Broadcasting: Means of Production
Conversation and Screening (featuring Tony Cokes)
In conjunction with the exhibition Broadcasting: EAI at ICA
This conversation between artists Tony Cokes and Antoine Catala, and curators Alex Klein and Rebecca Clemen, is presented as part of the exhibition Broadcasting: EAI at ICA. The conversation will focus on how media artists approach the production and distribution of their work, which requires access to technology tools ranging from consumer software and hardware to high-end commercial facilities and platforms.
This event is free and open to the public; register here.
Broadcasting: EAI at ICA brings together an intergenerational group of artists whose time-based artworks are produced in concert with their means of circulation, from the democratic platform of public access television to the instantaneity of social media. Founded in 1971, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) was one of the first nonprofit organizations dedicated to the advocacy for and development of video as an art form, providing a crucial space of production and distribution for figures such as Nam June Paik and Joan Jonas. Drawing on EAI’s extraordinary archive, and building upon ICA’s history of engagement with media art, Broadcasting will foster a dialogue between early innovators and contemporary practitioners through an installation, screenings, and series of live events. Featuring works by artists including Robert Beck, Tony Cokes, Ulysses Jenkins, JODI, Shigeko Kubota, Kristin Lucas, and TVTV the exhibition will focus on how artists exploit the act of “broadcast” as a subject, as a means of intervention, and as a form of participation across a variety of displays.
For more information: http://icaphila.org/exhibitions/8903/broadcasting-eai-at-ica
[Image: Tony Cokes, Ad Vice, 1999 (still)]