Beginning at 9AM on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 and continuing for 24 hours until 9AM on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) will present a non-stop screening of Mary Ellen Carroll’s FEDERAL at the River Oaks Theater in Houston. The 24-hour twin-screen movie was made by filming the north and south facades of the Federal Building in Los Angeles for an entire day in 2003.
This screening is presented in conjunction with Carroll’s exhibition How To Talk Dirty and Influence People, curated by Rebecca Matalon at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. With technical direction by Michael Isabell, EYESPY Films.
Mary Ellen Carroll will be at the River Oaks Theater for the duration of the screening of FEDERAL. Support for FEDERAL was made in part by the Guggenheim Foundation, Strypmonde Foundation, and The Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York.
Limited food and beverage service will be available over the course of the 24-hour program.
Admission is free. RSVP is recommended.
