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Video Artists in Dialogue at HVCCA
March 4, 2005

By Jane Sims
Arts News, a publication of the Westchester Arts Council.

The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill is celebrating the vibrant art form of video art with “Video Artists in Dialogue,” a monthly series that presents a new video screening followed by a moderated talk and cocktail reception. “The last century has been the century of visual machinery and the last decade has seen the explosion of computer technology and computer-manipulated imagery in video art,” said HVCCA founding director Livia Strauss. “The challenge for video art is its establishment and identification as ‘other’ from cinema, documentary, and popular film.” The video series began in January and continues through May 2005.

The video art exhibition is a natural for the HVCCA, a new not-for-profit arts and educational organization dedicated to the development and presentation of contemporary art, its contexts and its relationships to societal issues. “The HVCCA is committed to featuring young, cutting edge contemporary works,” said Ms. Strauss, who co-founded the Center with her husband Marc Strauss this past June. “As such, we see the exploration and dialogue about video art as critical.”

But why video art, and why is it happening today? “Artists are frequently turning to this creative format because of the advent of new technologies and their ready accessibility within the confines of artists’ workspaces,” explained Ms. Strauss. “This permits them to explore narrative and action in a milieu that is so much a part of our everyday lives and so much a part of the ordinary for the younger generation.”

“Video Artists in Dialogue” represents a range of perspective from video artists in the United States and abroad. The series continues on March 17 with a video by New York City-based photographer and arts journalist Barbara Pollack, whose films often explore issues of adolescence, using her own son and his friends as reference points. On April 21, New York-based Polish artist Monika Weiss will screen her film, “Drawing the City” (2004), based on a multi-media performance and outdoor installation in which she invited children and adults to participate in drawing activities that explored ideas of landscape, body, surface, and metaphors of fluidity. The series concludes on May 19 with Swiss artist Olaf Breuning’s videos, “Home” and “Group.” Mr. Breuning’s videos are quirky, playful and wild, often underscoring the universal drive to mask true feelings and make light of serious concerns.

The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art is located at 1701 Main Street in Peekskill. Admission is $10 for non-members ($45.00 for the series of five videos) and $7.50 for students and members ($30.00 for the series). For more information contact the HVCCA at (914)788-7166 or visit the website at www.hvcca.org.

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