SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY
Featuring two videos and a performance by SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY, along with accompanying text by Kathy Cho, 2020–2021 Curatorial Fellow.
Carlota Schoolman
Featuring a selection of videos produced by Carlota Schoolman and her production company Fifi Corday Productions, and projects she produced while working for The Kitchen. Also included are an introductory text contextualizing Schoolman’s tenure as The Kitchen’s Video Director from 1974–1977 and Associate Director for Television Production from 1978–1986, transcribed excerpts from an oral history with Schoolman, images, and ephemera.
Fawn Krieger: “Property Acts”
Featuring two videos from Fawn Krieger’s mixed media work Property Acts (2012), which was commissioned for the 2012 exhibition Matter Out of Place. Also included are introductory texts by Curator Lumi Tan and Krieger, an interview between the artist and Sacha Yanow, and a variety of studies, reference materials, and installation views.
“We Interrupt This Program”
Featuring a recording of the live television broadcast We Interrupt This Program (1991), along with ephemera and a video conversation between the director of the show, Charles Atlas; scholar Roderick Ferguson; art historian and former Visual AIDS Program Director Alex Fialho; and one of the participating artists, Robbie McCauley.
Jill Kroesen: “Stanley Oil and His Mother”
Featuring a recording of Jill Kroesen’s performance Stanley Oil and His Mother: A Systems Portrait of the Western World (1977), along with archival images, ephemera, and a new interview between Kroesen and Alison Burstein, Curator, Media and Engagement.
Richard Kennedy: “Fubu Fukú”
Featuring a performance recording of Richard Kennedy’s opera Fubu Fukú (2020), along with images and an accompanying text by the artist.
Greg Mehrten, Ron Vawter, and Marianne Weems: The Pomodori Foundation
Featuring footage of Greg Mehrten, Ron Vawter, and Marianne Weems’s Queer & Alone (1993), along with an introductory text written by 2019–2020 Curatorial Fellow Elizabeth Wiet; ephemera related to the artist trio’s Fall 1993 residency at The Kitchen; Ken Kobland’s End Credits (1994); and a video conversation between Mehrten, Weems, and Wiet.
Ethan Philbrick: “Slow Dances”
Featuring an audio-essay by Ethan Philbrick on the colonial history of a Baroque slow dance called the Sarabande, as well as video documentation of a first meeting in an ongoing, remote collaborative research process between Philbrick and six dance artists: Anh Vo, Tess Dworman, Niall Jones, Tara Aisha Willis, nibia pastrana santiago, and Moriah Evans.
Beau Bree Rhee: “Performance Paysage”
Featuring excerpts from a performance recording of Beau Bree Rhee, Performance Paysage (translation Performance as Landscape) (2020), along with an accompanying text and drawings by the artist.
Sahra Motalebi: “Directory of Portrayals”
Featuring a performance recording of Sahra Motalebi, Directory of Portrayals (2017), along with artist’s comments, an excerpt of the Director’s notes, and production images.
Wadada Leo Smith: “Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio of Seven Songs”
Featuring a performance recording of Wadada Leo Smith, Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio of Seven Songs (2019), along with a composer’s note and still images.
Lawrence Weiner: “Do You Believe In Water?”
Featuring materials related to Lawrence Weiner’s video Do You Believe in Water (1976), including archival images, ephemera, and excerpts from a recent conversation between Weiner and The Kitchen’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, Tim Griffin.
“A Diagnostic on Whiteness: The Empathy Conundrum“
Featuring a recording of a panel discussion with Lauren Berlant, Sadhana Bery, Rizvana Bradley, Jane Caflisch, Lori Gruen, and Saidiya Hartman that took place at The Kitchen in 2018.
Moriah Evans: “Configure”
Featuring still images of Moriah Evans, Configure (2019) performed at The Kitchen; a statement written by the artist; and an excerpt from the score of movement strategies for this piece.
A Tribute to Hal Willner
A tribute to a longtime member of The Kitchen’s community, Hal Willner, featuring a statement from Executive Director and Chief Curator Tim Griffin, reflections from artists who collaborated with Willner, and excerpts from the television show Night Music.
Eiko & Koma with Response by DonChristian
Featuring archival recordings of two performances by Eiko & Koma, Trilogy and Nurse’s Song (both 1981), along with images and a written response by one of Eiko’s current collaborators, artist DonChristian.
Lex Brown: “Foccaciatown:Reloaded”
Featuring a video of Lex Brown’s performance Foccaciatown:Reloaded (2019) along with related images and an accompanying text written by the artist.
Clarice Jensen and Testu Collective: “The experience of repetition as death”
Featuring music videos created by Testu Collective (Serena Stucke and Dan Tesene) for the five songs that comprise Clarice Jensen’s recent album The experience of repetition as death (2020), along with introductory notes from the artists.
Lauren Bakst: “after summer, or not in the kitchen (the bed, the bathroom, the dance floor and other spaces)”
Featuring a new video that relays two texts from the zine for after summer (2019) and an excerpt from the recording of the performance in December alongside a new text written by the artist.
Felix Bernstein and Gabe Rubin: “Vomitorium”
Featuring a 3D rendering of the installation Vomitorium (2020) alongside a single-channel excerpt from the video.