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SFAI Visiting Artist Lecture: James BenningPost an Event »
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
April 8 - April 8, 2014Info
San Francisco Art Institute800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 Google Map »
A pivotal figure in experimental filmmaking for over 40 years, James Benning’s primary subject is the expansive and complex American landscape. His most recent work centers around two cabins that he replicated on his property in the Sierra foothills: Henry David Thoreau’s shelter from Walden Pond and Ted Kaczynski’s plywood shack—iconic American structures that seemingly represent utopian and dystopian poles. The resulting film Two Cabins (2011) layers perspectives and articulates intoxicating connections between the two structures.
VAS SOCIAL HOUR: Join SFAI for a reception in the Café from 6:30–7:30 pm before the lecture.