A ONE-NIGHT BI-COASTAL SCREENING OF VIDEO WORKS BY SKOWHEGAN ALUMNI SPANNING NEARLY 15 YEARS OF SKOWHEGAN ALUMNI:

The Skowhegan Alliance is pleased to present The Double, a video screening of works spanning nearly 15 years of Skowhegan Alumni exploring various interpretations on this expansive theme.

The Double is primarily a visual phenomenon making video a natural medium for its exploration. The earliest silent films recognized the inherent doubling that occurs through picture, investigating notions of an uncanny second self in films such as the The Golem and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.  Through doubling or mirroring, one is confronted with the illusion of wholeness, a dispersion of the self, and perhaps revelations or repressions of fears and desires kept hidden within the body. The Double can also represent an alter ego, a copy or forgery, or a false twin or Doppelganger. However, doubles are not exclusively physical in a bodily sense. Doubling may also be traced to the mode of production of the work, reminding us that the replication and dissemination of image is physical in its duplication as well. This lack of the original and multiplication of the double across the screen is exemplified in the bicoastal screening of The Double at LAXART in Los Angeles and Cabinet in New York.

Curated by The Skowhegan Alliance Video Committee:
Noah Klersfeld (A ‘03), Rachel Frank (A ‘05), Lily McElroy (A ‘06), Esteban del Valle (A ‘11), Alan Calpe (A ‘06)

Los Angeles Skowhegan Alliance Video Committee:
Andrea Chung (A ‘09), Lilly McElroy (A ‘06), Terry Chatkupt (A ‘03)

Featuring works by:

Mike Calway-Fagen (A '11)
Jonathan Ehrenberg (A '11)
Amy Finkbeiner (A '01)
Victoria Fu (A '06)
Meredith James (A '11)
Andrew Ellis Johnson (A '99)
Siobhan Landry (A '11)
Sarah Lasley (A '04)
Dan Levenson (A' 09)
Ann Oren (A '09)
Chris Sollars (A '98)
Cheryl Yun (A '03) 
Bryan Zanisnik (A '08)