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Paintings of lights, rigs, and gear that inhabit the sidelines of film sets form character studies for a universe in which the machinery has the personality. Screened amid this ensemble cast of technical infrastructure are videos of actors practicing what is known as the Repetition Exercise, pulling back the curtain on another suite of production tools typically kept out of view.

Writing in 1843, Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard set out to “test the meaning and possibility” of repetition, believing it to be the key to happiness. He embarks upon an investigative journey via steamship to …