she was my la jetée

Slater Bradley
September 19, 2013 - November 2, 2013
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain

Slater Bradley
Sequoia
2013
Super 8 film, HD + SD video 2-channel synch video projection onto two 54 in. x 96 in. screens, Stereo sound
Two 54 in. x 96 in. screens

Slater Bradley
she was my la jetée
2013
Super 8 film and HD video, Single channel, stereo sound
Dimensions variable

Slater Bradley
Sequoia Alina
2013
Mounted black and white fiber print
40 x 60 inch

Slater Bradley
Venus
2013
Black and white fiber print mounted to dibond with black marker

Slater Bradley
Transit
2013
Black and white fiber print mounted to dibond with black marker
198 x 145 cm

Slater Bradley
Eclipse
2013
Black and white fiber print mounted to dibond with black marker

Slater Bradley
she was my vertigo
2013
Digital C-print mounted to dibond with crushed moongold leaf

Slater Bradley
Ace of Cups
2013
Crumpled black and white fiber print with silver marker

ARTFORUM — Slater Bradley by Rotem Rozental
December 18, 2013
...his newest videos, Sequoia and She Was My la Jetée, both works 2013, which continue to explore haunting cultural presences by conjuring up idealized female figures. Shown on three screens, these women blur the boundaries between memory, fiction, and obsession, drawing the viewer in while they remain distant and unattainable.

The two loops are projected on two separate screens in the space, yet their subjects seem to cross and coalesce into an impossible single female character before the viewer. Outside the screening area, Alina is depicted in photo-drawings that are surrounded in gold and black markings that resemble tree rings–unavoidable traces linear time.
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