It's Gonna Happen is made up of subtitles describing a night scene in a fictional city. The soundtrack to this imageless cinema comprises a conversation between a president and his assistant, a mysterious plot that somehow rhymes with the dialogue in the film's subtitles. The piece imbues the space with enigmatic plots where the future becomes a black hole and creates new possibilities. Cinema is present, not in its cinematographic imagery but rather in the divide of Off- and On-Screen reality, its means of production, its materiality imprinted on itself.
It's Gonna Happen, 2005
16mm film, color, optical sound, 3 min.
Images: Installation view at David Roberts Foundation, London, 2010 © Rosa Barba
It’s Gonna Happen has been on display at the following locations:
Swiss Institute, New York, 2005, Badischer Kunstverein, 2006, Venice Biennale, 2007 (Lithuanian Pavillon), artissima, Torino 2007, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, 2009, David Roberts Foundation, London, 2010, Galeria Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, 2010, Tate Modern, London, 2010, Gene Siskel Center, Chicago, 2013, MoMA, New York, 2016