Out of Play, a series of six videos, explores intersections between military and media production.
Out of Play: In the Box centers a role player working at “Medina Wasl,” one of eight simulated Iraqi villages at Fort Irwin Training Center in California, as well as a set fabrication shop that makes the walls for the military training site and film and television sets.
TRT 13:16 (3min excerpt on website)
This episode was shown at Hot Flat, an exhibition curated by Santi Vernetti and Jeanne Dreskin in 2017 at Angels Gate Cultural Center, a former Navy base in San Pedro, California.
Rear projection screen 6’ x 8’.
Credits:
Director: Abigail Raphael Collins
DP: Abigail Raphael Collins, Dean Erdmann, Christine Zivic
Editor: Katrin Ebersohn
Sound: Casey Minatrea, Bruce Chianese
Research Assistance: Chloe Reyes, Evelyn Yin
Special Thanks: Oscar Valenzuela, Paul Collins, Dean Erdmann, Ellen Raphael
Special thanks to the role player at Ft Irwin(who chooses to stay anonymous)
This project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant and a residency at Shandaken: Storm King