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Meet Me In WichitaPresented by Stux Gallery February 17, 2007- February 24, 2007Martha ColburnSTUX Gallery presents the New York Premiere of Meet Me In Wichita, a new film by Martha Colburn.Presented in part with DiVA Streets Location: Art Container at 536 West 24th Street, between 10th and 11th Aves. Schedule: February 17th though February 24th, from 12pm to 8pm daily Featured Artist: Martha Colburn Stux Gallery presents the New York premiere of Martha Colburn’s new film, Meet Me In Wichita (2007), which was featured at this year’s renowned Sundance Film Festival. Colburn’s work utilizes elements of cultural detritus to comment on consumerism, politics, sexuality, and cultural memory. Through a collage of live action (paint-on-glass) animations, found footage and documentary filmmaking techniques, her works are a disturbing, and at times humorous take on pop culture. Meet Me In Wichita (2007) is a scathing indictment of America's arguably dangerously naïve foreign-policy. The film is a play between fact, fiction, politics, fantasy, terror and morality. Using paint-on glass animation and cutout paper puppets, this film features Osama Bin Laden (embodying several characters from the Wizard of Oz) and Dorothy engaged in a battle between the dark forces (and faces) of Evil. Martha Colburn has been featured in exhibitions and film festivals around the world including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY; Stux Gallery, NY; Musee d Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France; Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France; Serpentine Gallery, London, UK; Cannes Film Festival, France; Anthology Film Archive, New York, NY; Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, LT; Nanjing Art Institute Gallery, Nanjing, China; Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA; Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, NL; Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT; New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY.
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