Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
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New York State based media artist Victoria Bradbury, the featured artist in the cinema vestibule this month, will present an evening of shorts.
Crossing (2007, 5min. 30sec.) A dual channel video about dangerous waters and a pilgrimage with voice over text from the artist's Great(x10)-Grandmother's Salem witch trial.
Ocean of Oceans (2008, 10min.) A figure is burdened by cumbersome limbs as she churns in ocean waves, then moves toward a horizon. Her doppelganger uses the long arms as an asset, sailing through sea and space with ease. Sound design by Lily Wolfe.
Pioneer (2008, 2min.) A series of short video animations of The Pioneer moving through the American West of today and the open desert of days gone by asking "Where's my horse/house?"
They Are Coming (2008, 2 min.) A bed bug moves frantically. He is expecting unwanted guests.
37 Red Hats (2008, 8min. 46sec.) A 2008 visit to Beijing in which the artist located and tracked down every Pizza Hut location within the city limits
And This, Of Course, Is the Earth Down Here (2008, 5min. 30sec.) A journey in a canoe bookended by the mechanics of an eclipse and long-armed-spoon-headed boaters beamed onto the surface from the sky.
The Hat (2007, 4 min. 30 sec.) A story of love and control between a woman, a ventriloquist dummy, and a trick hat.
Yonghy Bonghy Bo (2005, 2min. 30sec.) A super 8 film about unrequited love between bumpy-headed Yonghy and Zelda, a married dummy.
Arms (2007, 1 min. 15 sec.) Arms, unicycles, cookware, and electronic toys gently collide.
A Travelling Home Show (2009, 6 min. 45 sec.) A Video Mutoscope performed visual narrative about how the Pioneer came to lose her horse and her house.
Victoria Bradbury is a New York State based artist working in video, performance, sculpture, and installation. Bradbury's work has been screened and seen in Denmark, Beijing, Barcelona, New York, Buffalo, and Baltimore. She has designed sets for Juilliard Dance and collaborates with commedia dell'arte troupe Under the Table.
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