The 'alpha' version of Eve Sussman and Rufus Corporation's experimental film whiteonwhite : randomthriller will have its theatrical premiere at the Museum of Modern Art on Sun., June 6, 2010 at 5pm.

MoMA's Creative Capital exhibition concludes with the New York theatrical
premiere of an exciting and intellectually provocative new experimental work by
the creators of the gallery installation 89 Seconds at Alcázar (2004) and
the theatrical feature The Rape of the Sabine Women (2006). Shot primarily in
post-Soviet Central Asia, and billed as "New Wave futurist noir" and "a study of
utopia and desire," the "alpha" version of whiteonwhite:randomthriller is a film
of indeterminate length whose continuously evolving narrative is generated by
computer code. The unfolding project will also manifest itself as an episodic
television mini-series and a feature film. In the MoMA presentation,
custom-built randomizing software edits the film in real time, culling scenes
from a server loaded with thousands of clips, and creates suspense through
surprising and novel juxtapositions. The story follows the observations and
surveillance of a geophysicist code writer held captive in "City-A," a dystopian
metropolis governed by a synthesis of communism and capitalism, the opposing
political forces of the twentieth century. The film will run for approximately
40 minutes, followed by a Q+A with Sussman, editor Kevin Messman, code writer
Jeff Garneay, and actor Jeff Wood. Program approx. 80 min.
Sunday, June 6, 5:00 (introduced by Sussman, Messman, Garneay, and Wood). T2