Exhibition Tour + Film Screening: Crash (1996), dir. David Cronenberg
June 2
5 PM: Anton Ginzburg: Surface exhibition tour, Morris & Ann Dancyger Observatory Gallery
5:30 PM: Crash film screening, Dome Theater
As we approach the closing of Anton Ginzburg’s exhibition Surface on June 16, join us for a screening of David Cronenberg’s Crash (1996). The screening will take place at 5:30 PM, and will be preceded by a tour of Ginzburg’s solo show at 5 PM, led by Assistant Curator Muriel N. Kahwagi.
Sunday, June 2
Exhibition Tour: 5:00 PM
Film Screening: 5:30 PM
FREE with registration.
About the film:
1996 | Canada | 102 mins
Based on J. G. Ballard's 1973 novel of the same name, David Cronenberg’s Crash follows a film producer who, following a car accident, finds himself drawn into a community of symphorophiliacs who are aroused by car crashes, and tries to reignite his sexual relationship with his wife. Considered to be one of Cronenberg’s most iconic – and most controversial – films, Crash is a reflection on the relationship between humans, technology, sex, and violence.
Disclaimer: This film contains difficult subject matter and imagery, including strong sexual content and nudity, as well as depictions of violence, which may be triggering for some viewers.
About the exhibition:
Anton Ginzburg: Surface reflects on the use of technology as it relates to cultural labour, data aesthetics, and machine learning. By employing algorithms to expand on the formal elements of art, its consumption, and transmutation, Ginzburg underlines the ever-evolving meaning of representation, data visualization and automatization in our digital age. On view in the Morris & Ann Dancyger Observatory Gallery until June 16, 2024.
