Friday March 21 – Monday March 24, 11pm PT
Paige Taul
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Artist in attendance
In person and online
Microscope is very pleased to present a solo screening of films by Chicago-based filmmaker Paige Taul, with the artist in attendance. The event will take place both in person at the gallery and online, with a Q&A following the screening.
Taul’s videos and their visual universe and language — as well as the balance of original and appropriated footage, analog film and video — are built upon what seem to be impromptu conversations between the artist and family members, which often constitute the entirety of the soundtrack of each work.
In the eight short videos in the program, Taul challenges “assumptions of black cultural expression and notions of belonging,” creating a tension between these real stories from the lived life of her and her family members — which are at once personal as well as reflective of the wider cultural and society — and the images we see on screen, establishing a space for the viewer to fill in and to reflect upon.
The artist will be available for a Q&A following the screening.
General In-person Admission: $10
Member In-person Admission: $8
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Paige Taul is an Oakland, CA native who received her B.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in cinematography from the University of Virginia and her M.F.A in Moving Image from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Her work engages with and challenges assumptions of black cultural expression and notions of belonging through experimental cinematography. Her interests lie in observing environmental and familial connections to concepts tied to race-based expectations and to expose those boundaries of identity in veins such as religion, style, language, and other black community based experiences.
She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
