Javier Telléz: NOSFERATU (The Undead)Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, US
Past gallery exhibitions exhibition
Overview
Installation view, Javier Telléz: NOSFERATU (The Undead), Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, US, 2018
NOSFERATU (The Undead) is a film installation by New York-based artist Javier Téllez that focuses on cinema and mental illness. It is the first exhibition to be presented as part of “Reflections on Place”, a series of media art commissions inspired by the City of Rochester, New York.
Téllez’ film was inspired by Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, the expressionist silent masterpiece directed by F. W. Murnau in 1922. Téllez made the work in collaboration with people living with mental illness after a series of workshops that he conducted on the subjects of vampirism and the representation of psychiatric institutions in film. Combining black-and-white 16mm and color digital film, NOSFERATU (The Undead) was shot at the Eastman Kodak factory, the Dryden Theatre of the George Eastman Museum*, and at the Main Street Armory, all in Rochester.
Installation Views
Installation view, Javier Telléz: NOSFERATU (The Undead), Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, US, 2018
