Whitney Museum of American Art: Events: Film & Video Screenings

Screening of Ashley Hunt’s _Corrections_

Whitney Museum of American Art

with Introduction by Nathan Schneider
Tues, June 18, 2013 6 PM
The Kitchen, 512 W 19th Street
Categories: Whitney Independent Study Program , Film & Video Screenings, Free Events

Ashley Hunt 
Corrections, 2001 
59 minutes

In his ongoing interdisciplinary project The Corrections Documentary Project, artist and filmmaker Ashley Hunt investigates the institution of the prison: how it helps to structure and preserve racial and economic divisions within society. In Corrections (2001), Hunt specifically looks at the privatization of the prison system, exposing the conflict between for-profit corporations focused on pleasing investors and the communities which must deal with the consequences of high incarceration rates. Probing further to explore links between political campaign strategies and the increasing penalties for nonviolent crimes, Hunt uncovers a complex system of desires and incentives that lie behind the growth of the American prison system. In the process, incarceration emerges as a means of maintaining the status quo in times of social change. At times darkly humorous and devastatingly pointed, Hunt reminds us of the ulterior motives that warp the rule of law to impinge upon freedom in the name of order, and the dangers of turning a blind eye to the consequences.

With an introduction by Nathan Schneider, an editor of Waging Nonviolence. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The American Prospect, Seed, Religion Dispatches, and elsewhere.

This program is free of charge and open to the public; seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This event is organized in conjunction with Maintenance Required on view at The Kitchen. Please note this event does not take place at the Museum. Please consult individual calendar listings for details.

Headless at Regus Goldin+Senneby

Whitney Museum of American Art

Mon, June 10, 2013 3:30 PM
Regus Offices, 14 Wall Street, 20th floor
Categories: Whitney Independent Study Program , Film & Video Screenings, Free Events, Performances

As part of the exhibition Maintenance Required, a performance and video screening of the documentary Looking for Headless (2010) by the filmmakers Kate Cooper and Richard John Jones will take place at Regus Offices on Wall Street.

The film, commissioned by the artists Goldin+Senneby, attempts to track down the offshore company Headless Ltd. through interviews with academics, private investigators, fictionalized characters, and company representatives. As the search proceeds, a complex web of obfuscation unfolds in parallel to the layers of bureaucracy that shroud the opaque world of international finance and its instruments.

June 4, 3:30 pm
June 10, 3:30 pm

Space is limited. Reservations required; please register at maintenance.required.2013@gmail.com.

This event in organized in conjunction with Maintenance Required. Please note that the event does not take place at the Museum. Please consult individual calendar listings for details. All events are free and open to the public.

Headless at Regus Goldin+Senneby

Whitney Museum of American Art

Tues, June 4, 2013 3:30 PM
Regus Offices, 14 Wall Street, 20th floor
Categories: Whitney Independent Study Program , Film & Video Screenings, Free Events, Performances

June 4, 3:30 pm
June 10, 3:30 pm

Space is limited. Reservations required; please register at maintenance.required.2013@gmail.com.