Artists Space

Bombs over Bambi

Performance & Screening
April 11, 2009, 8pm

A live performance in conjunction with Martha Colburn’s film Triumph of the Wild.

A young deer made out of puzzle pieces with red streamers coming out of its eye and hip, as if bleeding. It is on a multimedia background showing bricks and grass.
[A young deer made out of puzzle pieces with red streamers coming out of its eye and hip, as if bleeding. It is on a multimedia background showing bricks and grass.]

During a Black Room screening of her film Triumph of the Wild, Martha Colburn is accompanied by a cadre of experimental musicians to present a live film-mix of Colburn's animations and other found footage. The improvised sonic mayhem of the performers will coincide with the tumbling narratives of Colburn's film, which follows American wars through history.

The performers: Haleh Abghari, Raven Chacon, Martha Colby, Mike Evans, Laura Ortman, Nathan Whipple.

Triumph of the Wild remains on view in the Black Room through Saturday, April 18th.

Martha Colburn (b. 1974) lives and works in New York. She is most well-known for her animated films, layered collages, paintings, and installations that incorporate transparencies, recordings, and live performances. She has exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at Museum De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands, and the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany.