This New Sitcom 'The Missing Episode'1080p video with sound, 12m:45s, 2015A collaboration between Jeffrey Charles Stanley | JCS and Rbt.Sps.
This New Sitcom 'The Missing Episode'1080p video with sound, 12m:45s, 2015A collaboration between Jeffrey Charles Stanley | JCS and Rbt.Sps.
Written and Directed by Jeffrey Charles Stanley | JCSStarring Rbt.Sps. and Jeff Stanley
This New Sitcom, a webseries created by Rbt Sps in 2010, deals predominately with rural eccentricities and extremes viewed through an autobiographical lens. Originally posted on facebook, the video series has been presented at P.P.O.W. Gallery (NYC) and NYC’s Moving Image Contemporary Art Video Fair. Both natives of rural Western Kentucky, Jeffrey Charles Stanley collaborated with Rbt Sps on 3 episodes of the series, SN3 EP31, SN3 EP82 and 'The Missing Episode', released independently of the web series as a standalone short film from the series.
'The Missing Episode' explores Sps' reaction to a “negative” New York Times review of his work in Magic For Beginners at PPOW. Sps seeks the help of Jeff Stanley Systems, a collection of Artificial Intelligence avatars that help people with their desires and needs. The result is a transgressive drama that explores acceptance in an established art world, technology, self-help culture, and both current and future economic hardship in rural areas. All of this is examined through Alfred Jarry's (pataphysics) absurdity with a touch of "virtual" Jerzy Grotowski's paratheatricality.