Routine Nihlism

Gary Kibbins
mars 24, 2018. 6:00PM.

“Nihilism is best left to the professionals.” -Iggy Pop

Celebrated Canadian media artist and writer, Gary Kibbins, will present and speak about a collection of his recent videos. Kibbins’ expansive and singular body of work is rooted in a play of language, nonsense forms, and absurdist humour. He teaches currently at Queen’s University, and until 2000 he taught at the California Institute of the Arts. A book of essays and scripts was published in 2005: Grammar & Not-Grammar: Selected Scripts and Essays by Gary Kibbins, ed. A. J. Paterson, YYZ Books, Toronto; 2005; 254 pp.

 

Routine Nihilism

The Child's Concept of Chance (2014 | 5min)

Only Believe Things That Are Easy to Understand (2014 | 6min)

Ocean View (2014 | 11min)

Or So We Say (2017 | 10min)

Grading Greek Philosophers (2014 | 3min)

The Wide Wide World (2016 | 9min)

God Hates Himself (2015 | 20min)

We Move Only Ourselves (10:27 | 10min)