Comma Boat
08/12/2013
1h
In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who oscillates between feelings of omnipotence and self-doubt. As if a post-human, post-gendered reincarnation of the Fellini character in 8 ½, the director gloats and frets about professional and ethical transgressions. "I know I lied to get ahead," he admits at one point. "I've made up so many different alphabets just to get ahead in my field." The director is fancier now, but the fear nags that he might be "repeating" himself "like a dumb soldier ova and ova and ova and ova." The meta-connection to the artist's own career, while obvious, is also a decoy. All art, at some level, is about the artist. Here, reflexivity is the surface level, providing a decodable veneer that encases something more unsettling and complex. Single-channel and 3-channel versions.
Cast
Ryan Trecartin
Yet
Irina Cocimarov
Ring Jenny
Ruth Gruca
Ring Jenny
Madeline Poole
Ring Jenny
Analisa Teachworth
Ring Jenny
Tatiana Marie Valentin
Ring Jenny
Simon Castets
French Yet
Jesse Hoffmann
History Yet
Lee Kyle
Circle Yet
Jude MC
Sexy Yet
Aaron David Ross
Sexy Yet
Telfar Clemens
Host / Pony / Maincomment . too. hostscript
Casey Jane Ellison
Host / Fineline. band
Jayne Goldsmith
Host
Raul Lopez
Host / Host. Unison
Leigha Mason
Host
Murphy Maxwell
Host / Swim Body / Host. More Trade
Raul de Nieves
Host / Host. Scooter
Alison Powell
Host
Tierney Finster
Jenny.Memories
Rachel Lord
Jenny.Tanked
Peggy Noland
Jenny.Contest
Liz Rywelski
Jenny.Spy / Host. Occupy
Frankie Delessio
Not a Contest / Host. Guide
Chris Moukarbel
Other Boyband
Ian Isiah
Parachute
Andrew Aged
Time. 2jam
Daniel Aged
Time. 2jam
Nathan Whipple
Time. 2jam / Fineline. band
Matthew Lawton
Host. Spotter
Daniel Spann
Host. Junior War
Lauren Devine
Technician. top40
Nick Weiss
Technician. jamcam
Allison Byrnes
Owna Act. Etho-nark. Anthrocam
Sarah Ball
Host. y
Caitlin MacBride
Host. z
Johnny Makeup
Host. Jenny Sit
Courtney Malick
Host. Class Mates
Akeem Smith
Host / Courtsey / Maincomment. also. hostscript
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