The Infernal Dream

Zoe Beloff

2011, 11:54, b&w, Sound

Beloff’s three-channel film incorporates staged reenactments and two archival films—Motion Studies Application and Folie a Deux—both industrial productions from the early 1950’s. Motion Studies teaches workers to maximize their efficiency through small movements, and Folie a Deux demonstrates how to identify the titular psychiatric disorder. Together, the films present the extremes of the productive and unproductive body and study their respective choreographies. A third sequence, inspired by slapstick productions, sets the two previous films into dialectical motion by depicting an office setting wherein objects take on a life of their own. As the materials mysteriously float, spin, and spill over, they disrupt the order of capitalist productivity.

Waje’s Cockabunnies

Sophie Breer 

1981, 14:44 min, color, sound

Waje’s Cockabunnies is structured like the mid-century children’s television show “Romper Room,” in which the host leads children through activities and craft demonstrations. Breer captures Wojarowicz’s creative process as he sits at a child’s desk, cuts out bunny ears and tails, and secures them to the cockroaches with Q-tips and rubber cement. The audience, comprised of Breer, her sister and filmmaker Emily Breer, and Emily’s boyfriend David Baillie, frequently interjects with amused commentary and laughter.