https://matthewlax.co MATTHEW LAX Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:39:42 +0000 https://matthewlax.co en https://matthewlax.co/GAY-MEN-S-BOOK-CLUB Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:30:59 +0000 MATTHEW LAX https://matthewlax.co/GAY-MEN-S-BOOK-CLUB GAY MEN’S BOOK CLUB (2025)4k single channel video with sound, 51 minutes Seven homosexuals, ages 26-85 and strangers to one another, gather to discuss the book Elite Capture by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. Based on an actual book club the filmmaker once participated in, the following unscripted conversation is facilitated by the filmmaker in collaboration with community organizer, founding member of the Radical Faeries, and Jungian psychologist Dr. Don Kilhefner, to explore Táíwò’s concept of elite capture as it relates to community, privilege, organizing, and intersectionality. GMBC is an intergenerational portrait of the group dynamics found within informal learning and social environments. <img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d04ef1e6573273a8d4fe0905169bf4a4de3f5964f523e40eb5c92c7a16126f0/Loods-6-we-can-talk-additional-1.jpg" data-mid="237165232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d04ef1e6573273a8d4fe0905169bf4a4de3f5964f523e40eb5c92c7a16126f0/Loods-6-we-can-talk-additional-1.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2001" width_o="3000" height_o="2001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb8ccb36b16259f5800ec5174b77f85de4b49dcd2964fa77b8440f547d2d6d3f/20250509_L6_WCTASE_OPENING_038.JPG" data-mid="237165197" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb8ccb36b16259f5800ec5174b77f85de4b49dcd2964fa77b8440f547d2d6d3f/20250509_L6_WCTASE_OPENING_038.JPG" /> <img width="3000" height="2001" width_o="3000" height_o="2001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c89fb8fbdf4881c110da7fcbbee0941a2a35be498986aca94c4f388a8bff7ed5/20250509_L6_WCTASE_OPENING_026.JPG" data-mid="237165256" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c89fb8fbdf4881c110da7fcbbee0941a2a35be498986aca94c4f388a8bff7ed5/20250509_L6_WCTASE_OPENING_026.JPG" /> Installation view, We Can Talk About Something Else?, Loods6, Amsterdam, May 2025. Curated by Sanneka Huisman and Emile Weisz SCREENINGS &amp; EXHIBITIONS The 8th Floor/ Shelley &amp; Donald Rubin FoundationMay 28, 2026 We Can Talk About Something Else Kuntswerk Loods6, AmsterdamMay 1 - 25, 2025 Rotterdam Film Festival Focus Program: Matthew LaxJanuary 30 - February 9, 2025 GMBC is commissioned by Prospect Art, with support from Los Angele Contemporary Exhibitions and the Andy Warhol Foundation. PRESSInterview with Nick Gamso.&nbsp;“Our Share of the Work,” The Public Review, May 2025.&nbsp; Kolozsváry-Kiss, Cristina, “Matthew Lax: Languages of Power and Love.” 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam catalog. Jan 2025. Print. <img width="2646" height="1664" width_o="2646" height_o="1664" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/038e8aa5633cf674ce6184fa621e2b5c1b5673303fe600304c147e1149f2aa15/Image-1-16-24-at-9.56-PM.JPG" data-mid="201972752" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/038e8aa5633cf674ce6184fa621e2b5c1b5673303fe600304c147e1149f2aa15/Image-1-16-24-at-9.56-PM.JPG" /> <img width="2172" height="1208" width_o="2172" height_o="1208" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/443ed33a38dd0c9a0a80f2f5f0158188c1d996e32adf9e0c974b29e45e8a5feb/gmbc_craigslist.jpg" data-mid="186627486" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/443ed33a38dd0c9a0a80f2f5f0158188c1d996e32adf9e0c974b29e45e8a5feb/gmbc_craigslist.jpg" /><img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2363c1cbb41b6591d6623d43ca9d6248112a28abd6ecba77872507030a02fc93/GMBC-poster.jpg" data-mid="193777087" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2363c1cbb41b6591d6623d43ca9d6248112a28abd6ecba77872507030a02fc93/GMBC-poster.jpg" /> <img width="1168" height="1460" width_o="1168" height_o="1460" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/541dd0c87ec2bece464826b5c63068c499d4119cdb60b87d07e54094eb987844/IMG_3495.PNG" data-mid="193705192" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/541dd0c87ec2bece464826b5c63068c499d4119cdb60b87d07e54094eb987844/IMG_3495.PNG" /> https://matthewlax.co/A-TIRED-DOG-IS-A-GOOD-DOG-PART-TWO Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:48:21 +0000 MATTHEW LAX https://matthewlax.co/A-TIRED-DOG-IS-A-GOOD-DOG-PART-TWO A TIRED DOG IS A GOOD DOG, PART TWO (2024) <img width="8780" height="5487" width_o="8780" height_o="5487" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09cd188098a179af352511f2a4ea4de49cefbf4078bbb4e17fe7d060c3560760/DSC00793-HDR.jpg" data-mid="223228520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09cd188098a179af352511f2a4ea4de49cefbf4078bbb4e17fe7d060c3560760/DSC00793-HDR.jpg" /> two-channel 4k video installation with sound, flatscreens, media player, modified dog kennel72 x 120 x 120 inches47 min, 25 sec loop A quadruplet filmmaker continues his investigations into human and dog behavior, working with a dog trainer, befriending a dog with PTSD, his Collie-breeding parents, and ingratiating himself into the puppy play kink community. Structured around Herve Guibert’s 1982 smut novella, Les Chiens, Part 2 explores pack behaviour through notions of dominance, submission, trust and consent, both within human and dog relationships and within pup play. Love and bonding become a central theme, weaving together further investigation into pup relationships, training sessions with a traumatised dog and Lax’s own relationship to the dogs in his life that he has loved and lost. – Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss Rotterdam Film FestivalFocus Program: Matthew LaxJanuary 30, 2025 – February 9, 2025 PRESS RELEASE Human Resources Los AngelesNovember 1 - November 17, 2024EXHIBITION TEXT PRESS: Townsend, Eileen. “Matthew Lax at Human Resources,” Artillery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2025. Print.&nbsp; <img width="8973" height="5608" width_o="8973" height_o="5608" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c56f743f42677b803f8120e520729c65c57902dfc61c226d09559c1c7b593c7a/DSC00800-HDR.jpg" data-mid="223228469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c56f743f42677b803f8120e520729c65c57902dfc61c226d09559c1c7b593c7a/DSC00800-HDR.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c63f40764fd3e293b41721286763e9dccb4c05c3e6afb13936d26118bacbe4c/td2right12.jpg" data-mid="225600282" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c63f40764fd3e293b41721286763e9dccb4c05c3e6afb13936d26118bacbe4c/td2right12.jpg" /><img width="1500" height="844" width_o="1500" height_o="844" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df18d39e28b69813f9cf4f5c4aaa69e6660b034fc8a2b74003b345a26c0897b5/td2left5.jpg" data-mid="250785024" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df18d39e28b69813f9cf4f5c4aaa69e6660b034fc8a2b74003b345a26c0897b5/td2left5.jpg" /> <img width="9197" height="5748" width_o="9197" height_o="5748" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e12c6e21979f85bf26e92b2e3dd7ed4cd02233e6cd548d4dbfbf83721af5c102/DSC00899-HDR.jpg" data-mid="250784962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e12c6e21979f85bf26e92b2e3dd7ed4cd02233e6cd548d4dbfbf83721af5c102/DSC00899-HDR.jpg" /> <img width="8533" height="5333" width_o="8533" height_o="5333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/345dc775cbbef31fa2ec00c19f6f384d68936652bd9caf2c41f66fab3fecd403/DSC00846-HDR.jpg" data-mid="250784974" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/345dc775cbbef31fa2ec00c19f6f384d68936652bd9caf2c41f66fab3fecd403/DSC00846-HDR.jpg" /> <img width="7963" height="4977" width_o="7963" height_o="4977" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/114eb2ae868a3fa42451908bb1066285c9bdf155acf4c98703768879666ed71f/DSC00817-HDR.jpg" data-mid="250785055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/114eb2ae868a3fa42451908bb1066285c9bdf155acf4c98703768879666ed71f/DSC00817-HDR.jpg" /><img width="8879" height="5549" width_o="8879" height_o="5549" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d41bcc1621f2c799505730934b28b2001d367d3933ed2bfb52cb0bf7ec4112a1/DSC00799-HDR-copy.jpg" data-mid="223228514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d41bcc1621f2c799505730934b28b2001d367d3933ed2bfb52cb0bf7ec4112a1/DSC00799-HDR-copy.jpg" /><img width="9148" height="6099" width_o="9148" height_o="6099" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c01733cc0bd4bbe120c1db9b3f168cdab26d9ddfabe8d19f78bfe57bc9d66e8/DSC00907-HDR.jpg" data-mid="250785069" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c01733cc0bd4bbe120c1db9b3f168cdab26d9ddfabe8d19f78bfe57bc9d66e8/DSC00907-HDR.jpg" /> Photo credit: Matt Savitsky https://matthewlax.co/AN-ANIMATED-DOG-READS-JOHN-BERGER Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:04:22 +0000 MATTHEW LAX https://matthewlax.co/AN-ANIMATED-DOG-READS-JOHN-BERGER AN ANIMATED DOG READS JOHN BERGER, HARAWAY, AND KAFKA (2024) <img width="8001" height="5334" width_o="8001" height_o="5334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/640cc2a64b92c5baf2ab6a197526fe593b8f5da6b6188a90ba6c9998e9fe177f/DSC00914-HDR.jpg" data-mid="223228559" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/640cc2a64b92c5baf2ab6a197526fe593b8f5da6b6188a90ba6c9998e9fe177f/DSC00914-HDR.jpg" />HD animation, flatscreen, black wire dog crate42 x 28 x 28 inches5 minutes, 38 seconds, loop <img width="739" height="415" width_o="739" height_o="415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9ce0c41721fca0161042bcaf5338fdb84d0ec16c102fa7cae8894a5c635c894/AADRJB_NOSUBS_REF-high.gif" data-mid="235324979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/739/i/f9ce0c41721fca0161042bcaf5338fdb84d0ec16c102fa7cae8894a5c635c894/AADRJB_NOSUBS_REF-high.gif" /> A 3D animated collie based on a motion capture of the filmmaker, demonstrates various actions while reciting a monologue composed from John Berger’s Why Look at Animals?, Donna Haraway’s Companion Species Manifesto, and Franz Kafka’s Investigations of a Dog.&nbsp; <img width="739" height="415" width_o="739" height_o="415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c61afb26255932e84ee82865677a62349811b22e2446dd40420ce7b19f61ffc/AN-ANIMATED-DOG-READS-JOHN-BERGER--HARAWAY--KAFKA-2024-high.gif" data-mid="225435844" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/739/i/4c61afb26255932e84ee82865677a62349811b22e2446dd40420ce7b19f61ffc/AN-ANIMATED-DOG-READS-JOHN-BERGER--HARAWAY--KAFKA-2024-high.gif" /> <img width="739" height="415" width_o="739" height_o="415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cca77fdfb1aa5508e20854c3a7e82f613cda428f558b842100d7376d4a959a21/AADRJB_NOSUBS_REF-high-1.gif" data-mid="225436126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/739/i/cca77fdfb1aa5508e20854c3a7e82f613cda428f558b842100d7376d4a959a21/AADRJB_NOSUBS_REF-high-1.gif" /> The video is installed on a 43” flatscreen lying face-up inside a 42 x 28 x 28” black wire dog crate. Mo-cap animation made in collaboration with Caleb Craig. FULL SCRIPThttps://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/an-animated-dog-reads-john-berger-haraway-and-kafka <img width="739" height="415" width_o="739" height_o="415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c32a737097a60b2efc0e49f10509b5023c627c5c361a9cea07b9a6ab81cb5e7/AADRJB_NOSUBS_REF-high-2.gif" data-mid="226737635" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/739/i/6c32a737097a60b2efc0e49f10509b5023c627c5c361a9cea07b9a6ab81cb5e7/AADRJB_NOSUBS_REF-high-2.gif" /> https://matthewlax.co/PUPPY-PLAY-TABLE-READING Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:54:11 +0000 MATTHEW LAX https://matthewlax.co/PUPPY-PLAY-TABLE-READING PUPPY PLAY TABLE READING: COURAGE OF LASSIE (1946), 2022-2025 2 channel 4k video installation with sound, TRT 2 hours, 15 minutes The filmmaker and four pups conduct a cold reading of the entire script of Courage of Lassie (MGM, 1946) atop and around a Murphy bed. PRESS:&nbsp;Huber, Susanne. “Pleasure In/As Fetish,” Texte Zur Kunst, Issue No 132, December 2023. print. 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Collaborating with his Collie-breeding parents, his quadruplet siblings, and the puppy play kink community, Lax explores the rituals by which humans tame and use animals to mitigate disaster and themselves.PRESS: “Rituals of Kinship and Survial,” AQNB, June 2022 <img width="3662" height="2273" width_o="3662" height_o="2273" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/175ef6745908df97a38a453a47599996f777b55d7e5884babec56350d9e7a9dc/TABLE-MATTHEW-29LR.jpg" data-mid="150739960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/175ef6745908df97a38a453a47599996f777b55d7e5884babec56350d9e7a9dc/TABLE-MATTHEW-29LR.jpg" /><img width="1911" height="1007" width_o="1911" height_o="1007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f2572325f79cd0c4161a2ce05830ec3d744a4b922c116106eb28aadf18d5e1e/TABLE-MATTHEW-16LR.jpg" data-mid="150739962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f2572325f79cd0c4161a2ce05830ec3d744a4b922c116106eb28aadf18d5e1e/TABLE-MATTHEW-16LR.jpg" /><img 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef74786a858072f487c15d844abe9d853380ae808f0792b8475ba9f646f95049/TDstillX.jpg" data-mid="150739953" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef74786a858072f487c15d844abe9d853380ae808f0792b8475ba9f646f95049/TDstillX.jpg" /> https://matthewlax.co/A-DOG-AND-HIS-REFLECTION Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:59:08 +0000 MATTHEW LAX https://matthewlax.co/A-DOG-AND-HIS-REFLECTION A DOG AND HIS REFLECTION, 2021-2023 4k transfer of 16mm film, two channel, silent TRT: 4:34 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, 2023 A document of two life processes: the passing of my friend Andre’s 10 year old German Shepherd, Cortàzar, and the tattooing of Cortàzar‘s image on Andre’s chest. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7dd45ff28173aa4ed18f6956dade58ff8cd9784b4236c45fdc77ea84c864cc6/ADogAndHisReflection.jpg" data-mid="166706591" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7dd45ff28173aa4ed18f6956dade58ff8cd9784b4236c45fdc77ea84c864cc6/ADogAndHisReflection.jpg" /> https://matthewlax.co/K9-IDIOMS Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:39:42 +0000 MATTHEW LAX https://matthewlax.co/K9-IDIOMS K9 IDIOMS, 2022-2024 Animated video, silent Dims variable 1 min 3 sec loop<img width="1000" height="625" width_o="1000" height_o="625" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eeeeb57815111f404f5c4d90ccb6ac785bfbe3379f9febee16197007c88cd1bf/DSC00699.png" data-mid="243987114" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eeeeb57815111f404f5c4d90ccb6ac785bfbe3379f9febee16197007c88cd1bf/DSC00699.png" /> Installation view, A TIRED DOG IS A GOOD DOG, PART TWO, Human Resources Los Angeles, November 2024 https://matthewlax.co/BRUNT-DRAMA Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:36:37 +0000 MATTHEW LAX https://matthewlax.co/BRUNT-DRAMA Brunt Drama (2018) double-sided HD video loop with sound, frosted plexiglass, aluminum frame 47 3/8 x 71 3/8 x 36 3/8 inches 7 min. 30 sec. loopBrunt Drama addresses the inherent violence of the real, the simulated, and the dubious pleasure of witnessing. In the loop, narratives of safety, risk, and use-value are tested via 3D-rendered, plastic surrogates. Choreographed motion-studies and textual, Brechtian vignettes produce alternative translations and behaviors, both acceptable and indecent. Brunt Drama manipulates the slipperiness of affect-inducing data visualizations intended to ameliorate fear into consumption — presenting a simulation of the unrepresentable, visible from both sides of the screen. Installation views, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive. October 2018 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; PRESS: Lassner, Georgia. “Matthew Lax’s Brunt Drama,” X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 3, Summer 2019. WEB / PRINT Osberg, Annabel. “Three Artists’ Techno-futurist Dystopias,” AEQAI Journal. December 2, 2018. <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bd41888de188300487f0175cb15d1fe76b99b0b4d1c36e22a11365be3ebf561/BruntDrama2B.jpg" data-mid="94451761" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3bd41888de188300487f0175cb15d1fe76b99b0b4d1c36e22a11365be3ebf561/BruntDrama2B.jpg" /><img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3146f4c125469b8a64758bd5fd1abe7c8ffe427f7fd4dba1b40b010d74abb435/BruntDrama4B.jpg" data-mid="94451746" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3146f4c125469b8a64758bd5fd1abe7c8ffe427f7fd4dba1b40b010d74abb435/BruntDrama4B.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23388706c065f856e1cd28fec5b364b0016bb229fce6eaf8e5fddb0fbbfa4e48/BruntDrama1B.jpg" data-mid="94516032" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23388706c065f856e1cd28fec5b364b0016bb229fce6eaf8e5fddb0fbbfa4e48/BruntDrama1B.jpg" /> <img width="504" height="252" width_o="504" height_o="252" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d685e5de8f9f982e50481edd0ed8ba2414ec44ab4f29a4fbd1a16c1e009426cd/Laxscatscan.gif" data-mid="94702854" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/504/i/d685e5de8f9f982e50481edd0ed8ba2414ec44ab4f29a4fbd1a16c1e009426cd/Laxscatscan.gif" />Catscan, September 2008 <img width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43424cef8bc0dfeb4633af5842561576e586f4713d3c61a0e6a4557679ddffb7/LaxBruntDrama.gif" data-mid="108865334" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/43424cef8bc0dfeb4633af5842561576e586f4713d3c61a0e6a4557679ddffb7/LaxBruntDrama.gif" /> https://matthewlax.co/AMERICAN-FOLK-1 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:36:38 +0000 MATTHEW LAX https://matthewlax.co/AMERICAN-FOLK-1 American Folk, 2017 HD video with sound; dims variable13 min, 54 sec A study in aphorisms: un-attributed master paintings and mis-attributed artifacts alongside the history of denim. MIX Festival Brasil; São Paulo, Brasil, 2017 REDCAT Los Angeles, 2016 <img width="600" height="296" width_o="600" height_o="296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4a902bd526857b6339503bc3ca9caa19d41741ceb0533d963e98d7771910df9/stamnos.gif" data-mid="94461952" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/e4a902bd526857b6339503bc3ca9caa19d41741ceb0533d963e98d7771910df9/stamnos.gif" /> <img width="1200" height="767" width_o="1200" height_o="767" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c054805e75680009c4fa37b4619c4d611c2fda7d401e5e355defab35034fae59/Lax-Matthew-12.jpg" data-mid="94462202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c054805e75680009c4fa37b4619c4d611c2fda7d401e5e355defab35034fae59/Lax-Matthew-12.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="767" width_o="1200" height_o="767" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f382159706e1340a0a2c21d3d5c942b0ec16cb4553976ad87a26e44bb563dd51/Lax-Matthew-10-copy.jpg" data-mid="94462415" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f382159706e1340a0a2c21d3d5c942b0ec16cb4553976ad87a26e44bb563dd51/Lax-Matthew-10-copy.jpg" /> Apologie (Basement Tapes), 2016“Civic TV, Volume 5,” Colpa Press, San Francisco Art Book Fair, Minnesota St. Project, San Francisco https://matthewlax.co/FABRICATED-IN-THE-ACTUAL-ARCTIC Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:36:39 +0000 MATTHEW LAX https://matthewlax.co/FABRICATED-IN-THE-ACTUAL-ARCTIC FABRICATED IN THE ACTUAL ARCTIC, 2018 16mm film installation, 3 min, 5 sec loop, silent<img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/225e313e63b54c2027464ce81078a71e10921db16cbcd80c2b6bfda2915657e1/Nanook2.jpg" data-mid="146432910" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/225e313e63b54c2027464ce81078a71e10921db16cbcd80c2b6bfda2915657e1/Nanook2.jpg" /> A silent film essay considers the production of Robert Flaherty's seminal 1922 documentary, Nanook of the North (also known as, A Story Of Life and Love In the Actual Arctic). An image by an Inuk artist is discovered “missing” from the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) collection. <img width="1000" height="666" width_o="1000" height_o="666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3e3ac953cb8e93bf01e38b6058cd78494e2d96f75f5fb988e3c31a859c25bca/Nanook0.jpg" data-mid="94520204" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3e3ac953cb8e93bf01e38b6058cd78494e2d96f75f5fb988e3c31a859c25bca/Nanook0.jpg" />Installation View, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, 2018 <img width="2000" height="1308" width_o="2000" height_o="1308" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b771fb3568afc51a6f616ac6e1253b3f2e20ddeacaa27f39b06ac34cd02ab73/LaxPlexus2.jpeg" data-mid="196519794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b771fb3568afc51a6f616ac6e1253b3f2e20ddeacaa27f39b06ac34cd02ab73/LaxPlexus2.jpeg" /><img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/feb806c0c235ab53fb777947eb0ed96fbc4e53f9e6df146f50615bb6ad06cb36/LaxPlexus1.jpeg" data-mid="196519793" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/feb806c0c235ab53fb777947eb0ed96fbc4e53f9e6df146f50615bb6ad06cb36/LaxPlexus1.jpeg" />Installation View, Plexus Projets/Vitrine, 2020