Teens are dancing to messages from their abusive exes, continuing the legacy of artists like Ana Mendieta and Suzanne Lacy.
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The Desire to “Undo” Giving Birth
Videos of a birthing in reverse in Candice Breitz’s Labour document the process of mothers undoing the moment they gave birth to men who would become tyrants and dictators.
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Performance and Video Artists Challenge Our Perceptions Around Femininity
Bitch Slap! presents an evening of performance and video art by several female and non-binary artists.
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How VJs Create Immersive Experiences for Concerts
Hyperallergic sits down with artists who have produced video work for Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, Childish Gambino, and more.
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peter campus Sees the Self in Video
In video ergo sum, the Bronx Museum of the Arts presents decades of work from the renowned Video artist
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The Rich History of Video Art from 1973 to Today
This vast collection of video art reveals how artists have been speaking back to mass modes of communication for decades.
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A Decade of Video Art Responding to the 2008 Financial Crisis
Each video reveals another part of the world struggling for air in the tense atmosphere of late capitalism.
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Quiet Company and a Crackling Fire in an Artist-Made Yule Log Video
Artist Lauren LoGuidice shares why she felt inspired to create her 2.5-hour long video “Yule Log With Friends.”
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Playing Out Art Fantasies on the Phone with Customer Service
Artist Frank Heath collaborates with performers to speak with call center representatives, under the guise of service requests that quickly devolve into open-ended registers of existential distress.
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The Subversive Works of China’s First Video Artist
Zhang Peili, who’s having his first American retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago, rejects the government’s use of media for entertainment and propaganda.
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An Artistic Storm Fills a Formerly Abandoned Water Reservoir
Magdalena Fernández’s art installation is the first to fill the Buffalo Bayou Cistern, a formerly abandoned 1920s water reservoir in Houston, Texas.
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A Blimp Floats in a Gallery, Imagining the View from Space
CHICAGO — The Sidney R. Yates gallery in the Chicago Cultural Center is a large space on the top floor of a neoclassical-style building on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue.
