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stop.look.listen: an exhibition of video works
From Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

October 23, 2008 – February 22, 2009

In the short history of video art, there have been two primary modes of expression, “feedback” and “immersion.” Early closed-circuit video feeds were used as an electronic mirror, instantaneously reflecting whatever came into the camera’s gaze. More recently, there has been a shift as many contemporary artists use a more cinematic, “immersion”–style approach in installations with one or more projected images. This exhibition considers the connections between these two prevalent expressions in video from the last fifteen years, focusing on works that have a significant relationship between sound and image and those that are purposefully silent. Using examples of work by fourteen artists from around the world, the exhibition will show that a response to the moving image can occur on many sensory levels within both “feedback” and “immersion” practices; many of the works try to break down the traditional opposition between viewer and viewed by emphasizing a more inclusive interaction. Artists represented in the exhibition include Janet Biggs, Burt Barr, Johanna Billing, Slater Bradley, Mircea Cantor, Patty Chang, Amy Globus, Jesper Just, Mads Lynnerup, Christian Marclay, Rodney McMillian, Anri Sala and Salla Tykkä.

The exhibition and catalogue were organized by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. They were realized in part with financial support from the Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam, the Fifth Floor Foundation, the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, and the Cornell Council for the Arts. The exhibition was funded in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional support for the exhibition was provided by Hermès. The catalogue was partially funded by Cornell's Atkinson Forum in American Studies Program.

JANET BIGGS (American, b. 1959)
Predator and Prey, 2006
Two-channel video installation, shown on eight Plasma screens
Courtesy of the artist and Claire Oliver Gallery, New York

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