The first in-depth, US survey of works by this pioneering video artist, Gary Hill featured nine major installations and several single-channel tapes.
The installations in Gary Hill date between 1983 and 1994 and involve intricately composed but visually spare constructions, often of cathode ray tubes (television monitors) removed from their chassis and installed in minimalist constructions or altered furniture. The monitors are alternately used as projectors or screens and depict typically mundane scenes, sometimes with spoken text soundtracks of European literature and philosophy by writers like Maurice Blanchot. Works in the exhibition included CRUX (1983), URA ARU (the backside exists) (1985-1986), And Sat Down Beside Her (1990), Between Cinema and a Hard Place (1990), BEACON (Two Versions of the Imaginary (1990), Learning Curve (Still Point) (1993), Circular Breathing (1994), Searchlight (1986-1994), and others.
The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue.
Gary Hill was organized by Chris Bruce for the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, and Julie Lazar, Curator, for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.