Shu Lea Cheang's new commission is a 28-minute, four-channel film shot with eight trans and gender-nonconforming performers in Tucson, moving between a motel room, a junkyard and desert streets. Visitors physically slide the screens in and out of each projector's path, triggering fragments of Aérea Negrot's It's Lover, Love. If you want art you step inside and change, go.
What to expect
Expect a gallery with four projection screens you can physically slide in and out of each projector's path, with every shift changing the composition and triggering a segment of Aérea Negrot's song. The film runs about 28 minutes, so give yourself time to see it whole.
Good to know
- Leslie-Lohman is open Wednesday through Sunday.
- The museum is on Wooster Street, near the A/C/E at Canal Street.
- Give yourself the full film's length to see how moving the screens changes it.
- The film references suicide and political precarity.
- Pair it with The Drawing Center a few blocks up Wooster Street.
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Common questions
How long is the film?
About 28 minutes, shown as a four-channel installation.
Can visitors interact with it?
Yes, visitors move the screens, which changes the composition and triggers parts of a song.
