Kristan Horton

Kristan Horton (Canadian, b. 1971) Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove 2003-2006 Archival inkjet print 15 x 5 1/2 inch image on 19 x 8 1/2 inch paper Signed edition of 50   Kristan Horton’s multi-disciplinary practice includes sculpture, drawing, photography and video. Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove (2003-2006) is a series of two hundred diptychs juxtaposing film stills from Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 apocalyptic cult classic Dr. Strangelove with Horton’s recreation of the scenes in miniature using everyday, household objects. Like the double title of the series, Horton’s images perform a doubling through creating imitations of imitations, recognizing films as simulacra that use props and sets to resemble real objects and places. Through comparing the original film still and Horton’s copy, a conversation with the medium of photography itself is enacted, while, for Horton, recasting scenes from a film about nuclear holocaust using everyday objects brings the film’s moments and message closer t