ArtBabble: Beryl Korot

Beryl Korot: "Babel" Paintings & Weavings

Art21 — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:24:16 +0000

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At her home and studio in Connecticut, Beryl Korot discusses how she turned away from video in the 1980s towards older forms of technology and information. Using the biblical story of the Tower of Babel as both source and inspiration, Korot developed her own code-based language for a series of weavings and paintings.

Beryl Korot: "Text and Commentary"

Art21 — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:25:53 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #131: Featuring excerpts from her groundbreaking video installation Text and Commentary (1977), artist Beryl Korot discusses how information has been encoded in lines and patterns throughout human history, whether in print media, through video, or on a weaving loom.

Beryl Korot: "Babel: the 7 minute scroll"

Art21 — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:43:45 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #130: Beryl Korot discusses a recent work — Babel: the 7 minute scroll (2007) — which takes the form as both a large-scale print and an animated digital video. With pictographs that reference ancient Egypt and the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, Korot's work investigates the history of tools and technology, language and narrative.

Beryl Korot: "Dachau, 1974"

Art21 — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:58:20 +0000

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Exclusive Episode #107: Beryl Korot narrates the process of creating one of the first multi-channel works of video art — Dachau, 1974 — a haunting document of tourists visiting the notorious Nazi concentration camp.

Beryl Korot: "Radical Software" 1970-74

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Exclusive Episode #103: Beryl Korot describes the impetus behind the innovative 1970s publication Radical Software, elucidating the history of video in art and the impact of mass media on society.

YOU DECIDE: Choose the 100th "Exclusive"

Art21 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:03:39 +0000

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We're inviting viewers to choose which video will be our 100th episode in the "Exclusive" series.

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