A five-night survey dedicated to the video works of Mike Kelley, which will feature guest speakers.

Tuesday, September 8 at 8:00 PM

• The Banana Man (1983)
• Kappa (1986)
• Family Tyranny/Cultural Soup (1987)

The Banana Man (1983): A solo psychodrama exploring fictional identity and character psychology through a minor children’s television figure.

Kappa (1986): A collaborative psychodrama fusing Freudian symbology and Oedipal myths with popular imagery.

Family Tyranny/Cultural Soup (1987): A dark comedy collaboration with Paul McCarthy parodying a sitcom set to look at domestic trauma.

Wednesday, September 9 at 8:00 PM

• BLIND COUNTRY (1989)
• Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene) (2000)
• Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip) (2004)
  

Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip) (2004): A video exploring teenage rituals and adolescent infatuations with spooky spaces and occult actions.

BLIND COUNTRY (1989): An H.G. Wells-inspired psychodrama co-created with Ericka Beckman mapping psychological distress.

Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene) (2000): A theatrical narrative reimagining high school yearbook trauma inside a domestic kitchen stage.

Thursday, September 10 at 8:00 PM

• Heidi (1992, with Paul McCarthy)

Heidi (1992): A collaborative, disturbing adaptation of the classic children’s story exploring commercialized innocence with Paul McCarthy.

Friday, September 11 at 7:00 PM

A Voyage of Growth and Discovery (2010, with Michael Smith)

A Voyage of Growth and Discovery (2010): A feature-length collaboration tracking the existential, avant-garde journey of Michael Smith’s Baby IKKI character.

Saturday, September 12 at 8:00 PM

• Day Is Done (2005)

Day Is Done (2005): A 169-minute opus staging carnivalesque music videos and high school rituals based on yearbook snapshots.