NYAB Event - "Vital Signals: Japanese & American Video Art from the 1960s & ‘70s" Screening and Discussion

"Vital Signals: Japanese & American Video Art from the 1960s & ‘70s" Screening and Discussion

Japan Society Gallery

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Japan Society proudly announces the upcoming "Vital Signals: Japanese & American Video Art from the 1960s & ‘70s," co-presented with Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI). "Vital Signals" takes place as part of Performa 09, the third edition of the acclaimed biennial, running citywide in November. Japan, the birthplace of video, played a critical role in the development and creative exploration of early video art forms and influenced artists in Japan and the U.S. in their thinking about the engagement of television and the use of video as a tool for independent social critique. Co-presented with EAI, the leading international resource for video and media art, Vital Signals pulls together rarely screened and seminal video art works organized in three sections: 'Open Television,' 'The Language of Technology,' and 'Body Acts.' As part of Japan Society's Frank L. Ellsworth Lectures Series, the presentation features a special discussion with video artists Takahiko Iimura and Mary Lucier, moderated by MoMA's Barbara London.

[Image: Nam June Paik and Jud Yalkut ”Waiting for Commercials” (1966-72, 1992) Courtesy of EAI, New York & the Artist]

Media

• Film
• Art Talk

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