film screening: Duncan Ganley August 2, 2009

testsite presents two films by artist Duncan Ganley.

midnight, mid-Atlantic… (2008-2009) is the first in a trilogy of films. It depicts a researcher’s quest for clues to a mystery surrounding a fictitious film director’s unreleased epic, entitled Keflavik. Taking the form of a “Ken Burns,” travelogue-style documentary, the film’s visual trajectory moves gradually into the realm of magical realism, mystery and science fiction, mirroring the researcher’s journey through Iceland’s landscape.

Katy Freeway's Apartment (2004), leads viewers through a tour of the actress’s fictitious (or perhaps historical) home. Meanwhile, in a format akin to that of the television lifestyle program, a voice-over and photomontage offer insight into Katy Freeway’s personal life and examine her relationship to the mass media.

Duncan Ganley’s practice examines the extent to which our experience of the real is informed by the language of fiction. Ganley is based in London where he is conducting research at the Kingston Museum’s Eadweard Muybridge Collection. Ganley is represented by Inman Gallery, Houston, and working on a solo exhibition for Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University, London.

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