In this documentary short, filmmaker JJ Anderson traces the life and career of Ulysses Jenkins, a pivotal influence in contemporary art of the last 50 years. The film follows Jenkins’s start as a painter and muralist and his evolution into a seminal video artist with landmark works such as Mass of Images and Two-Zone Transfer. The film is presented in conjunction with Jenkins’s career retrospective-and first solo museum exhibition, organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Featuring in-depth interviews with Jenkins as well as artists Todd Gray, Maren Hassinger, Senga Nengudi, May Sun, and Matthew Thomas; scholar Dr. Bridget Cooks; and exhibition curators Erin Christovale and Meg Onli.
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Credits
Contributing speakers: Ulysses Jenkins, Erin Christovale, Meg Onli, Bridget R. Cooks, Maren Hassinger, Senga Nengudi, Todd Gray, May Sun Matthew Thomas
Director: J.J. Anderson
Produced by Hammer Museum & HRDWRKER
Executive producer - Hammer Museum: Erin Christovale
Producer - HRDWRKER: Daisha Jimenez
Editors: Tito Molina, J.J. Anderson
Writers: J.J. Anderson, Erin Christovale
Director of photography: Connor Smyers
Camera operators: Connor Smyers, Tito Molina
Steadicam operator/Drone operator: Connor Smyers
Camera assistant: Jackson Masimiro
Gaffer: Gabe Sandoval
Sound recordists: Israel Casanova Ruiz, Ben Chan
Sound mix: Jacob Miller
Production assistant: Chantal Stamp
Music by Othervisions Art Band
Additional music by Will Van De Crommert, Fryderyk HD, Risian, David Gives, Jazz Art Quartet
Archival photography courtesy of The Charles White Archives
Archival videoworks and photography courtesy of Ulysses Jenkins
Archival videoworks courtesy of Maren Hassinger
Special thanks to Ann Philbin, Director, and to Phil Leers, Gabriel Noguez, and Scott Tennent at the Hammer Museum
Funding for this film was provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies