Revolutionizing the Museum
Artists AA Bronson, Stephanie Syjuco, and Hans Haacke discuss the question of whether the museum is “over” and the complicated relationship between their work and the institution. They describe how […]
Art is Completed By the Viewer
Artists Liz Deschenes, Richard Tuttle, John Baldessari, and Teresita Fernandez describe the importance of viewer participation in their work. They reflect onthe blurred line between spectator and maker; as Deschenes […]
Art is Inspiration
Artists share personal stories about being inspired by other artists. Seeking out these sources of inspiration shaped them as artists, and empowered them throughout their careers. As Tony Oursler reflects, […]
Going to a Dark Place
This video features artists Robert Adams, An-My Le, Richard Misrach, and Naoya Hatakeyama discussing how going to “dark places” acts as a driving force in creating art, and often leads […]
Peaks and Perils
In the 1860s Carleton Watkins loaded a team of mules with his mammoth-plate camera and glass negatives and ventured into Yosemite Valley. The pictures he made there helped lay the […]
Sun Pictures
The invention of the photograph, in 1839, would forever change the way people looked at the world.
Crimes Against Photography
Man Ray began making photographs in the 1920s, in the midst of the Dada movement. Through an accident in the darkroom, he soon discovered a new means of creating photos […]
Artist Cribs: Jacqueline Gordon
Los Angeles – based artist Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon introduces us to her world of Fostex speakers, white noise machines, vintage boom boxes, homemade amplifiers, sculptural materials, and more.
Artist Cribs: Tony Oursler
Tony Oursler takes you behind the scenes and into his studio. Check out his impressive video cassette tape archive and the spot where David Bowie’s face was recorded ‘in the […]
Artist Cribs: Peter Campus
Media artist and self-proclaimed ‘cat person’ Peter Campus shows us around his pad in East Patchogue, New York. Take a peek at some of his video and computer equipment, and […]
