{"id":111,"date":"2018-01-20T18:39:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T18:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2024-07-19T22:42:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T22:42:54","slug":"the-latest-sun-is-sinking-fast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/?page_id=111","title":{"rendered":"The Latest Sun is Sinking Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Currently:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=517\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-517\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-517\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LatestSun2_1200px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LatestSun2_1200px.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LatestSun2_1200px-300x184.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LatestSun2_1200px-768x472.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/LatestSun2_1200px-1024x629.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a> <strong>feature film<\/strong> in-progress. Bryan Saner and Sarah Stambaugh, pictured.<\/p>\n<p>Set in an unsung corner of middle-America, <em>The Latest Sun is Sinking Fast <\/em>chronicles an unlikely bond between a solitary woman and two reclusive ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Intentionally accumulating material for over a decade, with actors aging in real time, this project interweaves fiction,\u00a0 real-life events of performers, and the filmmaker\u2019s family history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An expansive, multi-part film project designed to accumulate over time, encompassing site-specific installations, short films, and -currently in-progress &#8211; a new feature film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Melika Bass.\u00a0 Featuring Sarah Stambaugh, Bryan Saner, Matthew Goulish, and Terri Kapsalis.<\/p>\n<p>Super16mm to 2K, 2013-present<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpt from video installation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div><style scoped>\r\n.embed-container { \r\n  position: relative;\r\n  padding-bottom: 56.25%;\r\n  height: 0; \r\n  overflow: hidden;\r\n  max-width: 100%px;\r\n  margin: 0px auto;\r\n} \r\n\r\n.embed-container iframe { \r\n  position: absolute;\r\n  top: 0px;\r\n  left: 0px;\r\n  width: 100%;\r\n  height: 100%;\r\n  padding-bottom: 0;\r\n}\r\n<\/style><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/242693252\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>The Latest Sun is Sinking Fast <\/em>project films &amp; installations:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>feature film<\/strong>\u00a0 in-progress<\/p>\n<p><strong>short film\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>2017, S16mm to digital, 32 mins.<br \/>\n<em>Devotional Animals, <\/em>Gene Siskel Film Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>split screen film\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>2015, S16mm to digital, 15 mins.<br \/>\n<em>Screening the Speculative, <\/em>New Museum, New York<\/p>\n<p><strong>4-channel installation\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>2015, S16mm to digital, 13 mins. \/ 15 mins. \/ 9.5 mins. \/ 12 mins<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydeparkart.org\/exhibition-archive\/melika-bass-the-latest-sun-is-sinking-fast\/\">Solo Exhibition<\/a>, Hyde Park Art Center<\/p>\n\n<p>Best New Video Installation 2015\u00a0 &#8211;<em>Chicago Reader<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the most exciting film events happening in Chicago. . .Beautiful, yet vaguely terrifying.&#8221; <em>-Time Out Chicago<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bass spawns sensory pleasures which guide viewers around the mesmeric space.&#8221; <em>-Gapers Block<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/?page_id=623\">Exhibition Essay<\/a> by Karsten Lund, Associate Curator, Renaissance Society<\/p>\n<p>Installation photos by Clare Britt<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 channel installation\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><em>Phoebe<\/em> and <em>Nanty, <\/em>2013, S16mm to digital, 9 mins. \/ 7 mins.<br \/>\n<em>Outside the Screen, <\/em>Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>single-channel installation\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><em>Nanty, <\/em>2013, S16mm to digital,\u00a0 13 mins.<\/p>\n<p><em>Presence of Absence, <\/em>Hairpin Arts Center<br \/>\nCurated by Dave and Debra Tolchinsky, sponsored by Contemporary Arts Council<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bass&#8217;s short film [is] a fragmentary character study &#8212; intense, repetitive and unguarded.&#8221;-<em>Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A wonderfully odd, powerful, thoughtful show.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8211;<em>Huffington Post<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the best art gallery shows in Chicago right now.&#8221; &#8211;<em>Chicago Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Installation photo by Tom Van Eynde.<\/p>\n<p>This project partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently: feature film in-progress. Bryan Saner and Sarah Stambaugh, pictured. Set in an unsung corner of middle-America, The Latest Sun is Sinking Fast chronicles an unlikely bond between a solitary woman and two reclusive ministers. Intentionally accumulating material for over a decade, with actors aging in real time, this project interweaves fiction,\u00a0 real-life events of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/?page_id=111\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Latest Sun is Sinking Fast&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":276,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":106,"href":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/1161"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tenderarchive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}