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'THE ENDS' an installation by Michael Trigilio at the Rubber Rose (Ray At Night) - Closing Reception Sep 12 '09, 6PM
Submitted by yolietorres on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 12:56pm.
Film Screening
THE ENDS
an installation by Michael Trigilio
as part of the Ray At Night events
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 6-10 PM
Closing Reception for Featured Artist: Michael Trigilio
Show runs August 15 through September 12, 2009
The Rubber Rose, 3812B Ray St., San Diego, California 92104
Michael Trigilio - Working with video, music and other media, I investigate our cultural infatuation with popular media, anxiety, and narcissism. I vacillate among forms ranging from abstraction to portraiture, documentary, and satire. I enjoy telling jokes and I try to exploit the moment just after the punchline when one is left with the lingering subtleties of social disease.
I am inspired by material that balances sarcasm and prayer, giving rise to work that examines religion, humor, politics, and mass-media. My recent works, including THE ENDS (2009), Breaking Glass (2008), and Thanks for Giving My Number Back (2007), explore the thin lines between love and death, fantasy and reality, hope and helplessness. My earlier video series, the Untitled Book Series (2001-2004) is a collection of thirty-four short videos related to specifc books, and which acts as an abstracted self-portrait. My recent works in sound and music have included a satirical Christian-rock album, death-metal soundtracks, and experimental public-interventions based on John Cage's Variations scores using hand-made electronics and other instruments.
THE ENDS Collection include:
- Cable
- Love Like Tanks
- One Million Broken Years
- Standing Burst Emotion
- Sea of Reeds
The Rubber Rose
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