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JONAH FREEMAN & JUSTIN LOWE
THE FLOATING CHAIN
2014, 30’, single channel, edition of 3 + 2AP
The Floating Chain takes the form a fauxethnographic
cut-up narrative illustrated
through a series of props, environments,
pictures, and architectural models. The
film’s aesthetic is inspired by the surrealistic
banality of a breakfast cereal commercial,
and the physical setting is the placeless and
timeless location of the “set”. People exist
solely in pictures on the wall, footage on
monitors or voices from a stereo. Scenes,
divided into discrete chapters, play within
the frame of a television or film projection
located within the set. Each chapter is told
through a disembodied voiceover that
illustrates a series of disparate groups and
settings. The cumulative result is a collage
portrait of a parallel science fiction culture
where the cohesive whole is left in obscurity.
Jonah Freeman (1975, Santa Fe, US)
and Justin Lowe (1976, Dayton, US)
create extensive immersive installations.
Their shows include Floating Chain
(High-Res Toni), Marlborough Chelsea,
New York (2014); Taipei Biennial 2014,
Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2014); SISTER
MOIRE, Winfield House, London (2013);
A Diamond hidden in the Mouth of a
Corpse, ISTANBUL ’74 (2012); Stray
Light Grey, Marlborough Chelsea, New
York (2012); Bright White Underground,
Country Club, Los Angeles (2010); Black
Acid Co-op, Deitch Projects, New York
(2009); The Station, Miami (2008);
Hello Meth Lab In The Sun, Ballroom
Marfa, Texas (2008). Select group
exhibitions include PANOPTICUM,
Robert Miller Gallery, New York (2014);
Kiss Me Deadly: A Group Show of
Contemporary Neo-Noir from Los
Angeles, Paradise Row, London (2011);
Transmission LA, MOCA, Los Angeles
(2012). Freeman and Lowe live and work
in New York.
Presented by
— Marlborough Barcelona, Barcelona