A pivotal figure in experimental filmmaking for over 40 years, James Benning’s
primary subject is the expansive and complex American landscape. His most recent
work centers around two cabins that he replicated on his property in the Sierra
foothills: Henry David Thoreau’s shelter from Walden Pond and Ted Kaczynski’s
plywood shack—iconic American structures that seemingly represent utopian
and dystopian poles. The resulting film Two Cabins (2011) layers perspectives and
articulates intoxicating connections between the two structures.
Image:
James Benning
Stemple Pass, 2012
Single channel HD video (color/sound); 122 minutes
Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
show less
primary subject is the expansive and complex American landscape. His most recent
work centers around two cabins that he replicated on his property in the Sierra
foothills: Henry David Thoreau’s shelter from Walden Pond and Ted Kaczynski’s
plywood shack—iconic American structures that seemingly represent utopian
and dystopian poles. The resulting film Two Cabins (2011) layers perspectives and
articulates intoxicating connections between the two structures.
Image:
James Benning
Stemple Pass, 2012
Single channel HD video (color/sound); 122 minutes
Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
A pivotal figure in experimental filmmaking for over 40 years, James Benning’s
primary subject is the expansive and complex American landscape. His most recent
work centers around two cabins that he replicated on his property in the Sierra
foothills: Henry David Thoreau’s shelter from Walden Pond and Ted Kaczynski’s
plywood shack—iconic American structures that seemingly represent utopian
and dystopian poles. The resulting film Two Cabins (2011) layers perspectives and
articulates intoxicating connections between the two structures.
Image:
James Benning
Stemple Pass, 2012
Single channel HD video (color/sound); 122 minutes
Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
read more
primary subject is the expansive and complex American landscape. His most recent
work centers around two cabins that he replicated on his property in the Sierra
foothills: Henry David Thoreau’s shelter from Walden Pond and Ted Kaczynski’s
plywood shack—iconic American structures that seemingly represent utopian
and dystopian poles. The resulting film Two Cabins (2011) layers perspectives and
articulates intoxicating connections between the two structures.
Image:
James Benning
Stemple Pass, 2012
Single channel HD video (color/sound); 122 minutes
Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
show less
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