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)
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
Rights Holder: Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art Online Exhibition ID: 1198
Is Referenced By: Wikidata

Item sets: MoMA Exhibition on War

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