James Benning: Easy Rider
Sun, May 4, 2014
6:30 pm
James Benning, still from Easy Rider, 2012. High-definition video, color, sound; 95 min. Courtesy the artist. © James Benning
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Whitney Museum Second Floor (Kaufman Astoria Studios Film and Video Gallery)
James Benning’s Easy Rider is a re-creation of Dennis Hopper’s 1969 classic film by the same name. For his 2012 film, Benning drove across the United States and re-filmed scenes in their original locations, raising questions about the legacy of 1960s counterculture in America’s landscape today. Easy Rider is screening as part of Biennial artist Julie Ault’s Afterlife: a constellation.
Free with Museum admission. Admittance is on a first-come, first-seated basis until capacity is reached.
