9 Scripts from a Nation at War

Exhibition Title

9 Scripts from a Nation at War

Subject

exhibition (Q464980)

Description

9 Scripts from a Nation at War (2007), a 10-channel video installation recently acquired by MoMA, marks the first work for which artists Andrea Geyer, Sharon Hayes, Ashley Hunt, Katya Sander, and David Thorne have collaborated. The work responds to knowledge production and communication in the context of the Iraq war since the initial invasion by U.S. military forces in March 2003. The 10 videos comprising the large-scale, spatial installation cast inquiry into the position of the individual amidst roles constructed by war. Each video stages the speaking of a script from the following perspectives: citizen, blogger, correspondent, veteran, student, actor, interviewer, lawyer, detainee, and source. The scripts are enacted by both actors and non-actors, some speaking their own words, some reciting the words of others. Displayed as projections and seated viewing stations in a circuitous, non-narrative structure, the performative videos create a charged environment questioning the implications of war on individual and collective subjectivity.

is about

Iraq War (Q545449) See all items with this value

Organizer

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Location

New York

Artists

Andrea Geyer

Ashley Hunt

David Thorne

Katya Sander

Sharon Hayes

End

Aug 6, 2012

Start

Jan 25, 2012

Date

2010s See all items with this value

Rights Holder

Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art Online Exhibition ID

1198

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