How Joan Jonas uses the camera to inhabit and construct space
Explore a conversation with groundbreaking artist Joan Jonas. She discusses how her five-decade career in performance and installation art utilizes the video camera to internalize and reshape the boundaries of space.
In this interview, curators Saisha Grayson and Charlotte Ickes sit down with Joan Jonas to examine her most iconic video works. The discussion focuses on how Jonas uses the medium to navigate the relationship between the artist and their environment.
The video highlights two pivotal works from 1972: 'Left Side Right Side' and 'Vertical Roll'. These pieces, held in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, serve as primary examples of her ability to construct and inhabit space through video and performance.
Source: Joan Jonas: The Inner Worlds of Video (Interview Only)
