Expanded Screens Program 3: The New Avant-Garde

This program highlights some of the most formally ambitious voices in today’s video essay avant-garde. Rooted in experimental cinema, the essay film, and documentary traditions, these makers challenge and play with our understanding of audiovisual media and the environments in which we use and experience them. Subjects range from contemporary political crises to media phenomena like “doomscrolling,” feminist rage, and the datafication of daily life.

Total run time: 76 mins.

Featuring:

The Rhythms of Rage: From Solitude to Solidarity
Barbara Zecchi, 2024, 4:48

Encore by Courtney Stephens
Courtney Stephens, 2018, 9:00

One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean
Yuyan Wang, 2020, 11:00

Xena’s Body
Occitane Lacurie, 2024, 11:39

Reckless Eyeballing
Christopher Harris, 2004, 13:42

Ausencia
May Santiago, 2024, 6:36

Nazarbazi
Maryam Tafakory, 2022, 19:00

Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership. 

Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.