Amy Sillman (with Marina Rosenfeld, sound)

The first three videos of 'Minute Cinema: 4 videos for 4 seasons' were commissioned by the Washington Post, which asked Amy Sillman to create a work of art and write a column once per season for a year. In the politically charged year leading up to the US elections, she proposed a project that deliberately did not conform to the expectations of a major newspaper and its readership: a one-minute animation for each season, each with its own mood. She invited composer and artist Marina Rosenfeld to collaborate on the soundtrack. The first animation, 'Abstraction as Ruin (Spring)', was followed by 'Abstraction as Apprehension (Summer)' and 'Abstraction as X-Ray (Fall)'. The fourth and final video did not appear in the Washington Post, but Sillman and Rosenfeld concluded the cycle with 'Abstraction as Insomnia (Winter)', created specifically for the exhibition at Capitain Petzel in November/ December 2025.