Taryn Simon

At the close of the taping of a video interview for Prime Time Russia in Moscow, Simon was asked to sit in silence and stare at the newscasters for several minutes so that the producers could gather additional footage for the editing process. Cutaways (2012) presents this footage as an autonomous work.

Étudiante en première année dans une université de New York, Tracy se sent bien seule : elle ne fait ni les rencontres exaltantes auxquelles elle s'attendait, ni ne mène la vie urbaine trépidante à laquelle elle aspirait. Jusqu'au jour où elle est accueillie par sa future demi-soeur Brooke, New-Yorkaise pure et dure habitant à Times Square. Séduite par les extravagances de Brooke, Tracy découvre enfin le Manhattan dont elle rêvait

At the close of the taping of a video interview for Prime Time Russia in Moscow, Simon was asked to sit in silence and stare at the newscasters for several minutes so that the producers could gather additional footage for the editing process. Cutaways (2012) presents this footage as an autonomous work.