http://www.benthorpbrown.com Ben Thorp Brown Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:09:36 +0000 http://www.benthorpbrown.com en http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Untitled-After-Atget-Visited-Sofia http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Untitled-After-Atget-Visited-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" border="0" width="400" height="530" width_o="400" height_o="530" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast1.smallest_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast2.smallest.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="522" width_o="400" height_o="522" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast2.smallest_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast3.smallest.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="519" width_o="400" height_o="519" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2344903/falsepast3.smallest_o.jpg" align="left" /> Untitled (After Atget Visited Sofia) (2010, 4" x 5", digital capture, albumen print) http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Look-Past-Ben-Gurion http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Look-Past-Ben-Gurion 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" border="0" 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" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010180.mod.small.jpg" border="0" 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" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010185.mod.small.jpg" border="0" 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" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010186.mod.small.jpg" border="0" 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" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010194.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload3.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2364434/P1010194_o.JPG" align="left" /> Look Past, Ben Gurion 2011 36" x 48" digital inkjet mounted on aluminum dibond http://www.benthorpbrown.com/Bellwether-Omaha http://www.benthorpbrown.com/following/benthorpbrown.com/Bellwether-Omaha Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:56:28 +0000 Ben Thorp Brown 2342945 <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342945/bellwether.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342945/bellwether_o.jpg" align="left" /> Bellwether, Omaha is a feature length documentary about my great aunt, Mother Nadine Brown. Thirty years ago, she founded a Catholic community called the Intercessors of the Lamb. Over the years, the organization has grown in size to have an international following and a beautiful 75-acre property in the hills of Omaha, Nebraska. This past summer, I recorded an interview with my great aunt for the purpose of archiving a family history, however, it soon became clear that her unique community was worthy of further attention. In September, I witnessed Nadine's first trip to Israel, which marked her 50th anniversary of becoming a nun. A few weeks after returning from a Holy Land pilgrimage with Nadine, I learned of some startling news. She was no longer a catholic nun. The archbishop of Omaha had suppressed her community and forced her to leave the property. The film follows Nadine and her followers as they attempt to understand and rebuild their religious community. 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" border="0" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1386_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/_MG_1400_800.jpg" border="0" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/_MG_1400_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1388_800.jpg" border="0" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1388_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1390_800.jpg" border="0" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1390_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1391_800.jpg" border="0" width="800" height="533" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342968/IMG_1391_o.jpg" 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" border="0" width="299" height="450" width_o="299" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342989/mythologies_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342989/MoMA.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342989/MoMA_o.jpg" 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" border="0" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b6_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b5_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b4_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b3_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="336" width_o="2048" height_o="1029" src_o="http://payload2.cargocollective.com/1/5/172220/2342983/b1_o.jpg" align="left" /> Where The Sun Never Sets A stereographic image is composed of two images produced at slightly different angles, which our brain then processes into a single image that has spatial depth and dimension. This series of appropriated images from Wall Street point to a possibility of virtually occupying the space. (2011, 18" x 10", Lambda print)