The Sixth Year

The Sixth Year

68 mins | Dec. 11, 2013

The Sixth Year is an art world drama series in five episodes, which re-interprets the format of the TV series. Set in the New York art world, it stages the backstage and theatricalizes the social interactions and power games, the aspirations, passions, and everyday realities of the field. The screenplay is based on interviews with artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, and art advisors, whose opinions, anecdotes, and gossip it abstracts and extrapolates into a fictional narrative.

The Sixth Year

68 mins | Dec. 11, 2013

The Sixth Year
The Sixth Year is an art world drama series in five episodes, which re-interprets the format of the TV series. Set in the New York art world, it stages the backstage and theatricalizes the social interactions and power games, the aspirations, passions, and everyday realities of the field. The screenplay is based on interviews with artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, and art advisors, whose opinions, anecdotes, and gossip it abstracts and extrapolates into a fictional narrative.
Producers
Original title The Sixth Year
Directors Ken Okiishi, Nick Mauss, Loretta Fahrenholz, Rick Alverson, Alex Ross Perry, Dustin Guy Defa
Writers

Cast

Kentucker Audley

as Matt (first segment)

Anna Bak-Kvapil

as Alexis (third segment)

Dustin Guy Defa

as Sy (first segment)

Keith Poulson

as Chris (fifth segment)

Bob Hennessey

as All of Episode 4 / Episode 4 Narrator

Hannah Gross

as Gabby (fifth segment)