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Artist:  Jennifer Steinkamp
Title: Dance Hall Girl
Date: 2004-06
Dimensions:  1-5, 7-11: 15 x 15 inches, 6: 19 x 19 inches. Projector sits back 2 - 3.3 feet from the wall.
Equipment:  Plus U5-232, 1.3 - 1.56:1, 2000 lumen projector, A Mobile PC LG-SX5/P4 computer.
Photo credit: Jennifer Steinkamp, courtesy ACME., Los Angeles, greengrassi, London, and Lehmann Maupin, New York.
Exhibition History: 

  1. IN DOOR OUT, ACME., Los Angeles, California, July 16 - August 14, 2004.
  2. Lehmann Maupin, New York, May 20 - June 25, 2005
  3. ACME., Los Angeles, California, June 3 - July 2, 2005.
  4. 165 Charles Street, Richard Meier Apartment, New York, July 17, 2005- January, 2006. exhibited 9.
  5. Drawn from Nature, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 8, 2005 - May 28, 2006.
  6. Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid Spain, March 23 - May 4, 2006.
  7. Single Channel, Bemis Center, Omaha, Nebraska, curated by Jeremy Stern, June 9 - August 12, 2006, exhibited 8.
  8. Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, March 2 - April 14, 2007, exhibited 6.
  9. The Garden at 4 A.M., Gana Art New York, New York,  curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo, February 12 - March 17, 2009, exhibited 12.
  10. Magnetic Landscape, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, curated by Kristen Miller Zohn, March 14 - June 7, 2009, exhibited 3.
  11. Art and Electronic Media, bitforms gallery, New York, NY, curated by Laura Blereau, June 16 - July 10, 2009. exhibited 11
  12. The Passionate Pursuit: Gifts and Promised Works from Donna and Cargill MacMillan, Jr., Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, curated by Daniell Cornell, September 9, 2009 - 2010.
  13. Jennifer Steinkamp. Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga, Spain, September 16 - November 22, 2009. Exhibited 10.
  14. Jennifer Steinkamp, Leeahn Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, June 6 - July 3, 2010, exhibited 11.
  15. Making Nature, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, June 9 - July 10, 2010, curated by Gemma Tipton. Exhibited 7.

Description: While watching a Cowboy Western,  I heard the phrase dance hall girl referring to a woman who worked in a saloon; this seemed like a pretty peculiar label for a woman. A dance hall girl was considered a fallen woman, dressed in  scandalous outfits and bright colors. Dance Hall Girl consists of small high-definition video projections of flowers dancing; projected in a lit room. 

Quicktime Movie Documentation

DHG Projection: 
2000/1.625=1231