EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS > BAD ROMANCE - 2017

BAD ROMANCE
The Nightingale Cinema, 1084 N. Milwaukee
Friday, February 17th, 7:00 pm

Bad Romance features video works by performers and video artists that play with well-worn conventions of portraying seduction, romantic relationships, or intimate encounters in popular culture. The artists included in this screening expose the underlying mechanics of creating these seductive, and often instructive, images and scenes. They place themselves or their loved ones in front of the camera, employ illuminating voice-overs, construct awkward revelations and propose humorous antidotes to problematic romantic tropes.

Steven Summers – Chicago, IL
First Time, 6:22, 2016

Charmaine Ortiz – Carolina Beach, NC
Search: “How to draw a Woman”, Male Perspectives from YouTube result pages 1-50, 2012, 10:00

Marlo Koch – Chicago, IL
Cherry, 2014 6:27

Marlo Koch and Emerson Sigman – Chicago, IL
Wide Open, 2016, 2:39

Karin Stothart – Los Angeles, CA
Beach, 2013, 6:12
White Horse, 2012, 4:32

Casey Smallwood – Chicago, IL
Four Scenes for Mother, 2011,12:56
Smallwood Satyricon, 2013, 11:35

With Performance by Marilyn Volkman – Chicago, IL
NEO-Craft: The Easiest and Quickest Way to Gain Advantages for Prosperity, Happiness and Romantic Love

Programmed by Sara Holwerda