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Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) presents a selection of works recently added to our distribution catalogue by Michael Bell-Smith and Sara Magenheimer, Zoe Beloff, Michael Smith, and Sophie Breer with David Wojnarowicz. The evening takes its title from Zoe Beloff’s The Infernal Dream (2011), which invokes Frank and Lillian Gilbreth’s time-motion studies aimed at maximizing workplace efficiency.

In this program, artists subvert systems of bodily control. Utilizing a range of ubiquitous communication formats including childrens’ television shows, Zoom calls, and industrial films, they highlight the absurdity of bureaucracy and technological optimization. Beloff’s single-channel piece—adapted from the artist’s 2011 installation, The Infernal Dream of Mutt and Jeff—reanimates two midcentury industrial films focused on maximizing productivity in the workplace through the visual language of slapstick, envisioning how metaphysically unruly objects can subvert capitalism's ideal of seamless labor protocols. Bell-Smith and Magenheimer's Acetone Reality (2025) uses computer-generated voices, animations, and found images to present a cascading meditation on the nature of meaning making. Breer’s Waje’s Cockabunnies (1981) showcases Wojnarowicz’s “cock-a-bunnies,” live cockroaches adorned with paper bunny ears and cotton tails, through the instructional format of the classic children’s television show Romper Room. Smith’s Zoom Room (2022) depicts Mike Smith, the artist’s Everyman alter-ego, as he attempts to lead a Zoom meeting with his less-than-enthusiastic staff.

An informal conversation with Beloff will follow the screening.

Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)’s venue is located at 264 Canal Street, 3W, near several Canal Street subway stations. Our floor is accessible by elevator (63" × 60" car, 31" door) and stairway. Due to the age and other characteristics of the building, our bathrooms are not ADA-accessible, though several such bathrooms are located nearby. If you have questions about access, please contact cstrange@eai.org in advance of the event.

EAI is pleased to present an evening in conjunction with Soon All This Will Be Picturesque Ruins: The Installations of David Wojnarowicz at P·P·O·W. The event will include a rare screening of ITSOFOMO (in the shadow of forward motion) (1989-1991), along with A Fire in My Belly (1986-1987), and will be followed by a discussion between composer Ben Neill and writer Cynthia Carr.

Tickets: $7 general, $5 students, free for members (RSVP to info@eai.org)

EAI presented a screening and panel discussion about the films of David Wojnarowicz. Centering around the rarely screened Beautiful People (1987) and a working soundtrack for A Fire in My Belly (1986-87), the event focused on an under-recognized aspect of Wojnarowicz's films and art: his plans and preparations for soundtracks. Rebecca Cleman, EAI's Director of Distribution, moderated a discussion with Wojnarowicz's former bandmate Doug Bressler, who was collaborating on a Fire in My Belly soundtrack with the artist; Cynthia Carr, author of Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz; Brent Phillips, Media Specialist & Processing Archivist of Fales Library, and filmmaker Tommy Turner. A screening of Beautiful People, a collaboration with Jesse Hultberg that was originally presented with live accompaniment at La MaMa, and an excerpt of A Fire in My Belly with sound component preceded the discussion.