![]() (Image credit: Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine// ©1984 TwentiethCenturyFox Television, all rights reserved) In calling the work a ‘living history painting’ and ‘emotional sculpture’, he captures a particular aspect of modern visual culture parsed through film. Santa Barbara exemplifies Kjartansson’s ability to communicate his artistic vision of the world while remaining utterly universal no matter the complex nuances at play in his subject matter. This is a sort of experiment in trying to do that like a kind of theatre, film and performance art,’ he said of his process. ‘As visual artists I think we are always trying, with new work, to invent some kind of new form. Part improvised, part scripted as per the original episodes, there is a hands-off element to the work which will unfold live, in front of the Moscow audiences who visit. Kjartansson’s approach to the project, directed by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir, is one more akin to live theatre than film or television. Kjartansson aims to produce around 100 episodes in total, creating something of a living history painting. The fully reconstructed open film set includes four sets, actors, costumes, make-up and props and at the end of each day's filming an episode will be edited and displayed in the museum. ![]() In a long durational performance that recreates Santa Barbara, a production team will shoot an episode a day for three months, live in the museum. ![]()
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