Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s and Roni Horn’s engagement with landscape as both subject and object, this program explores the question of an animated landscape.
12/11/09: NORTHERNLIGHT/SOUTHERNLIGHT
Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s and Roni Horn’s explorations of natural light, Spencer Finch has organized this evening of demonstration and discussion.
11/14/09: WOMANWITH A MOVIECAMERA: ALICEGUY BLACHÉ SYMPOSIUM
A symposium exploring Alice Guy Blaché’s pioneering approach to film alongside present-day cinematic innovations in the spirit of her work.
11/6/09: CAGE A SWALLOW CAN’T YOUBUTYOU CAN’T SWALLOW A CAGECANYOU: A SONNETSEQUENCEFORRONIHORN
A performance of sung and spoken word composed in honor of Roni Horn by poet Anne Carson.
10/27/09: BILLVIOLA
Bill Viola in conversation with Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director, at the fifth annual Walter Annenberg Lecture.
10/1/09: BEYONDDANGRAHAM: BEYOND
Chrissie Iles, Bennett Simpson, Michael Smith, and Mark Wasiuta join Dan Graham for a roundtable conversation about his work.
9/17/09: PUTBLOOD IN THEMUSIC
Experimental filmmaker, video artist, and director Charles Atlas introduces his film Put Blood in the Music.
9/12/09: DANGRAHAM IN CONVERSATIONWITHGLENNBRANCA
Dan Graham joins avant-garde composer and musician Glenn Branca for a conversation about past collaborations and shared interests working in New York City.
6/18/09: WHYDOESARTMATTERNOW?
Artist Vik Muniz, choreographer Elizabeth Streb, statistician Nate Silver, and physicist Lisa Randall engage in a conversation moderated by historian Peter Galison about the value of creativity in the world today.
5/28/09: GARYSIMMONS
Artist Gary Simmons joins cultural historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for a conversation on narrating history, imagined communities, and the power of art to shape identity.
5/21/09: NARIWARD
Sculptor and installation artist Nari Ward considers the relationship between material culture and collective memory.