7:30 pm This spring, theGettyResearch Institute Wednesday, March 26 26 Wednesday,March Video locates adistinctively West Coast (310) 440-7300orvisitwww.getty.edu. Angeles County hosts MuseumofArt, fifty-eight artists, duos,and collectives,fifty-eight artists, exhibitions pavilion, thej. paul museum getty march 15–june 8,2008 of video art incalifornia from 1968to 2008 history the on events related of series and exhibition an California Video researchthe getty institute andthej. paul museumpresent: getty California Video,thefirst comprehensive All screenings take place intheHarold California Video Erika Suderburg, amongothers. Each ofthescreenings inthissix-evening Screening Series expresses analternateofthediverse view ples ofsingle-channelvideo, videosculp- medium. A seriesofrelated eventsat medium. major commitment to thepreservation by Lawrence Andrews,Steve Fagin, and modes. Theprogram features videos pushed videointo freeform, essayistic history of video art inCalifornia. history ofvideoart Memory Inversion Memory , artist and assistant andassistant Rita Gonzalez,artist ture, andvideoinstallation.California exam- the exhibitionincludesimportant to thepresent. Featuring thework of tory inevengreater depth. the GettyCenter andotherorganizations terize videosfrom thisera asartists television, andcinematicgenres charac- theory, collage, andallusionsto literature, the late 1980sandearly1990s.Critical offers opportunities to explore opportunities thishis- offers whilehighlightingtheGetty’sof videoart curator ofspecialexhibitionsattheLos Separate are reservations required and theJ. Paul GettyMuseumpresent and exhibition of a young but vital artistic and exhibitionofayoung butvitalartistic aesthetic withinthebroader history a program from thatfocusesonvideoart survey of California video art fromsurvey ofCaliforniavideoart 1968 series isorganized by aguestcurator and M. Williams A for eachevent.Pleasecall
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7:30 pm 7:30 pm This program contains content thatmay This Wednesday, April9 Wednesday, April2 Art, investigatesArt, thelegacyofperfor Artist Bruce YonemotoArtist anover offers view of view the underside of an often glimpsed works withouttherestrictions imposed work by Karen Finley, Howard Fried, Exhibitions (LACE) andhave since been L.A. Video: Uncensored event atLos Angeles Contemporary ever-present museum/gallerycuratorial public protest to thestageof televi- anditsrelationshipmance art to video nally programmed foraValentine’s Day but rarely seenurbanLos Angeles.Many under 18willbeadmitted to thescreening. by television,film content, orthe feltafreedompating artists to show intomade itsway thisprogram.- Partici prevailing 1980sculture ofpre-AIDS sex, in California.Asthevideoenvironment Media/Concept/Art Media/Concept/Art founder of the Department of Media Arts ofMediaArts founder oftheDepartment featured atother festivalvenues. The the Kipper Kids, Marlon Riggs, and others. the KipperKids,MarlonRiggs, , independentcuratorBob Riley and complex. of theworks inthisprogram were origi- drugs, cultural theory, androck ‘n’roll be offensive toNoone be offensive someviewers. artists adapted formsoftheaterartists and and meansofproduction expanded, at theSanFrancisco MuseumofModern subjectivity in art. Theprogramsubjectivity inart. features sion screen, creatingformsof new
- - 7:30 pm 7:30 pm 1970s and1980s.Thescreening includes 1970s. Founded in 1973, theWoman’s TV Art Art TV Wednesday, May 14 Wednesday,14 May Wednesday, May 21 Wednesday,21 May Will: The Woman’s BuildingTapes Without ImaginationThere IsNo Workshop provided resources to female Organized MegCranston by, this artist Chris Burden, JohnDuncan,DougHall, works by Ante Bozanich, Nancy Buchanan, Portapak videocameras. Thetapesthat adowntownBuilding was Los Angeles Norman Yonemoto, andothers. emerged from theprogram reflect the by television;allwere broadcast inthe mobilization, social support, creativity,mobilization, socialsupport, hub forfeministthought,discussion, program presents aselectionofrarely Ilene Segalove, Mitchell Syrop, Bruce and insight andurgency withwhichfeminist Kathy R thetic commentary inspired and influenced the Los Angeles Woman’s Buildinginthe of Cornerhouse andformercurator a screening anaes- ofworks thatoffer at theLonghosts BeachMuseumofArt, artists wereartists makingtheirvoices heard. includinganumberofearlySony artists, making.and art The Feminist Studio screened video works produced at , visual arts directorae Huffman,visualarts
7:30 pm The resulting installation, Interactive The GettyCenter Wednesday, May 28 Wednesday,28 May Video Drawings Viewers areViewers invited toon participate Interactive Installation Electroencephalographic VideoDrawings, Getty Research Institute Lecture Hall, California’s principalexports—function Celebrity waves onaclosed-circuit monitor while which consider celebrity to beoneof Singer, Scott Stark,andothers. Sepulveda, California,to translate elec- Same-day sign-upsare required. Lucas Michael, Karla Milosevich, LeslieLucas Michael,KarlaMilosevich, Berkeley, celebrates theGoldenState’s Film Archive attheUniversity ofCalifornia, Related Events I’ll BeYour Mirror:Works about Entrance Hall. For ascheduleandto signup, visitthe Electroencephalographic Nina Sobell’s Interactive laboration with neuropsychologists NinaSobellbeganacol- In 1973,artist program features works by AnneMcGuire, resource:most renewable celebrity, pure Information Deskin theMuseum from two subjectsinto alive videoimage. troencephalogram (EEG) readings observe acomposite imageoftheirbrain- Steve Seid,videocurator ofthePacific allows visitors wired withEEG sensorsto at Veterans Administration Hospitalin and circulation offameanddesire. The as obstaclesto theeasymanufacture and simple.Theworks inthisscreening— sitting inaliving-room-like environment. select Fridays,Saturdays, andSundays.
participants. Reservations140 participants. required; The GettyCenter Thursday, April3,7:00pm The DavidRoss Show John Baldessari, PaulJohn Baldessari, Kos, Cynthia Join exhibitioncurator GlennPhillips (310) 440-7300orvisitwww.getty.edu. exhibition. Other artists California Videoexhibition.Otherartists Course fee,$30;students,20;opento Lecture California Video: Artists Video:California Artists Gallery C www.getty.edu. welcomes specialguestJohnBaldessari, Skip Arnold,HarryDodgeandStanya Segalove, andBillViola,stop by forreally Suzanne Lacy, Paul McCarthy, Ilene Kahn, Dale Hoyt, andMikeKahn, DaleHoyt, Kelley Francisco MuseumofModernArt, David Ross, formerdirector oftheSan Reservations required; pleasecall Harold M.WilliamsAuditorium, please call(310)440-7300orvisit in a two-part coursein atwo-part thatfocuses featured intheGettyexhibition,including P part I:Saturday, April12,1:00–4pm on individual artists ascasestudies. on individualartists Maughan, andWolfgang Stoerchle Museum Lecture Hall,TheGettyCenter as well asGlennPhillips,curator ofthe good conversation. and Histories art II:Saturday, April19,1:00–4pm
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