Cruel Summer: Florida on Film
Madeleine Seidel critiques the spectacular but shallow depictions of Florida and its recreation industry in films including Spring Breakers, Magic Mike, and The Florida Project.
Madeleine Seidel is a curator and writer based in Brooklyn. She is a curatorial assistant at Performa, and she has previously worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art and Atlanta Contemporary. Her writing on film, performance, and the art of the American South has been published in Art Papers, Frieze, Artforum, and others.