At Home is part of the series consisting of four segments—Our Second Date, At Home, In the Cardiac Ward, and At the Bar—in which the artists restage scenes from their lives as they intersect with media such as TV and cinema.
The miniature models on tabletops represent both the artists' lives and scenes from movies they have jointly watched. Suspended over each set are miniature video cameras that capture images, which are edited in a computer-controlled process and screened on the gallery walls.
In a continuous automated process of selecting and assembling images, the series constructs a personal narrative through media culture and specifi cally the glorification of car culture (the chase, the traffic jam, the road movie, and cruising).
At Home tells the story of the artists watching a scene from the fi lm Sugarland Express on TV in their living room.
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy have been exhibiting as a team since 1996, integrating sculptures and projections. Their work focuses on experimental uses of genre and cinematic practice.
They have had solo exhibitions in New York, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Italy.
Recent shows include the inaugural solo exhibition at the British Film institute (South Bank, London), a solo exhibition at Galerie Guy Bartschi (Geneva), and a group show, New York Interrupted, curated by Dan Cameron at pkm Gallery (Beijing).
In 2006, they presented work at The Sundance Film Festival. They have taken part in group shows such as Site Santa Fe (2004); CUT/Film as Found Object (Milwaukee Art Museum); and Brooklyn! (The Brooklyn Museum of Art).
They have received Fellowships and Grants from the Colbert Foundation, Creative Capital, the Experimental Television Center, and the Alternative Museum. Their work can be seen in the public collections of The Museum of Modern Art (New York), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), MUDAM (Luxembourg), among others.
The McCoys are represented by Postmasters Gallery (New York), Galerie Guy Bartschi (Geneva), and 1000eventi (Milan).
