Planning for Tacita Dean: JG

Arcadia Exhibitions

Tacita Dean on location for JG at Intrepid Potash, Wendover, Utah, with Ponds Supervisor, Russ Draper, and his daughter, Jessica (May 2012). Photograph: Richard Torchia.

Recipient

Grant Year 2008

Grant Amount $25,000

Status Completed

Updated May 30, 2023

Berlin-based artist Tacita Dean conducted site research in the American Southwest for a new 35mm anamorphic film, commissioned by Arcadia University Art Gallery. Inspired by her regard for the dystopian vision and macrocosmic time sense of British writer J.G. Ballard, Dean's film JG was later filmed on location in the saline landscapes of Utah and central California. Following its 2013 presentation at Arcadia, JG toured to various venues in the US, Canada, and Europe.

Additional exhibitions Tacita Dean's JG screened with Visions of Mary Frank at Film Forum, NY

Apr 16–22, 2014
Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, New York, NY

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Tacita Dean, JG, 2013. Color and black and white anamorphic 35mm film with optical sound, 26 ½ minutes. ©Tacita Dean courtesy Frith Street Gallery, London/Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris.

Interview

On the Making of JG

Interview

Tacita Dean: On JG and the Medium of Time

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Arcadia Exhibitions

Arcadia Exhibitions organizes programming for four distinct gallery spaces on Arcadia University’s campus, offering a stimulating roster of individual and thematic exhibitions of contemporary art ranging in scope and stature from regional to international. Arcadia's exhibitions regularly travel, often to major museums many times its scale, such as the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

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