Mike Kelley: Video Tribute

Dia and EAI will pay tribute to Mike Kelley with a daylong screening of his remarkable video works, many of which were created with collaborators such as Paul McCarthy and Michael Smith. This 12-hour program, presented in coordination with Kelley Studio Inc. and the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, will include the screening of such seminal work as The Banana Man (1983); Heidi (1992), made in collaboration with Paul McCarthy; Superman Recites Selections from 'The Bell Jar' and Other Works by Sylvia Plath (1999); Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene) (2000); Day Is Done, Part 1 (2005–6); as well as the recent work A Voyage of Growth and Discovery (2011), made in collaboration with Michael Smith.

Mike Kelley (1954–2012) was one of the most influential and transgressive artists of the second half of the 20th century. His work interrogates the American psyche by subverting depictions of social practices and rituals, including the role of religion, authority, adolescence, sexual identity, and gender. Kelley was also an inspired, eccentric thinker and writer who provided support and encouragement to countless artists and collaborators.

Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), founded in 1971, is a nonprofit resource that fosters the creation, exhibition, distribution, and preservation of media art. www.eai.org

10:00 am
Test Room Containing Multiple Stimuli Known to Elicit Curiosity and Manipulatory Responses and a Dance Incorporating Movements Derived from Experiments by Harry F. Harlow and Choreographed in the Manner of Martha Graham
Mike Kelley
1999, 51:18 min, video, color, silent

10:50 am
Runway for Interactive DJ Event
Mike Kelley
2000, 48:23 min, video, color, sound

11:40 am
A Voyage of Growth and Discovery
Mike Kelley and Michael Smith
2011, 92 min, video, color, sound

1:10 pm
BLIND COUNTRY
Mike Kelley and Ericka Beckman
1989, 19:57 min, video, color, sound

1:30 pm
Family Tyranny (Modeling and Molding)
Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley
1987, 8:08 min, video, color, sound

1:40 pm
Heidi
Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley
1992, 62:40 min, video, color, sound

2:45 pm
Fresh Acconci
Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy
1995, 45 min, video, color, sound

3:30 pm
Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene)
Mike Kelley
2000, 29:44 min, video, color, sound

4:00 pm
The Judson Church Horse Dance
Mike Kelley
2011, 70 min, HD video, color, sound

5:10 pm
Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip)
Mike Kelley
2004, 17:53 min, video, color, sound

5:25 pm
The Banana Man
Mike Kelley
1983, 28:15 min, video, color, sound

5:55 pm
Kappa
Bruce and Norman Yonemoto in collaboration with Mike Kelley
1986, 26 min, video, color, sound

6:20 pm
Superman Recites Selections from 'The Bell Jar' and Other Works by Sylvia Plath
Mike Kelley
1999, 7:19 min, video, color, sound

6:30 pm
Vice Anglais
Mike Kelley
2011, 25:14 min, HD video, color, sound

6:55 pm
Made in England
Mike Kelley
2011, 27:58 min, HD video, color, sound

7:20 pm
Day Is Done, Part 1
Mike Kelley
2005—6, 169 min, video, color, sound