Microscope Gallery in New York presents Loose Corner, the third solo exhibition at the gallery of works by the late Anita Thacher (CRF 2002). The show opens with a reception from 6-9PM on Thursday, December 16th, and will be up through January 29, 2022.
“For the first time, ‘Loose Corner,’ which debuted in the exhibition ‘Film as Installation’ at the Clocktower in New York in 1980 as a work-in-progress, is shown as an installation as originally conceived with analog rear projection of the 16mm film within the gallery space. (The film in a theatrical version premiered at the opening of the 1986 New York Film Festival and has been screened throughout the years). Described as a ‘comedy of sabotage’ in her original concept notes, the installation involves a life-sized projection of a corner of a room onto a wall-sized screen intersecting an actual room corner to create a trompe l’oeil illusion. ‘Because of this congruence, the film ‘steals’ the three-dimensional formation for itself and ‘pretends’ to have physical presence,’ Thacher writes.” Learn more here.