The collaborative artistic team of Hillerbrand+Magsamen debut a new video, Shelter in Place, in conversation with the Covid19 pandemic and current political and social times, along with five other video art shorts that span the past decade with all its familial joys and discontents. Hillerbrand+Magsamen are the photographers and the photographed -- their home is the canvas, their actions are the content, and their family is the subject. They are interested in how their relationships are constantly changing as they grow older. They draw upon the Fluxus practice of incorporating humor, performance, video, and everyday objects to create a conversation around family dynamics, suburban life, and American consumer excess.
This program is made possible with funding from Humanities Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal CARES Act.
DIY Love Seat, is a playful, experimental short video that reinterprets family and its identity. In this dark comedy, a woman takes the family couch and cuts out a section with a chainsaw. Her husband, in a very deadpan manner, uses duct tape to repair the couch. This physical act brings them literally closer together, but perhaps not emotionally.
- Year2012
- Runtime2 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorHillerbrand+Magsamen
- ScreenwriterHillerbrand+Magsamen
- ProducerHillerbrand+Magsamen
- FilmmakerHillerbrand+Magsamen
The collaborative artistic team of Hillerbrand+Magsamen debut a new video, Shelter in Place, in conversation with the Covid19 pandemic and current political and social times, along with five other video art shorts that span the past decade with all its familial joys and discontents. Hillerbrand+Magsamen are the photographers and the photographed -- their home is the canvas, their actions are the content, and their family is the subject. They are interested in how their relationships are constantly changing as they grow older. They draw upon the Fluxus practice of incorporating humor, performance, video, and everyday objects to create a conversation around family dynamics, suburban life, and American consumer excess.
This program is made possible with funding from Humanities Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal CARES Act.
DIY Love Seat, is a playful, experimental short video that reinterprets family and its identity. In this dark comedy, a woman takes the family couch and cuts out a section with a chainsaw. Her husband, in a very deadpan manner, uses duct tape to repair the couch. This physical act brings them literally closer together, but perhaps not emotionally.
- Year2012
- Runtime2 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorHillerbrand+Magsamen
- ScreenwriterHillerbrand+Magsamen
- ProducerHillerbrand+Magsamen
- FilmmakerHillerbrand+Magsamen