Dream City

Overview

Ulysses Jenkins composed "Dream City" from documentation of a twenty-four-hour performance he organized in collaboration with David Hammons, Maren Hassinger, and Senga Nengudi. A discordant, absurdist, and poetic montage, the video weaves together jazz and punk shows, recitations by Jenkins, and shots of the Los Angeles skyline and oil wells to comment on power and nation in the early years of Ronald Reagan's presidency.

Cast

George Abe

Maren Hassinger

Ulysses Jenkins

Jolene Lambastida

Louis Lunetta

Jimmy Mack

Linda Mason

Nobuko Miyamoto

Senga Nengudi

Cam Slocum