LAND MARK LAND SCAPE

Friday, August 27, 2021 (8pm)

Co-presented by Aurora Picture Show and The Menil Drawing Institute 

Outdoor screening, West Main Green of The Menil Drawing Institute, 1412 West Main Street

Free Admission

In conjunction with the exhibition Dream Monuments: Drawing in the 1960s and 1970s, Aurora Picture Show and The Menil Drawing Institute co-present a special outdoor screening of films exploring artists’ various interpretations of and interactions with land. Land Mark Land Scape includes films by and about artists associated with the Earthworks movement in the 1970s as well as a range of contemporary works by a younger generation of artists engaging with themes of landscape, monumentality, and the politics of land use. The 70-minute program includes 11 short films made 1971-2020, including rarely seen films by Ana Mendieta and Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson; a short documentary on the land art works of Robert Smithson; and a range of contemporary ruminations by artists including Sky Hopinka, Karimah Ashadu, Takeshi Murata, Lani Asuncion, Alisi Telengut, Sam Green, and Kevin Cooley. This outdoor screening will take place on the lawn of the Menil Drawing Institute on Friday, August 27 at 8pm. The exhibition will be available to view prior to the screening. In the case of inclement weather, this screening will be held on the following evening, Saturday, August 28 (Location TBA)

Program: 

Volcán by Ana Mendieta, 1979 

Swamp by Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson, 1971 

Rundown by Jane Crawford and Robert Fiore, 1994 

Makoko Sawmill by Karimah Ashadu 2015 

Costa’s High Paradise (Alto Paraiso da Costa) by Lani Asuncion, 2012

Fainting Spells by Sky Hopinka, 2018 

The Fourfold by Alisi Telengut, 2020

Julius Caesar Was Buried In a Pet Cemetery by Sam Green, 2018

Devil’s Churn by Kevin Cooley, 2010

Lagos Sand Merchants by Karimah Ashadu 2013 

Melter 2 by Takeshi Murata, 2003