David Gatten
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE DIVIDING LINE:
A TRUE ACCOUNT IN NINE PARTS
Powel House Museum
November 2006
Landmarks Contemporary Projects presented the Philadelphia premiere of the films of artist David Gatten on November 7, 2006 at the Powel House Museum.
David Gatten's films explore the intersection of the printed word and the moving image, while investigating the shifting vocabularies of experience and representation within intimate spaces and historical documents. Through traditional research methods and non-traditional film processes, the films trace the contours of both private lives and public histories, combining elements of philosophy, biography and poetry with experiments in cinematic forms and narrative structures. Currently Gatten is at work on a series of nine films about letters, lovers, books, ghosts and the Byrd family of Virginia during the early 18th century.
Click here to open a PDF of an article about David Gatten from the March 2006 issue of Artforum magazine.
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