Alexis Gideon

Produced in conjunction with Gideon’s 2016 exhibition at Locust Projects, The Comet and The Glacier, A Nostalgia Particular to Things You Never Experienced features stills from the artist’s stop motion animation. The film tells a story of a comet approaching a glacier from two opposing perspectives, narrated by the artist playing an imaginary version of himself. The narrative draws the audience into the unsettling déjà vu of the base story, punctuating the project’s fiction with real historical events and aspects from Gideon’s own life.

Alexis Gideon (b. 1980, New York City) is an American visual artist, composer and performer, best known for his innovative animated live video operas and multidisciplinary techniques. Gideon, whose career began under the mentorship of musical legend Anthony Braxton, considers music the backbone and inspiration for all his work. Combining research, literature, musical composition, painting, sculpture, installation, video, and performance, Gideon’s work examines the loss of the mystical in contemporary society. Alienation, subjugation and the human condition are persistent themes in the artist’s work.