Artwork Survey: 2000s

Catherine Sullivan

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  1. Gold Standard (hysteric, melancholic, degraded, refined)
    Installation view: Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
    2001
    Double-channel video projection, color, silent, 13 minutes 26 seconds

    © Catherine Sullivan

  2. Big Hunt
    Installation view: "Five Economies (big hunt/little hunt)," Metro Pictures, New York
    2002
    Five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent.

    Co-produced by the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago

    © Catherine Sullivan

  3. Helen and Annie/Birdie Jo Infusion Inversion
    Production still
    2002
    From "Big Hunt," five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent

    Performers: Sarah Taylor, Jenifer Kingsley, Jacqueline Wright.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  4. Helen and Annie/Amusement Infusion
    Production still
    2002
    From "Big Hunt," five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent

    © Catherine Sullivan

  5. Birdie Jo/Helen Infusion
    Production still
    2002
    From "Big Hunt," five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent

    Performer: Jenifer Kingsley

    © Catherine Sullivan

  6. Helen and Annie/Mrs. Vogler Infusion
    Production still
    2002
    From "Big Hunt," five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent

    Performers: Alessandra Assaf, Jenifer Kingsley

    © Catherine Sullivan

  7. Mrs. Vogler/Corday/Helen/Baby Jane Infusion
    Production still
    2002
    From "Big Hunt," five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent

    Performers: Yun Jun Chang, Jacqueline Wright, Jenifer Kingsley

    © Catherine Sullivan

  8. Baby Jane/Amusement Infusion
    Production still
    2002
    From "Big Hunt," five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent

    Performer: Michael Garvey

    © Catherine Sullivan

  9. Helen and Annie/Birdie Jo Infusion Inversion
    Production still
    2002
    From "Big Hunt," five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent

    Performers: Roberta Randall, Sarah Taylor

    © Catherine Sullivan

  10. Baby Jane/Birdie Jo Infusion
    2002
    From "Big Hunt," five channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 min 48 sec per channel, black and white, silent

    Performer: Roberta Randall

    © Catherine Sullivan

  11. ‘Tis Pity She’s a Fluxus Whore
    Installation view at The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford
    2003
    Two channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 26 min, color, sound.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  12. 'Tis Pity She’s a Fluxus Whore
    Installation view at The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford
    2003
    Two channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video, projected from DVD, 26 min, color, sound.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  13. Manifestation Lyon/Dijon
    2003
    Collaboration with Sean Griffin

    Second and third in a series of theater works related to "’Tis Pity She’s a Fluxus Whore" (2003) approximately 60 minutes. Co-produced by the Opéra de Lyon, the Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon, and Le Consortium, Dijon

    © Catherine Sullivan

  14. Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land
    Installation view, Kunsthalle Zürich
    2003
    Five channels shot on 16 mm film, transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 minutes 48 seconds per channel, black and white, silent.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  15. Theaterinis play their theater
    Production still
    2003
    From "Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land," five channels shot on 16 mm film, transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 minutes 48 seconds per channel, black and white, silent.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  16. Rehearsal photo showing full cast and main hall of Polish Army Veterans Association of America (S.W.A.P.), Chicago, Illinois
    2003
    From "Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land," five channels shot on 16 mm film, transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 minutes 48 seconds per channel, black and white, silent.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  17. Sanya makes the decision to find Captain Tatarinov’s expedition (Pantomime 6/A)
    Production still
    2003
    From "Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land," five channels shot on 16 mm film, transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 minutes 48 seconds per channel, black and white, silent.

    Performers: Juliusz Dobiesz, Andrzej Krukowski, Tim Beamish, Bart Sadkowski, Beata Pilch

    © Catherine Sullivan

  18. Captain Tatarinov trembles from cold, shivers, and eats bad meat (Pantomime 6/E)
    Production still
    2003
    From "Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land," five channels shot on 16 mm film, transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 minutes 48 seconds per channel, black and white, silent

    Performers: Carl Wisniewski, Michael Garvey

    © Catherine Sullivan

  19. Katya digs trenches in Leningrad (Pantomime 7/I)
    Production still
    2003
    From "Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land," five channels shot on 16 mm film, transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 minutes 48 seconds per channel, black and white, silent

    Performer: John Kahara

    © Catherine Sullivan

  20. Sanya’s sister dies of pneumonia during the birth of her child (Pantomime 7/F)
    Production still
    2003
    From "Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land," five channels shot on 16 mm film, transferred to video, projected from DVD, 21 minutes 48 seconds per channel, black and white, silent

    Performer: Democco Atcher.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  21. Manifestation Lyon/Dijon
    2003
    Schematic for action

    © Catherine Sullivan

  22. Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land (House of Peter, House of Aleks, and Some of Those Crappy Details)
    Installation views: Kunstverein Braunschweig.
    2004
    Projected, decorative, and scenic elements
    Dimensions variable

    Left: "The Expedition of Captain Tatarinova." Right: "Floor from the Ceiling of Peter’s House #1."

    © Catherine Sullivan

  23. Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land (Orensanz/S.W.A.P Manifestations)
    2004
    Theater work, approximately 1 hour 45 minutes

    First presented at the Polish Army Veterans Association of America (S.W.A.P.), Chicago, and again at the Angel Orensanz Center, New York, in conjunction with the "Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  24. Ice Floes of Franz Joseph Land (Orensanz/S.W.A.P Manifestations)
    2004
    Theater work, approximately 1 hour 45 minutes

    First presented at the Polish Army Veterans Association of America (S.W.A.P.), Chicago, and again at the Angel Orensanz Center, New York, in conjunction with the "Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  25. Poor Little Sanya: Economic Parable
    2004
    7 black-and-white photographs
    8 × 10 inches each

    Performers: Alva Loomis, George Ducker

    © Catherine Sullivan

  26. Chittenden Screen Tests (Second Set. Virtuous Woman: Mean Showgirl Lynching Retreat)
    Production stills
    2005
    From "The Chittendens," five or six channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video and projected as digital media, color, sound, variable length per channel (total length: 2 hours 13 min)

    Performer: Carolyn Shoemaker Musical score by Sean Griffin

    © Catherine Sullivan

  27. Chittenden Office (The Virtuous Woman)
    Production stills
    2005
    From "The Chittendens," five or six channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video and projected as digital media, color, sound, variable length per channel (total length: 2 hours 13 min)

    Performer: Carolyn Shoemaker Musical score by Sean Griffin

    © Catherine Sullivan

  28. The Resuscitation of Uplifting (Nostalgic Leisure Class Archetypes)
    Production still
    2005
    From "The Chittendens," five or six channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video and projected as digital media, color, sound, variable length per channel (total length: 2 hours 13 min)

    Performers: Beata Pilch, Karl Francis, Nicole Wiesner. Musical score by Sean Griffin.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  29. The Resuscitation of Uplifting (Chittenden Lobby: Triangle Aria)
    Production still
    2005
    From "The Chittendens," five or six channels shot on 16mm film transferred to video and projected as digital media, color, sound, variable length per channel (total length: 2 hours 13 min)

    Performer: Carolyn Shoemaker. Musical score by Sean Griffin.

    © Catherine Sullivan

  30. Misfire #4 (Cinematically Distant)
    2006
    From "Misfires 0-13 (The Chittendens)." Color photograph
    Approximately 21 × 35 1⁄2 inches

    Edition of 6

    © Catherine Sullivan

  31. Misfire #2 (History Hurts)
    2006
    From "Misfires 0-13 (The Chittendens)" Color photograph
    Approximately 11 × 48 1⁄2 inches

    Edition of 6

    © Catherine Sullivan