- Tuesday, April 05, 2011
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Events in the Environment
Date + Time
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
noon
Location
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Overview
Lawrence Weiner, Broken Off, 1971, video, black-and-white, sound, 1:30 min.
General Idea, Double Mirror Video, 1971, video, black-and-white, sound, 5:50 min.
Anthony McCall, Landscape for Fire, 1972, 16mm film transfer to video, color, optical sound, 7.5 min.
Mel Henderson (with Joe Hawley and Alfred Young), Yellow Cabs, 1969, 16mm transfer to video, color, silent, 7.5 min.
Jill Scott, Taped, 1975, video, black-and-white, sound, 2 min.
Joan Jonas, Songdelay, 1973, 16mm film transfer to video, black-and-white, sound, 18:35 min.Zimbardo introduces a range of video works and recorded collaborative performances primarily from the 1970s that engage in various ways with the rural or urban environment. The conceptual experiments in the first part of the program reflect on perception; in the second part, artists move against the backdrop of New York's lower Manhattan or intervene in public locations in San Francisco.
Participants
Presented by Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, SFMOMA
Admission + Ticketing
Museum and program admission are free.
Image: Jonas Jonas, Songdelay, 1973; 16mm film on video, black-and-white, sound, 18:35 min.; Collection SFMOMA, Camille W. and William S. Broadbent Fund; © Joan Jonas, courtesy the artist and Yvon Lambert New York, Paris
