Situation Hacker: Wayne Koestenbaum on the art of Ryan Trecartin
Artforum, Summer 2009, v. 47, no. 10, pp. 271-279
In this revelatory article, Wayne Koestenbaum details his impressions of the art of Ryan Trecartin, a young video-maker that has quickly risen to startling success. The work consists of fairly long videos situated in created rooms or sets that feature multiple trans/genderless characters divulging the intimate nitty-gritty of their trivially unanchored minds. Trecartin’s work is a half celebratory, half apocalyptic reflection of contemporary culture through the lens of Youtube, one Koestenbaum finds fascinating and eminently successful.
ITEM 2009.041 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
A Family Finds Entertainment – Ryan Trecartin
Tommy Chat Just E-mailed Me – Ryan Trecartin
I-Be Area – Ryan Trecartin
Sibling Topics (Section A) – Ryan Trecartin
K-Corea INC. K (Section A) – Ryan Trecartin
Re'search Wait'S (Edit 1:Missing Re'search Corruption Budget) – Ryan Trecartin
The Aboutthing (in the air) – Ryan Trecartin
Now, in the Sunroom – Ryan Trecartin