Rose Gold (2017) dir. Sara Cwynar

Why does harvest gold connote sad old appliance but rose gold say sexy new iPhone Thats one question posed in the centerpiece of Sara Cwynars captivating new show at Foxy Production, a sevenminute film collage, with voiceover, whose subjects include, but arent limited to: consumerism, obsolescence, sexism, melamine dinnerware, brightly plumed parrots, and, for reasons that Ive yet to grok, the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. The tone of Cwynars movie mimics midtwentiethcentury educational filmsif they had been peppered with quotes from Wittgenstein and MerleauPontybut none of the footage is found. Cwynar shot it herself, on 16mm. stock, not digital videoa crucial detail, given that one of her central subjects is film itself. (The exceptions to the rule are the scenes in which Cwynar appears onscreen, a pretty blond woman identifiable by her telltale earrings, a tiny gold S and C, which were shot by somebody else. )