Paul Slocum

Paul Slocum’s video You’re Not My Father is comprised of several reenactments of a short scene from the American television show Full House (1987–1995). Slocum recruited amateur participants through ads posted on Internet message boards and Craigslist and provided instructions on how to reshoot the scene with special attention to dialog and gestures. A musician as well as a visual artist, he creates an ominous effect in the video using sound loops, based on the scene’s original music. The work explores issues of defiance against authority, as presented by the characters, D.J. and Joey, and their different impersonators.

Paul Slocum was born in 1974 and lives and works in Dallas, Texas. He received a BA of computer sciences degree, from University of Texas, Dallas. Slocum is director and co-owner of And/Or Gallery in Dallas, Texas, which specializes in presenting and archiving new media art. As part of the duo Tree Wave, he makes music using outdated video game and computer equipment. His work has been shown at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; TAG, Netherlands; and Deitch Projects, New York.