Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016 | Art & Artists

Oct 28, 2016–Feb 5, 2017

Exhibition artists

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Dora Budor
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Dora Budor

Dora Budor (b. 1984), installation view of Adaptation of an Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016. Steel, plywood, perforated aluminum, acrylic sheets, vinyl welding screen, vinyl- and urethanecoated laminate flooring, vinyl strip doors with mounting hardware, LEDs, motion-sensitive computer system, hardware, polyurethane foam inserts, hot-rolled steel panels with patina, protective wax, urethane resin, dye, and amphibian props used in the film Magnolia (1999). Collection of the artist; courtesy New Galerie, Paris; image courtesy of the artist © 2016

Dora Budor

Dora Budor’s immersive environment, Adaptation of an Instrument, continuously reacts to our presence: light pulses up and down the walls according to the level of activity within, in motions modeled after the neurological pathways in a human body. The presence of visitors brings Budor’s “instrument” to life, reanimating the image on its ceiling through a conduction of impulses, as though triggering a memory.

That memory is the amphibian rain scene of the Hollywood film Magnolia (1999). By incorporating thousands of special-effect prop frogs used in the film, the luminous ceiling of the work serves to deconstruct the film into its constitutive elements: physical objects and light. Budor looks at films as ecological systems, weaving together remnants and memories of cinematic history with dynamic physiological responses. Adaptation of an Instrument is an evolving organism, rethinking the nature of the cinematic object and imagining a future condition in which biological and technological entities become interdependent.

Dora Budor (b. 1984), installation view of Adaptation of an Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016. Steel, plywood, perforated aluminum, acrylic sheets, vinyl welding screen, vinyl- and urethanecoated laminate flooring, vinyl strip doors with mounting hardware, LEDs, motion-sensitive computer system, hardware, polyurethane foam inserts, hot-rolled steel panels with patina, protective wax, urethane resin, dye, and amphibian props used in the film Magnolia (1999). Collection of the artist; courtesy New Galerie, Paris; image courtesy of the artist © 2016

Dora Budor (B. 1984), Installation View of Adaptation of An Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016

Large metallic cube with a reflective slit in a gallery space, under soft lighting.
Large metallic cube with a reflective slit in a gallery space, under soft lighting.

Dora Budor (b. 1984), installation view of Adaptation of an Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016. Steel, plywood, perforated aluminum, acrylic sheets, vinyl welding screen, vinyl- and urethanecoated laminate flooring, vinyl strip doors with mounting hardware, LEDs, motion-sensitive computer system, hardware, polyurethane foam inserts, hot-rolled steel panels with patina, protective wax, urethane resin, dye, and amphibian props used in the film Magnolia (1999). Collection of the artist; courtesy New Galerie, Paris; image courtesy of the artist © 2016

Dora Budor (B. 1984), Installation View of Adaptation of An Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016

Dora Budor (b. 1984), installation view of Adaptation of an Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016. Steel, plywood, perforated aluminum, acrylic sheets, vinyl welding screen, vinyl- and urethanecoated laminate flooring, vinyl strip doors with mounting hardware, LEDs, motion-sensitive computer system, hardware, polyurethane foam inserts, hot-rolled steel panels with patina, protective wax, urethane resin, dye, and amphibian props used in the film Magnolia (1999). Collection of the artist; courtesy New Galerie, Paris; image courtesy of the artist © 2016

Dora Budor (B. 1984), Installation View of Adaptation of An Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016

Dora Budor (b. 1984), installation view of Adaptation of an Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016. Steel, plywood, perforated aluminum, acrylic sheets, vinyl welding screen, vinyl- and urethanecoated laminate flooring, vinyl strip doors with mounting hardware, LEDs, motion-sensitive computer system, hardware, polyurethane foam inserts, hot-rolled steel panels with patina, protective wax, urethane resin, dye, and amphibian props used in the film Magnolia (1999). Collection of the artist; courtesy New Galerie, Paris; image courtesy of the artist © 2016

Dora Budor (B. 1984), Installation View of Adaptation of An Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016

Dora Budor (b. 1984), installation view of Adaptation of an Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016. Steel, plywood, perforated aluminum, acrylic sheets, vinyl welding screen, vinyl- and urethanecoated laminate flooring, vinyl strip doors with mounting hardware, LEDs, motion-sensitive computer system, hardware, polyurethane foam inserts, hot-rolled steel panels with patina, protective wax, urethane resin, dye, and amphibian props used in the film Magnolia (1999). Collection of the artist; courtesy New Galerie, Paris; image courtesy of the artist © 2016

Dora Budor (B. 1984), Installation View of Adaptation of An Instrument, (2016) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016

Installation view of a work by Rashid Johnson. A woman stands gazing at a large structure filled floor to ceiling with potted foliage and lighting
Installation view of a work by Rashid Johnson. A woman stands gazing at a large structure filled floor to ceiling with potted foliage and lighting

Dora Budor (b. 1984), still from artist’s research materials of fluorescence imaging of neural activity in a Hydra, 2016. © Yuste Lab, Columbia University.

Dora Budor (B.1984), still From Artist's Research Materials of Fluorescence Imaging of Neural Activity in a Hydra, 2016

Dora Budor (b. 1984), still from artist’s research materials of fluorescence imaging of neural activity in a Hydra, 2016. © Yuste Lab, Columbia University.

Dora Budor (B.1984), still From Artist's Research Materials of Fluorescence Imaging of Neural Activity in a Hydra, 2016

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