EAI @ THE NY ART BOOK FAIR

40 ARTISTS / 40 WORKS / 40 YEARS


EAI is pleased to participate in The NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1, organized by Printed Matter. Visit EAI's booth on the first floor and then descend the stairs to watch a curated screening program of videos from the EAI collection—40 Artists/40 Works/40 Years—in MoMA PS1's basement vault.


   

September 29 - October 2

Opening Reception:
Thursday, Sept. 29, 6-9 pm

Hours:
Friday, Sept. 30, 11 am - 7 pm
Saturday, Oct. 1, 11am - 7pm
Sunday, Oct. 2, 11am - 7pm

The NY Art Book Fair 2010
MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave at the
intersection of 46th Ave
Long Island City, NY 11101
www.nyartbookfair.com


Celebrating its 40th Anniversary in 2011, EAI presents a special screening program at the NY Art Book Fair. Forty short videos and films by forty artists—one work for every year between 1971 and 2011—will be screened, all drawn from EAI's extensive archive of media-based art. 40 Artists/40 Works/40 Years begins with iconic early works by artists such as Joan Jonas, John Baldessari, the Vasulkas and Charlotte Moorman and concludes in the 2000s with pieces by artists including Cory Arcangel, Shana Moulton, Seth Price, and Takeshi Murata: a time-lapse portrait of moving-image art evolving across four decades. 40 Artists/40 Works/40 Years will screen continuously during the fair in MoMA PS1's basement video vault.

The screening program includes works by Vito Acconci, Peggy Ahwesh, Max Almy, Cory Arcangel, Charles Atlas, John Baldessari, Phyllis Baldino, Michael Bell-Smith, Bernadette Corporation, Dara Birnbaum, Klaus vom Bruch, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Seoungho Cho, Tony Cokes, Cheryl Donegan, Ed Emshwiller, Forcefield, Gary Hill, Ken Jacobs, Joan Jonas, Shigeko Kubota, Andrew Lampert, Kristin Lucas, Chris Marker, Cynthia Maughan, Charlotte Moorman, Shana Moulton, Muntadas, Takeshi Murata, Tony Oursler in collaboration with Sonic Youth, Nam June Paik, Charlemagne Palestine, Seth Price, Pipilotti Rist, Martha Rosler, Carolee Schneemann, Shelly Silver, Michael Smith, Leslie Thornton, Steina and Woody Vasulka, and William Wegman and Robert Breer with New Order.


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Please be sure to visit EAI's table at the book fair, featuring boxed sets, publications and special items available for individual and institutional purchase. Items available through EAI at the NY Art Book Fair include:

- Dan Graham: Minor Threat, Special EAI DVD
- Shana Moulton: Whispering Pines Vol. 1, Special EAI DVD
- Ken Jacobs: 3 features and a short, DVD Anthology
- ETC: Experimental Television Center 1969-2009: 5-DVD box set & catalog, featuring 100 artists
- Vital Signals: Early Japanese Video Art, a DVD anthology and 100-page bilingual catalog
- Zoe Beloff's DREAMLAND: The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society and their Circle


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EAI: Celebrating 40 Years

Founded in 1971, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) is one of the world's leading nonprofit resources for video art. A pioneering advocate for media art and artists, EAI fosters the creation, exhibition, distribution, and preservation of video art and digital art. EAI's core program is the distribution and preservation of a major collection of over 3,500 new and historical media works by artists. EAI's activities include viewing access, educational services, extensive online resources, and public programs such as artists' talks, exhibitions and panels. The Online Catalogue is a comprehensive resource on the artists and works in the EAI collection, and also features extensive materials on exhibiting, collecting and preserving media art:www.eai.org

Visit Circa 1971: Early Video & Film from the EAI Archive, an exhibition of 20 moving-image works at Dia:Beacon, on the occasion of EAI's 40th anniversary.
www.eai.org/pressreleases/09_11_circa1971_pr.html

Electronic Arts Intermix   535 West 22nd Street, 5th Floor   New York, NY 10011
info@eai.org   t (212) 337-0680   f (212) 337-0679


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image: Takeshi Murata, EAI 40th Anniversary Intro, 2011.



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