ARTIST PRESENTATION: Video After Video in the Post-Media Age
Doug Aitken (Los Angeles)
Thursday, May 15 / 5:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020
Widely known for his innovative fine art installations, Doug Aitken is at the frontier of 21st century communication. Utilizing a wide array of media and artistic approaches, Aitken's eye leads us into a world where time, space, and memory are fluid concepts. Aitken's work effortlessly slips into our media-saturated cultural unconscious allowing the viewer to experience cinema in a unique way by deconstructing a connection between sound, moving images and the rhythms of our surroundings. Treating the world as his studio, he edits together frenetic and unique models of contemporary experience. Aitken’s work has been exhibited at the 1999 Venice Biennale, where he won the International Prize for his acclaimed installation "electric earth," the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Pompidou Center in Paris.
http://www.dougaitkenworkshop.com/
