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he work of Jewish video art-
ist Dara Birnbaum is among
the group exhibit "Broadcast"
on view Sept. 12-Dec. 28 at the
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
The exhibit will be joined with two
other group shows —"Becoming:
Photographs From the Wedge
Collection" and "Business As Usual" —
running during the same time period.
The opening reception for the
exhibit is at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12,
and includes a musical program per-
formed by the featured balladeers of
Blanche and the anarchic pop mem-
bers of Gardens.
"Dara Birnbaum represents the
first generation of video artists:'
says curator Irene Hofmann, execu-
tive director of the Contemporary
Museum in Baltimore and former
exhibitions director at the Cranbrook
Art Museum.
"Her piece Hostage, with six televi-
sions placed in overhead diagonals
and a lower screen, addresses media
coverage of a kidnapping and the role
of TV in this kind of crisis situation."
"Broadcast:' organized with the
assistance of Independent Curators
International in New York, features
pieces by 13 artists offering examples of
video, sound and installation projects.
Seen together, they provide historical
perspective to the world of communica-
tion media starting in the 1960s.
"This exhibit was inspired by the
work of Chris Burden, one of the art-
ists in the show:' explains Hofmann,
who references Burden's staged hos-
tage broadcast with a TV host held at
knifepoint.
"We were looking for the possibili-
ties necessary to explore the bridging
of contemporary life experience with
contemporary art, and there will be
opportunities for visitors to broadcast
themselves:'
The exhibit introduces manipulated
news footage, an installation about
aliens and a section about commu-
nications from a ship. All the sounds,
images and presentation strategies
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of mass media are used to reveal the
mechanisms and power structure of
broadcasting systems, according to the
exhibition planners.
"Becoming: Photographs From
the Wedge Collection" incorporates
portraiture to show the ways in which
personal and cultural identity are cre-
ated, affirmed and challenged.
13usiness As Usual" addresses the
complex intersection of art and com-
merce and the function of art in a
culture dominated by the market. Five
artists use everyday corporate materials,
such as logos and production systems.
Throughout the span of the exhib-
its, there will be special programs to
enhance the subjects — artist and
curator lectures, family workshops,
musical presentations, poetry and fic-
tion readings and films.
"The complex technology of
"Broadcast" demands that we spend
more time with the exhibit:' says
Hofmann, who works with a non-col-
lecting institution having a vision
comparable to MOCAD. "Classes all
over our region studied the collection
and learned how we're a laboratory for
new art." ❑
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