Courtesy of The Kitchen.
Among the most prescient yet overlooked figures of her generation, Gretchen Bender (1951-2004) anticipated our current state of image saturation, using scaffolds of screens, hypnotic repetitions of appropriated television footage, and aggressive sound as a critical match for an emerging cultural field of special effects and immersive viewing experiences.
Gretchen Bender: “Tracking the Thrill”
August 27–October 5, 2013
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