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December 15, 2010
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| | Historically, "off-broadcast" years at Art21 are not as event-filled as 2010 was; but 2010 was far from a typical "off-broadcast" year. Between our first-ever feature-length broadcast film on a single artist (William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible), our first-ever interactive event (The Present Perfect with Art21), the second year of our professional development initiative for educators (Art21 Educators), over 40 new short-format videos, a host of new blog columns, and so much more, 2010 shaped up to be yet another monumental year for us...and there is more in store for 2011.
Art21 has spent the last few months in production for two film projects, which you will hear more about in the new year. Until then, join us in closing the current year by catching up with the latest from Art21.
Finally, in case you missed last month's opportunity to win a copy of William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible on DVD by way of the Art21 News survey (thanks to all who submitted responses!), we are extending the survey period through to January. If you would like to help shape the future of Art21 News, please take this short survey.
From all of us at Art21, we thank you for supporting Art21, and we wish you a safe and happy holiday season!
In this issue:
Support Art21: Donate to the 2011 Annual Fund
New Essays and Educator Resources Related to William Kentridge
New Videos: Allan McCollum, Beryl Korot, and Jessica Rankin
Highlights from the Art21 Blog
Watch Now: Full-Length Video Available Online
Shop Art21
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Banner: Andrea Zittel in the studio. Production still from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 1, Episode: Consumption. © Art21, Inc. 2001. Left: Opening night at Cao Fei's RMB City, Second Life. Production still from from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 5, Episode: Fantasy. © Art21, Inc. 2009. |
Support Art21: Donate to the 2011 Annual Fund
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".... the Art21 broadcasts and podcasts enable my classrooms. They help me teach students about different ways of seeing, and they help underscore for students the fact that art is inseparable from our lives..." - teacher, poet, and novelist Yvette Christensë Art21 provides a forum for artist voices to be heard by the broadest possible audience via television, the Internet, and an assortment of publications. Art21's accomplishments, over a brief ten years, include:
- The Peabody Award for our PBS television series Art in the Twenty-First Century
- Education and public programs that annually reach over 1.8 million people in more than 200 countries
- A growing national educator network--graduates of Art21's Teachers' Institute
- William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, an in-depth feature film on one of the most dynamic artists working today, presented on PBS, October 2010
A gift to the Art21 Annual Fund today will help us continue to make a difference to students, educators, and others who seek knowledge of and experience with the art of their time. We hope you will give generously this year!
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New Essays and Educator Resources Related to William Kentridge
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New to the William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible film site are four specially-commissioned, original essays on art of William Kentridge and the Art21 film:
Breaking Character by Ben Street
Considers the foils of Soho Eckstein and Felix Teitelbaum in Kentridge's films
Freeze Frame: William Kentridge's Tapestry Projections by Nicole Caruth
Explores how Kentridge connects the centuries-old art of tapestry to more recent experimentations in digital media
Shadow and Reason in William Kentridge's "The Magic Flute" by Claudine Ise
Maps the intertwined themes of Enlightenment-era reason and twentieth-century horrors in Kentridge's 2005 opera
William Kentridge, Georges Méliès, and the Theater of Production by Max Weintraub
Discusses Kentridge's filmic homages to Georges Méliès and the artist's studio as metaphor for how we see and understand the world
New educational resources are also still being released. Two new thematic resources explore the roles of narrative and personal history, as well as collaboration, in Kentridge's work. In addition, new case studies submitted by teachers from San Francisco, New York, Portland, and Greenville, South Carolina present examples of animation, drawing, multi-media, and performance projects that explore the work of William Kentridge in the classroom. View these and other case studies, as well as additional resources, in the Resources for Educators section of the film site.
IMAGE: William Kentridge in his studio, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2003. Photo by Anne McIlleron. Copyright and courtesy of William Kentridge.
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New Videos: Allan McCollum, Beryl Korot, and Jessica Rankin
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| | Allan McCollum: "Over Ten Thousand Individual Works"
Exclusive Episode #129: Filmed in his Brooklyn studio, Allan McCollum reveals the process and logic behind the project Over Ten Thousand Individual Works (begun in 1982). Cast in plaster, hand-painted, and displayed in vast quantities, each Individual Work is a unique combination of shapes adapted from commercially-produced objects.
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| | Jessica Rankin: Mind & Language
Special video: "My work's always had a lot to do with language and the landscape of the mind," says artist Jessica Rankin, referencing her intricately embroidered pieces. Filmed in 2008 in a Berlin studio adjoining that of her partner, artist Julie Mehretu, Rankin discusses how learning a foreign language as well as reading literature are influential to her working method.
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| | Beryl Korot: "Babel: the 7 minute scroll"
Exclusive episode #130: Beryl Korot discusses a recent work - Babel: the 7 minute scroll (2007) - which takes the form as both a large-scale print and an animated digital video. With pictographs that reference ancient Egypt and the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, Korot's work investigates the history of tools and technology, language and narrative.
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| | Beryl Korot: "Text and Commentary"
Exclusive episode #131: Featuring excerpts from her groundbreaking video installation Text and Commentary (1977), artist Beryl Korot discusses how information has been encoded in lines and patterns throughout human history, whether in print media, through video, or on a weaving loom.
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Keep up with the Exclusive series on the Art21 Blog, or subscribe to the series via RSS or iTunes (note: link opens in iTunes). A blend of newly-shot original filming and previously unreleased archival footage, videos from the weekly Exclusive series focus on singular aspects of an artist's process, significant individual works and exhibitions, provocative ideas, and biographical anecdotes.
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Highlights from the Art21 Blog
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Want to write for the Art21 Blog? Email interest and writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org.
IMAGES (from top): Alex Grey, Kissing, 1983; Oil on linen, 66 x 44 in.; Courtesy the artist. David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Face in Dirt), 1990. Silver print, 28.5 x 28.5 in.; Courtesy P.P.O.W. William Powhida, Panel Discussion, 2010; Edition of 16, soft ground etching and aquatint with watercolor hand additions, plate: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in., sheet: 20 x 16 in.; Courtesy Lower East Side Printshop, New York. Guest blogger, Damien James; Drawing by Gabe Mejia.
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Watch Now: Full-Length Video Available Online
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Full episodes and features from Art21--over 20 hours of video total--are available for immediate viewing from your Web browser at PBS Video. Watch Art21's latest film, William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, in its entirety, or catch up with any of the 20 episodes and 86 featured artists from the first 5 seasons of the Peabody award-winning series, Art in the Twenty-First Century.
While at PBS Video, be sure to also browse through the 100+ hours of short- and full-length video from American Masters, POV, Independent Lens, NewsHour, and over 20 other PBS producers.
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Looking for the perfect last minute holiday gift for family or friends? Visit ShopPBS.org to find Art21 DVDs, books, and more:
William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
The William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible DVD provides an in-depth portrait of South African artist William Kentridge as he creates a series of new works, including a staging of Shostakovich's The Nose at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Miss a season? Looking for a particular artist's segment? All 5 seasons of Art in the Twenty-First Century are available on DVD, high-definition Blu-ray (Season 5 only), and digital download, giving you first-hand access to today's most compelling artists and thought-provoking themes.
Companion Books
Spanning across all 5 seasons, the Art in the Twenty-First Century companion books feature in-depth interviews with all 86 series-featured artists, in addition to high-quality images and essays from Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins.
Visit ShopPBS.org to view all available products from Art21.
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