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Kenneth Tam's Outdoor Screening Of Griffith Park Boys Camp at Virginia Avenue Park
Courtesy of 18th Street Arts Center | Posted on July 20, 2018
Where
Virginia Avenue Park
2200 Virginia Avenue
Santa Monica, CA
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When
Fri, July 27, 2018
7:30 pm
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In the Artist Lab at 18th Street Arts Center, Kenneth Tam continues his ongoing interest in the social dynamics within all-male groups and the norms of masculine identity. Tam uses the American summer camp as both a conceptual frame and an actual site to investigate these interests. A uniquely American invention, the summer camp has evolved from an activity for the privileged into a rite-of-passage for children of all backgrounds, and speaks to how we see play as essential in childhood but superfluous in adulthood.
The centerpiece of Tam’s residency is a new video work involving participants gathered from online postings. The artist invited a group of adult, working-age men of all backgrounds to participate in a three-day experimental summer camp, filmed in May 2018 at the Griffith Park Boys Camp. At the camp, they were able to temporarily reimagine their lives in ways not pressured by the strict social demands of waged work....