Andres Serrano’s Insurrection

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• Thursday, Oct 13, 2022  6pm - 7:30pm

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Atlanta Contemporary hosts a screening of Insurrection, followed by a Q+A with the filmmaker, Andres Serrano.

Insurrection is the first feature film by artist Andres Serrano, chronicling the events that led to the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Described as “Excruciating” by the Guardian and “A haunting, Hollywood-style vision of Jan. 6” by the Washington Post, it is a portrait of Donald Trump’s America and a culmination of his brand. The sequencing references The Birth of a Nation, a film by D. W. Griffith, based on Thomas Dixon’s novel The Clansman, 1905. This film was the first to be shown at the White House in 1915 and has been acknowledged for a renewed interest in the Ku Klux Klan.

With a running time of 75 minutes, the film features hundreds of clips uploaded by Trump supporters on Parler, which were quickly removed. Serrano cut through thousands of hours of footage to present both individual and collective emotions of desperation, patriotism, and deep-rooted anger, all which drove people from all over the country to the front of the Capitol’s barricades. By also incorporating historical footage that spans around one hundred and fifty years of American unrest and propaganda, Serrano ultimately positions January 6 within a longer, tumultuous history.

Insurrection is produced by a/political, a London-based art organization which has previously collaborated with Serrano on The Game: All Things Trump. The project was showcased in 2019, in a former nightclub in New York City’s Meatpacking District. Jerry Saltz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic, referred to the exhibition as “the greatest portrait made of anybody by anybody in the 21st century.” The project and accompanying publication highlighted a vast collection of items, amassed by Serrano, which visualized the rise of Donald Trump through objects branded or signed with his name.

This event is free, but registration is required. We highly suggest registering in advance as this event will sell out.