Dead Ringers

DEAD RINGERS DOCUMENTS A SERIES OF TEN PAINTINGS BY K. T. KOBEL AND MARINA INOUE, STRUCTURED AROUND AN IMAGE EXCHANGE THAT DESTABILIZES AUTHORSHIP—EACH ARTIST WORKING FROM SUBJECTS CHOSEN BY THE OTHER.

FILMMAKER AND WRITER CHRIS RODLEY MUSES ON CRONENBERG’S NAMESAKE FILM: “DEAD RINGERS IS A DEFINITIVELY MELANCHOLIC MEDITATION ON OUR VERY EXISTENCE—ON THE SADNESS OF WHAT CRONENBERG HAS TERMED “UNREQUITED LIFE.” IF THE MOVIE SEEMS TANTALIZINGLY, EVEN DANGEROUSLY, PERSONAL, IT IS BECAUSE IT DELIVERS ITS MAKER’S SENSIBILITY AND AESTHETIC SO DIRECTLY AND ARTFULLY. ITS TROUBLING EXISTENCE IS AS CATHARTIC AS IT IS EXHILARATING”.