Andres Serrano: Insurrection
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“I don’t want to brag, but I think this is one of the most violent and controversial films ever made,” said 1980s-present transgressive art mainstay Andres Serrano (b. 1950, New York), who is set to debut his first-ever film, Insurrection, a 75-minute feature, in early-2022.
Set to the instrumental interludes and title card framework of The Birth of a Nation (1915), Insurrection principally touches on the American wartime cultural ethos and the jarring ubiquity of Americans’ persistent marriage of Christianity and war. The overarching narrative is 150 years of lead-up to the January 6 Capitol riots. The timeline slows down as January 6 itself comes into focus, with footage culled from hundreds of first-person videos uploaded to sites like Parler.
Produced by the London-based art organization a/political (which has previously collaborated with Serrano) and presented with the DC-based nonprofit CulturalDC (known for supporting timely art like Jennifer Rubell’s Ivanka Vacuuming in 2016), the film prioritizes narrative objectivity. Serrano hopes that even the most pro-Trump individuals will appreciate the film for their own reasons. It doesn’t assign meaning through narration, but rather seeks to create a portrait.
More information is in the above-linked press release, and a preview of film stills and other project-related visuals is below. See the Dropbox folder linked above to download high-resolution image files.
