Scenes from a Footnote in Infinite Jest

New York readers and David Foster Wallace fans may want to check out this upcoming exhibition at Columbia University: A FAILED ENTERTAINMENT - Selections from the filmography of James O. Incandenza

That’s right, some filmmakers have gotten together and produced scenes based on the fictional filmography of James O. Incandenza from David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. This filmography is merely a footnote (albeit an 8 page one) in the early part of Infinite Jest and includes such fictional films as Annular Fusion Is Our Friend, Cage II, Fun With Teeth, Zero-Gravity Tea Ceremony, The Joke and Baby Pictures of Famous Dictators.

Sounds like it could be pretty interesting. Below is the full description.

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The Gallery at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies Presents:

A FAILED ENTERTAINMENT
Selections from the filmography of James O. Incandenza
Exhibition Dates: Jan 29 – Feb 19th
Opening Reception: Friday, Jan 29th, 6-8 pm
Film Screening to take place during opening reception.

In 1996 author David Foster Wallace published his novel Infinite Jest and was instantly hailed as one of the greatest authors of the 20th century, eventually being granted a MacArthur award. His sprawling and complex novel chronicles the lives of the characters surrounding James Incandenza- avant-garde filmmaker, mathematician, and visionary tennis instructor. The plot largely revolves around the missing master copy of one of Incandenza’s films, titled Infinite Jest, a film so entertaining to its viewers that they become catatonic, losing all interest in anything other than endless viewings of the film.

Included as a footnote in Wallace’s novel is the Complete filmography of James O. Incandenza, a detailed list of over 70 industrial, documentary, conceptual, advertorial, technical, parodic, dramatic non-commercial, and non-dramatic commercial works. The LeRoy Neiman Gallery has commissioned artists and filmmakers to re-create seminal works from Incandenza’s filmography.

Contributors:

Trisha Baga
Sam Ekwurtzel
Michael Gaillard
Gene Gort
Van Hanos
Brendan Harman
Tim Hyde
The K.I.D.S.
Kevjn Kelley
Zerek Kempf
Tim Lawless
Tracy Molis
Davida Nemeroff
Rory Parks
JJ Peet
Robert Rhee
William Santen
Jessica Segall
Grzegorz Surman
hristine Wang
More TBA

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