Laresa Kosloff’s new video work The Bleaching will premiere at the e-flux Screening Room in Brooklyn, NY as a part of the programme View From a Body, guest curated by Naarm-based artist Cate Consandine.
Exploring provocations that surround moving-image culture and notions of embodied affect, View From A Body will screen the works of ten Australian contemporary artists: Cate Consandine, Archie Barry, Hayley Millar Baker, Claire Lambe, Laresa Kosloff, Leyla Stevens, Tina Stefanou, James Barth, Ezz Monem, and Stephen Garrett. Navigating the imaginings of First Nations, diasporic, queer, and female artists, the screening presents affective embodied and disembodied perspectives, creating the space to reflect on how our bodies affect the way we see and understand moving images, and how artists use this through their work.
The Bleaching (2024) is a short film made entirely from commercial stock footage purchased online. For this new work, Kosloff employs this footage to tell the tale of an environmental problem outsourced to artificial intelligence (AI). Far from identifying a scientific solution, the AI offers a comprehensive analysis of hegemonic systems, including white supremacy, the military-industrial complex, and the billionaire class. The film is narrated by the satirical comedian and actor Andrew Hansen, and First Nations actress and director Rachael Maza of the Yidinji and Meriam people.
Admission starts at $5. Registration is necessary.
View From a Body
26 September 2024; 7pm.
e-flux Screening Room
172 Classon Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
USA