Vantagepoint IX Janet Biggs: Going to Extremes May 4, 2011

Janet Biggs: Going to Extremes will present 4 single channel videos, which will be projected within the Museum's new media gallery. Airs Above the Ground (2007), now in the Museum's collection, Vanishing Point (2009), and Fade to White (2010), which was filmed while the artist was in the Arctic on a fellowship will be screened. Her latest effort, focused on NASCAR racing brings Biggs into new territory--auto racing's wild popularity and position within consumer culture creates both drama and heroism. Rather than focusing exclusively on the drivers, Biggs presents the speed, precision, and agility of the pit crews and reveals their extreme grace under pressure. This video, Duet (2010), will be screened for the first time at The Mint Museum.