Jaime Davidovich’s dynamic work and avant-garde approach to art and television is a seminal project amongst a range of broadcast experiments that emerged in the second half of the 20th century. Interruption/Intervention aims to introduce and revisit other examples of art and television that emerged during this period, providing a critical context and dialogue surrounding the exhibition. The program will include work by an international set of artists from 1969-1991, selected by Robyn Farrell, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.

The screening will be followed by a live Skype conversation with artist Jaime Davidovich, led by Daniel Quiles.

$5 donation

Interruption/Intervention
Program Details:

Jan Dibbets, TV as a Fireplace (Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum), 1969
33:00 minutes (excerpt)
Courtesy the artist

Marinus Boezem, Breathing on the Television Screen, 1969-1972
2:39 seconds
Courtesy the artist, Upstream Gallery and LIMA, Amsterdam

David Hall, Tap Piece, TV Interruptions (7 TV Pieces), 1971
3:45 minutes
Courtesy Lux, London

David Hall, Interruption Piece, TV Interruptions (7 TV Pieces), 1971
3:09 minutes
Courtesy Lux, London

Valie Export, Facing a Family, 1971
4:44 minutes
Courtesy the artist and Electronic Arts Intermix, New York

Peter Weibel, The Endless Sandwich, 1972
2:03 seconds
Courtesy the artist and ZKM, Karlsruhe

Christopher Burden, TV Commercials, 1973-77
3:46 minutes
Courtesy the Artist and Electronic Arts Intermix, New York

Richard Serra and Carlotta Fay Schoolman, Television Delivers People, 1973
5:55 minutes
Courtesy the artist and MOMA, New York

Richard Serra and Nancy Holt, Boomerang, 1974
10:27 minutes
Courtesy the artist and MOMA, New York

Stan Douglas, Television Spots, 1987-88 and Monodramas, 1991
7:51 minutes
Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery, New York

Jenny Holzer, Televised Texts, 1990
13:00 min.
Courtesy the artist and Video Data Bank, Chicago

Robyn Farrell is Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. She has spoken widely on contemporary art and time-based media at institutions and conferences including the University of Chicago, New York University, and the College Art Association Annual Conference. Robyn has organized exhibitions and screenings locally and nationally, in 2014 she presented the first program of work by television art pioneer Gerry Schum in Chicago at the Graham Foundation, followed by a second presentation at Electronic Arts Intermix in New York. She has contributed to publications for INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, the DePaul Art Museum, and Iceberg Projects, among others. Robyn holds an MA in Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Image: Jenny Holzer, Televised Texts, 1990, Courtesy the artist and Video Data Bank, Chicago.

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