The Long Road: Isaac Julien in Conversation with B. Ruby Rich

Abstract

This conversation was held as a public forum at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia on October 5, 2001, in conjunction with the presentation of Isaac Julien's video installation The Long Road to Mazatlán.1Shot in and around San Antonio, Texas, The Long Rood to Mazatlán (1999), by British filmmaker Isaac Julien, explores mythic images of the cowboy within the context of gay culture and the West. Referencing Westerns and action films and even restaging scenes from films by Martin Scorsese, Andy Warhol, and David Hockney, Julien has created a three-screen video installation that mixes documentary with fiction, linear with layered narrative, white with Latino lovers, the open landscape with the intimate motel room. The piece was made in collaboration with ArtPace, starring the Venezuelan dancer and choreographer Javier de Frutos.2

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