Most Popular Lorna Simpson Trailers
Total trailers found: 12
Momentum Trailer (2011)
28 August 2011
"In Momentum, the camera not only functions as the missing studio mirror for the dancers but also visualizes the memory of the artist behind the camera.
Corridor Trailer (2003)
25 July 2003
"Through a narrative in which action remains relatively static and intrigue is expressed abstractly through the composer John Davis' classical music and jazz sound track, the women's mundane tasks mirror each other, creating a structural parity between the two channels of the installation.
31 Trailer (2002)
17 September 2002
"In her day-in-the-life portrait of an African-American woman, Simpson uses tropes of cinema, diary, and surveillance.
Chess Trailer (2013)
23 April 2013
"In Simpson's project--in which one plays chess with oneself--how does one extract oneself from oneself to outwit oneself? Who wins? Technically it would end in a draw and or extend into a Borgesian infinity.
The Institute Trailer (2007)
24 April 2007
"In creating that split-screen work, Simpson used footage from a promotional film produced by an institute in Wichita, Kansas; there, students with learning and speech disabilities were, presumably, "rehabilitated," which is to say, socialized.
Easy to Remember Trailer (2001)
11 June 2001
"In a haunting and elgiac work titled Easy to Remember from 2001, prior to her turn to drawing, Simpson reanimated the jazz ballad of the same name in a film work comprised of fifteen individual singers humming the tune, in unison.
Call Waiting Trailer (1997)
24 March 1997
'Call Waiting' (1997) is a superb representation of Simpson's adeptness at playing with race and relationships through cinematic depiction.
Duet Trailer (2000)
15 July 2000
"Duet is the cinematic expression of the themes of isolationism, escapism and self-effacement addressed in Simpson’s earlier photographic works.
Animations Trailer (2016)
28 August 2016
A short compilation of Lorna Simpson's collage-based animations.
Jackie Trailer (2007)
16 July 2007
"In a video piece called Jackie that I did a few years ago, there is footage of these young boys drawing.
Cloudscape Trailer (2004)
19 April 2004
"The solitary image of the black male figure whistling and enveloped by fog appears to be a song of departure from the charnel house of the racial sublime.
Touch Life Trailer (2014)
19 June 2014
A blind woman prepares to be introduced to her partner's family three thousand miles away.
