Monday, March 24, 2008

Tom Rubnitz, Ryan Trecartin.

From Wikipedia: "Tom Rubnitz was a video artist most often associated with the New York East Village drag queen scene of the late 1980s. His video tapes were mainly inspired by pop culture and Las Vegas style shows. A number of his works featured RuPaul and members of the B-52's. He also made the 1987 documentary Wigstock: The Movie about the annual drag queen festival."

Below is his video for "Pickle Surprise". Ham!



Ryan Trecartin, whose video piece "I-Be Area" is currently on display at Okay Mountain, displays obvious (and self-proclaimed) influence from Rubnitz. Here's a snippet from "I-Be Area" - you can find more scattered around YouTube in no particular order.

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