JANUARY 26 - MARCH 9, 2010

Guadalajara-based artist Gonzalo Lebrija exhibited three recently realized black-and-white films on three separate Videotrons, high-resolution LED monitors generally used for advertisement, on Sunset Boulevard. Collected under the title The Distance Between You and Me (2009), each film depicted the artist fleeing from the camera in one of three California locales: Joshua Tree, Death Valley, and Yosemite. The elegiac feel of Lebrija’s films, in opposition to their visually saturated, kinetic context, speaks to notions of urban-induced psychosis – a plaintive, self-critical “advertisement” that encourages its viewer to seek escape by any means necessary.

Each film played approximately every six-minutes throughout the exhibition.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Lebrija's films were shown on the Videotrons for a full hour on January 27th from 7:00 – 8:00 PM.

This project made possible with the generous support of Catharine and Jeffrey Soros.
Special thanks to City of West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission.

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