Soft Rains


Jennifer McCoy is part of the husband and wife team Jennifer and Kevin McCoy.

Artist Bio

Kevin McCoy examines the genres and conventions of filmmaking, memory, and language.

Artist Bio

Soft Rains uses custom computer software to control miniature cameras, set elements, and recorded dialogue to create and project a film. The film generated portrays a woman alone in a mechanized house defending herself against an outside threat. The installation is comprised of a tabletop sound stage and a projection surface where viewers can see both the filmmaking process in action and its simultaneous result. The robotic set shoots and edits classic film-noir effects such as a chase sequence and various crosscuts between location and point-of-view shots, revealing the mechanisms behind the “magic” of cinema.


Award Year
2002
Status

Completed

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Jennifer McCoy

Brooklyn, NY

Jennifer McCoy is part of the husband and wife team Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. The McCoys’ multimedia artworks examine the genres and conventions of filmmaking, memory, and language. They are known for creating video installation and sculpture. Jennifer and Kevin McCoy were 2011 Guggenheim Foundation Fellows and 2005 Wired Rave Award winners. The McCoys’ work has been widely exhibited in the U.S. and internationally—exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Pompidou Center in Paris; British Film Institute Southbank in London; the Hanover Kunstverein; The Beall Center in Irvine, CA; pkm Gallery in Beijing; The San Jose Museum of Art; and Palazzo della Papesse. Residencies include the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Headlands Center for the Arts. Their work can be seen in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum and MUDAM in Luxembourg. They are represented by Postmasters Gallery, New York.


Collaborator

Kevin McCoy examines the genres and conventions of filmmaking, memory, and language.

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Kevin McCoy

Brooklyn, NY

Jennifer and Kevin McCoy’s multimedia artworks examine the genres and conventions of filmmaking, memory, and language. They are known for creating video installation and sculpture. Jennifer and Kevin McCoy were 2011 Guggenheim Foundation Fellows and 2005 Wired Rave Award winners. The McCoys’ work has been widely exhibited in the U.S. and internationally—exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Pompidou Center in Paris; British Film Institute Southbank in London; Hanover Kunstverein; The Beall Center in Irvine, CA; pkm Gallery in Beijing; The San Jose Museum of Art; and Palazzo della Papesse. Their work can be seen in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum and MUDAM in Luxembourg.


Collaborator

Jennifer McCoy is part of the husband and wife team Jennifer and Kevin McCoy.