ICA is closed from the 30 May – 3 June inclusive.
Internationally acclaimed American filmmaker Phil Solomon (1954-2019) created a body of cinematic virtuosity and poetic resonance that profoundly expanded the found footage genre, as he explored and exploited material idiosyncrasies of his sources – whether chemically altering the emulsion of Hollywood films and personal home movies or détourning the digital gaming universe of Grand Theft Auto. In his analog days, Solomon described himself as an inverse archeologist, throwing “Schmutz” on cultural artifacts to defamiliarize the imagery, creating works that walk a fine line between abstraction and figuration, unfolding an interior emotional vocabulary seamlessly married to meticulously constellated worlds of sound. – Eve Heller
Sonic Cinema and The Phil Solomon Project are pleased to present this retrospective, in the form of three programmes.
Sat 4 May, 2.30pm
Phil Solomon, Programme 1
This programme brings together some of Phil Solomon’s most abstract works with celluloid.
Sun 5 May, 2.30pm
Phil Solomon, Programme 2
This programme charts Phil Solomon’s move into digital filmmaking, which resulted in some of his most iconic works.
Sun 5 May, 4.30pm
Phil Solomon, Programme 3
This programme brings together six of Phil Solomon’s most personal works, in an oeuvre which is marked by its private poetry.
no. 236848.