Microscope is very pleased to welcome Katherin McInnis and Hyla Skopitz to the gallery for a screening evening as part of our emerging artist series YES. The program - which includes several New York premieres - features works that recontextualize still photography, original or appropriated, within the medium of moving image with an emphasis on its use as a historical documentation and mnemonic tool.
Hyla Skopitz’s works in the program present analog photography, often as it's being developed, exposing the photographic process and the physical existence of the image, such as in "Nostalgia (after Hollis Frampton)" and "George Eastman". In other works, the artist inventively intertwines still and moving images culled from her personal life through focus adjustments and superimposition techniques, employing video as a "means for processing loss".
Using publicly available and archive photographs, Katherin McInnis reveals the ability of images to shape one’s impression of a historical event, touching on topics including the Wall Street financial collapse, debunked optical theories, the moon landing, and coding in aviary communications. Moments of history emerge in flicker, offering the viewer a glimpse at reality through the magic lens of cinema. The evening includes the premiere of her latest video work "The Children of Lir".
Both McInnis and Skopitz will be in attendance and available for a Q&A following the screening.
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Working in video and new media, Katherin McInnis combines documentary concerns with experimental techniques. Her projects have been featured in festivals, including the Toronto Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and New York Film Festival, as well as in museums and galleries, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Pompidou Center, and nGbK Berlin. McInnis holds an MFA from California College of the Arts and a BA from Swarthmore College. Originally from Texas, she lives in Queens, NY and teaches at CUNY.
Hyla Skopitz is an artist working in video and photography. In her works, she often examines photography through the lens of video, referencing the history of the medium in relationship to nostalgia and memory. She is a 2016 recipient of the BRIC Media Arts Fellowship and holds an MFA from Bard College - International Center of Photography. Skopitz lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.