Many years ago, I spent a memorable weekend with the artist and experimental filmmaker Luther Price. HOWS IT HANGING: 100 Hours with LP is an expanded cinema installation that reconstructs this experience and shares compelling details about our various interactions. Through the use of handmade slides and streaming audio, the installation captures intimate accounts of Luther Price’s visit to Boulder, Colorado during the fall of 2012. 

 

The primary structure for this project is inspired by Price’s installation at the 2012 Whitney Biennial. One of Price's signature techniques was to repurpose found footage and develop handcrafted images in the form of transparent slides. Once complete, these original compositions were displayed in a gallery setting using a simple device, the slide projector. 

 

HOWS IT HANGING: 100 Hours with LP works within a similar technical framework. The project includes transparent images and streaming sound as a framework for sharing personal narrative. The transparent images apply a wide range of source materials, including found footage, paint and random biomaterials. Through the use of memory and email, the narrated audio depicts multiple instances of interaction between both artists. In addition, HOWS IT HANGING: 100 Hours with LP uses multiple screens to underscore the correlation between analog and digital workflows. 

 

Sadly, in June of 2020, Price passed away at the age of 58. HOWS IT HANGING: 100 Hours with LP seeks to amplify these ephemeral moments of connection and function as a tribute to the life and work of Luther Price.