer Fast, Christoph Girardet, Rodney Graham, Gary Hill, Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, Pierre Huyghe, Runa Islam, Isaac Julien, Steve McQueen, Kelly Richardson and Andy Warhol, among others
Offers the first in-depth exploration of the influence of cinema on contemporary artists using moving image technology, and explores the way in which this medium has blurred cultural distinctions between reality and illusion
Discusses how and why moving-image work has shifted from the margins to the center of art production
Considers the analogous relationship between cinema technology and the psychology of dreams and the ways in which artists compel or challenge the suspension of disbelief, encouraging viewers’ awareness of their participation.
Focusses on the larger societal impact of cinema’s pervasiveness by looking at the work of emerging artists and examining how the interplay between reality and fiction informs artists’ explorations into subjectivity, individuality and character