Film
Only Idiots Smile
2017 · 22m · Documentary
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Overview
"Gregg Bordowitz's 2017 performance lecture "Only Idiots Smile" features the artist on a stool in the New Museum's top-floor sky room, riffing on the formation of his identity. At one point, he explains his 'Jewish identity is the template thru which I understand all my other identities… how to appear to others, how we’d like to seem to others,' how others might frame themselves to be seen by us. In this way, Bordowitz gestures at what seems to be the most legible piece of this exhibition, templates for framing — each artist explores variations on the frame through presentation, history, fantasy, sculptural construction, and material." — Rindon Johnson
Cast
Crew
- Gregg BordowitzDirector
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 2017
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 22m
- Genres
- Documentary
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