CATE: Andrea Geyer: Criminal Case, Thurs., Feb. 24 @ 6 p.m.

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Andrea Geyer: Criminal Case Thursday, February 24, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St. / 312.846.2600) Still from Criminal Case 40/61: Reverb (Andrea Geyer, 2009-10). Courtesy the artist. Andrea Geyer in person! In her striking, cerebral videos, installations, and photographs, German-born, New York-based artist Andrea Geyer mixes documentary and fiction to examine the ways historical narratives and social spaces shift over time and within larger socio-political contexts. Featured in tonight's program is Criminal Case 40/61: Reverb (2009-10), which reenacts the 1961-62 trial of notorious Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. Based on both court transcripts and Hannah Arendt's book on the trial (Eichmann in Jerusalem: Report on the Banality of Evil ), Geyer's video abstracts the trial into six equally distinct roles-Accused, Defense, Judge, Prosecution, Reporter, and Audience-all performed by the same actor, artist (and SAIC alumnus) Wu Ingrid Tsang. Together, these fractions explore the trial's lasting relevance. Geyer, writes art historian Johanna Burton, "opens up whole pockets of forgotten history and, in so doing, remobilizes calcified, regulated understandings." 2009-10, Andrea Geyer, USA, HD Video, ca. 60 mins plus discussion. ANDREA GEYER (b. 1971, Freiburg, Germany) lives and works in New York. She uses both fiction and documentary strategies in her image- and text-based art. Her works are temporal translations of specific social and political situations that address larger concepts such as national identity, gender, and class in the context of the ongoing re-adjustment of cultural meanings and social memories. Recent works include Criminal Case 40/61: Reverb, revisiting the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem and Spiral Lands , a photographic and textual historiography of the ongoing dispossession of lands from indigenous people by colonization, governmentality, and capitalist development that constitutes one of the longest struggles for social justice in North America. Her work has been shown internationally, most notably at the 29th Sao Paulo Biennale, at UAG Gallery Irvine and documenta12 in Kassel. She is represented by Galerie Thomas Zander/Cologne. CATE is organized by the School of the Art Institute's Department of Film, Video, New Media & Animation collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center and the Video Data Bank. We have a blog! Visit us at www.saic.edu/cateblog. UPCOMING PROGRAMS: 3/3 - Radical Closure 3/10 - Yael Bartana: A Declaration (Yael Bartana in person!) 3/17 - The Disappointment: Or, The Force of Credulity (Brian Springer in person!) 3/31 - Tony Cokes: Notes on Evil (and Others) (Tony Cokes in person!) 4/7 - Botborg! (Live performance! Joe Musgrove and Scott Sinclair in person!) 4/14 - Aberration of Light: Dark Chamber Disclosure (Live performance! Sandra Gibson, Luis Recoder, and Olivia Block in person!) LOCATION AND TICKETS Programs take place Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.), unless otherwise noted. CATE is FREE to SAIC students with a valid student ID. Tickets are $10 General public, $5 Film Center members, $7 students, and $4 SAIC faculty and staff and Art Institute of Chicago staff. Any person with a disability who would like to request an accommodation for this program should contact the Disability and Learning Resource Center at dlrc@saic.edu or 312.499.4278 as soon as possible to allow adequate time to make proper arrangements. About the School of the Art Institute of Chicago A leader in educating artists, designers, and scholars since 1866, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers nationally accredited undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate programs to nearly 3,200 students from across the globe. Located in the heart of Chicago, SAIC's educational philosophy is built upon a multidisciplinary approach to art and design, giving students unparalleled opportunities to develop their creative and critical abilities, while working with renowned faculty who include many of the leading practitioners in their fields. SAIC's resources include the Art Institute of Chicago and its new Modern Wing; numerous special collections and programming venues provide students with exceptional exhibitions, screenings, lectures, and performances. For more information, please visit www.saic.edu.

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