Desert – Performed Rosa Barba
September 7—December 30, 2012
Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis

Desert – Performed Rosa Barba

Exhibition view: Desert - Performed, Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, 2012 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2020 Photo © Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis

Press Release

The work of Rosa Barba makes unconventional and inventive use of cinematic effects, mediums, and modes of presentation. Her installations and objects engage essential filmic components such as celluloid, projection, light, and sound to present historical narratives and examinations of geographical locations while heightening our awareness of film’s material properties. Light projections and modified projector-sculptures function as physically-present objects in the gallery that also convey information; in other words, film for Barba serves as both...
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