http://www.benthorpbrown.com Ben Thorp Brown Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:57:56 +0000 http://www.benthorpbrown.com en http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Farms-Without-Farmers http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Farms-Without-Farmers Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:57:56 +0000 Ben Thorp Brown 2343000 <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2343000/FWF.jpg" width="600" height="315" width_o="600" height_o="315" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2343000/FWF_o.jpg" data-mid="11886385" border="0" align="left"/> (2008, mini-DV, color, sound, 35 min) Filmed and edited in Paraguay with support from the Williams College Chandler Fellowship. http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Conversations-About-Iraq http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Conversations-About-Iraq Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:57:52 +0000 Ben Thorp Brown 2342996 <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342996/deller1.jpg" width="600" height="398" width_o="600" height_o="398" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342996/deller1_o.jpg" data-mid="11779794" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342996/deller2.jpg" width="600" height="398" width_o="600" height_o="398" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342996/deller2_o.jpg" data-mid="11779797" border="0" align="left"/> It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq A series of videos and photographs produced on the road over the course of a 25 day cross-country trip in collaboration with Jeremy Deller and Creative Time. The New Museum and Creative Time will present It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq, a new commission by Turner Prize-winning British artist Jeremy Deller that encourages public discussion of the history, present circumstances, and the future of Iraq. The project unfolds in two forms, first through conversations with guest experts and witnesses at three museums (New Museum, Hammer Museum, and the MCA Chicago), and subsequently on a three-week cross-country tour. The project is designed to stimulate unmediated dialogue about Iraq and our relationship to it. It is intended to be politically neutral, unscripted, and as formal or informal as each guest expert and witness desires. Project Website http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Scenes-of-a-Crime-Sofia http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Scenes-of-a-Crime-Sofia Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:09:36 +0000 Ben Thorp Brown 2344903 <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast1.smallest.jpg" width="400" height="530" width_o="400" height_o="530" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast1.smallest_o.jpg" data-mid="12323256" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast2.smallest.jpg" width="400" height="522" width_o="400" height_o="522" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast2.smallest_o.jpg" data-mid="12323257" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast3.smallest.jpg" width="400" height="519" width_o="400" height_o="519" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast3.smallest_o.jpg" data-mid="12323258" border="0" align="left"/> Scenes of a Crime, Sofia albumen print 4 x 5 inches 2010 http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Here-is-what-I-see-in-your-eyes-right-now http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Here-is-what-I-see-in-your-eyes-right-now Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:14:07 +0000 Ben Thorp Brown 2364434 <img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010179.mod.medium.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010179.mod.medium_o.jpg" data-mid="11886587" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010180.mod.small.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010180.mod.small_o.jpg" data-mid="11886591" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010185.mod.small.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010185.mod.small_o.jpg" data-mid="11886595" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010186.mod.small.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010186.mod.small_o.jpg" data-mid="11886598" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010194.JPG" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010194_o.JPG" data-mid="11886603" border="0" align="left"/> Here is what I see in your eyes right now: archival pigment print 36 x 48 inches 2011 http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Bellwether http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Bellwether Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:56:28 +0000 Ben Thorp Brown 2342945 <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342945/bellwether.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342945/bellwether_o.jpg" data-mid="11779749" border="0" align="left"/> Bellwether is a video installation and documentary film that records the history of a religious community that is suppressed by the Catholic church over a land dispute. Three Channel Installation, HD Video, 2012 http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Unseen-Archive http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Unseen-Archive Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:05:39 +0000 Ben Thorp Brown 2342968 <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1386_800.jpg" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1386_o.jpg" data-mid="12403263" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/_MG_1400_800.jpg" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/_MG_1400_o.jpg" data-mid="12403284" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1388_800.jpg" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1388_o.jpg" data-mid="12403358" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1390_800.jpg" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1390_o.jpg" data-mid="12403359" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1391_800.jpg" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1391_o.jpg" data-mid="12403360" border="0" align="left"/> The Unseen Archive is a series of 80 images derived from a set of classified photos taken by soldiers in Afghanistan. The archive was reconstructed through dialogue and research with a journalist, who saw the images firsthand. (2011, 35mm slideshow of 80 images, essay) http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Documenting-Mythologies http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Documenting-Mythologies Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:31 +0000 Ben Thorp Brown 2342989 <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342989/mythologies.jpg" width="299" height="450" width_o="299" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342989/mythologies_o.jpg" data-mid="11779624" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342989/MoMA.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342989/MoMA_o.jpg" data-mid="11779626" border="0" align="left"/>"Documenting Mythologies" is a collaboratively produced film that investigates myth in contemporary society. The story follows eleven non-fiction media artists on a trip from Brooklyn, NY through New England to rural Maine, a kind of ritual escape from the city on a holiday weekend. Their simple journey becomes the frame for a series of complex short works in film, video, and radio. Diverse aesthetic approaches to documentary are used to develop the theme, which is inspired in part by the 1957 collection of essays by French author Roland Barthes titled "Mythologies." For Barthes, myths aren't only the traditional stories we tell; there are myths everywhere within our everyday lives. They are the meanings that we take for granted, "the falsely obvious," a confusion of Nature and History, and a site of significant ideological abuse. Interspersed between gas station stops, bonfires on the beach, and a small town's blues festival, the group considers multiple myths including: the metaphysical attraction to one of the most popular wedding gifts in America; the growth of ambiguity in the word "Whatever"; the experience of queer interracial desire; a experiment in collaborative filmmaking via a game of broken telephone; the logic that underlies the phrase "New York is the Big Apple"; politicians' obfuscation of reality in approaching "The Third Rail"; and the drama of online persona, among others. (Uniondocs) (2011, HD Video, color, sound, 70 min.) Screenings at MoMA Documentary Fortnight, Harvard Film Archive, and Camden International Film Festival http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Where-The-Sun-Never-Sets http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Where-The-Sun-Never-Sets Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:07 +0000 Ben Thorp Brown 2342983 <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b6.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b6_o.jpg" data-mid="11780185" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b5.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b5_o.jpg" data-mid="11780220" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b4.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b4_o.jpg" data-mid="11780212" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b3.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b3_o.jpg" data-mid="11780209" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b2.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b2_o.jpg" data-mid="11780208" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b1.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b1_o.jpg" data-mid="11780206" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b2.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b2_o.jpg" data-mid="11780208" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b3.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b3_o.jpg" data-mid="11780209" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b4.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b4_o.jpg" data-mid="11780212" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b5.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b5_o.jpg" data-mid="11780220" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b6.jpg" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b6_o.jpg" data-mid="11780185" border="0" align="left"/> Where The Sun Never Sets In this work, a history of translation of, “Where the Sun Never Sets” unfolds amidst a stereoscopic image of Wall Street from the late 19th century. Through this experiment in montage, the fixed time of a stereograph is juxtaposed with quotations that express the timelessness of this metaphor for empire. In this work, the “sun” creates a present time signature in relation to the image, while simultaneously expressing the melancholic notion of a sun that never sets. However, it is through the sun, that we are able to sense time, and it is perhaps this awareness of duration that leaves us with a sense of potential amid an ongoing loop of empire. HD Video, 7 min., color, silent, 2011