envoy enterprises is presenting Paul Mpagi Sepuya's video piece 'A Separate Peace' at Moving Image from 3 March thru 6 March, 2011.
Fair hours are from 11 - 8pm except Sunday (11-3pm).
The Moving Image curatorial advisory committee has invited a selection of international commercial galleries and non-profit institutions to present single-channel videos, video sculptures, and other larger video installations. Moving Image has been conceived to offer viewers a unique viewing experience, providing a rich program of time-based work from around the globe by today's most important and exciting new artists.
Waterfront New York Tunnel . 269 11th Avenue . Between 27th and 28th Streets .New York, NY 10001
A Separate Peace, 2009 . Single-channel video, endless loop
A SEPARATE PEACE is a single channel video loop constructed from the 1972 film adaptation of the John Knowles young adult novel. The friendship between Gene and Phineas, two boarding school students during the Second World War, was deeply troubling to the artist as an adolescent when he first encountered the story in middle school. It is fraught with admiration, competition, and (un)conscious attempts to contain the other. In a central scene, Gene causes a catastrophic accident crippling the once athletic Phineas. He becomes overwhelmed by anxiety at the impulse for his action. Shortly after, he begins adopting the dress and mannerism of the focus of his victim, friend, object of this guilt.
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