Last Will and Testament
Frank Heath

Jun 2 - 26, 2021

Opening June 2, 2–7PM

Please join us for the opening of Frank Heath's third exhibition with the gallery: Last Will and Testament. The exhibition opens June 2, 2PM-7PM, and runs until June 26, 2021.

Last Will and Testament, an exhibition by Frank Heath at Simone Subal Gallery, passed away Saturday June 26th. It was four weeks old. The show ended by natural causes and was surrounded by friends and family at the time of its death.

Last Will and Testament opened on June 2nd after a delay with installation. The deceased featured two new video works: Last Will and Testament and Crypts of Civilization (both 2021). Presented as a travelogue based on recent trips through the Suez Canal and the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository. The former video explored a plan for the total coverage of mortal remains practices, while the latter video recounted the history of The Crypt of Civilization (1940) and its role in the formation of The International Time Capsule Society (1990), a group dedicated to the registry and study of all known time capsules.

Simone Subal fondly recalled her time hosting the show, “it will be dearly missed.”

Last Will and Testament was preceded in death by three other solo exhibitions at the gallery: Post Holes (2012), Backup (2014), and Path of Totality (2018), as well as an extended family of relatives at other venues.

Arrangements may be sent to Simone Subal Gallery (131 Bowery 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10002).

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Steven Donziger Legal Defense Fund.

Frank Heath. <em>Crypts of Civilization</em>, 2021. 4KUHD Video. 23 min.<br class="more-info"><br class="more-info"><span class="more-info">Featuring:
Paul Hudson - Historian, ITCS Founding Member
Eli Arnold - Library Director, Oglethorpe University

Score:
Jesse Wakeman
Images and Archival Footage Appear Courtesy:
Oglethorpe University Library Archives
Getty Image Archive
Paul Hudson Personal Archives
Library of Congress
Archive.org
Periscope Films
CSPAN

ITCS Archive Submissions:
Tavistock Times Gazette, Tavistock Town Council, Capsule Cyrille, Sommars Family, Wayne State University
Sesquicentennial Time Capsule, 6th Fleet Scouts 2020, Acqualagna 2101, Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery
Centennial, Hikone Time Capsule 2015 Aging of Smiles, Fusiliers de Sherbrooke, Arab Model Schools Time
Capsule, and Capsula do Tempo da União das Freguesias de Faro

Excerpts from “The Stream of Knowledge” (1940) appear courtesy of Oglethorpe University Library
Archives and are presented from a new 4k scan from the only known 16mm print.

Film Transfer - Colorlab
Sound Recordist (Colorlab Shoot) - Jesse Wakeman
Archival Film Consultant - John Klacsman</span> — Frank Heath. *Crypts of Civilization*, 2021. 4KUHD Video. 23 min.

Featuring: Paul Hudson - Historian, ITCS Founding Member Eli Arnold - Library Director, Oglethorpe University Score: Jesse Wakeman Images and Archival Footage Appear Courtesy: Oglethorpe University Library Archives Getty Image Archive Paul Hudson Personal Archives Library of Congress Archive.org Periscope Films CSPAN ITCS Archive Submissions: Tavistock Times Gazette, Tavistock Town Council, Capsule Cyrille, Sommars Family, Wayne State University Sesquicentennial Time Capsule, 6th Fleet Scouts 2020, Acqualagna 2101, Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Centennial, Hikone Time Capsule 2015 Aging of Smiles, Fusiliers de Sherbrooke, Arab Model Schools Time Capsule, and Capsula do Tempo da União das Freguesias de Faro Excerpts from “The Stream of Knowledge” (1940) appear courtesy of Oglethorpe University Library Archives and are presented from a new 4k scan from the only known 16mm print. Film Transfer - Colorlab Sound Recordist (Colorlab Shoot) - Jesse Wakeman Archival Film Consultant - John Klacsman

Frank Heath. <em>Last Will and Testament</em>, 2021. 4KUHD Video . 15min 40sec.<br class="more-info"><br class="more-info"><span class="more-info">Voice Actor - Jesse Wakeman
Sound Mixer / Second Camera Operator (Onkalo Shoot) - Jesse Wakeman

Shot on board The Cileo Di Guangzhou (Nov-Dec 2019) and at The Onkalo Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository (Feb
2020) international press day.</span> — Frank Heath. *Last Will and Testament*, 2021. 4KUHD Video . 15min 40sec.

Voice Actor - Jesse Wakeman Sound Mixer / Second Camera Operator (Onkalo Shoot) - Jesse Wakeman Shot on board The Cileo Di Guangzhou (Nov-Dec 2019) and at The Onkalo Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository (Feb 2020) international press day.

Installation view, *Last Will and Testament*, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY, 2021. Photo: Dario Lasagni.

Thank You: Paul Hudson, Eli Arnold, Jesse Wakeman, David Breskin, Chelsea Hadley, Shifting Foundation, ITCS, Adrienne Waterman and Mark @ ITCS, The Owner’s Cabin Residency, Alice and Peter Russoti, Peter Russo, Triple Canopy, Onkalo / Posiva, Crew of Cielo Di Guangzhou, The Folks at Colorlab, John Klacsman, and Rob Slifkin.

Frank Heath was born in 1982 in St. Joseph, MO. He lives and works in New York, NY. Solo and two-person exhibitions include: Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY (2012, 2014, 2018, 2021); Swiss Institute, New York (2017); Art Basel Statements, with Simone Subal Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (2016); Frieze Frame, with Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY (2013); Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL (2011); and Videotage Gallery, Hong Kong, China (2007). Selected group exhibitions and screenings include: Climate Changing: On Artists, Institutions, and the Social Environment, The Box, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (2021); Speaking Images, Fluentum, Berlin (2019); Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania (2018); Leuven Short Film Festival, Leuven, Belgium (2018); International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2017); Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2016); deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA (2015); Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, NY (2015); Bureau, New York, NY (2015); Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey (2014); Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT (2013, 2014); High Line Art, New York, NY (2014); The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (2014); Kitchen, New York, NY (2012); Simon Preston Gallery, New York, NY (2012); Frutta, Rome, Italy (2012); and Wallspace, New York, NY (2011).

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