http://artbabble.org/artist/LaToya_Ruby_Frazier/feed en http://artbabble.org/video/art21/latoya-ruby-frazier-makes-moving-pictures <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-series"> <div class="field-label">Series:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/series/new-york-close">New York Close Up</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/art21">Art21</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>What makes a documentary radical? In this film, artist LaToya Ruby Frazier reveals the personal story behind a series of videos and photographs of her family in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a selection of which were exhibited in "Video Studio: Changing Same" at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Employing and upending documentary traditions as a means to disrupt media stereotypes, Frazier collaborates with her mother and grandmother as fellow artists, giving them agency in depictions of themselves, their family, and the broader community.</p> <p><a href="http://artbabble.org/video/art21/latoya-ruby-frazier-makes-moving-pictures" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://artbabble.org/video/art21/latoya-ruby-frazier-makes-moving-pictures#comments LaToya Ruby Frazier Childhood Inspiration Contemporary Art People Art21 http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/16/16272dec650d76c1/poster-image-08.jpg 16272dec650d76c1 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:11:09 +0000 jmunar 9192 at http://artbabble.org http://artbabble.org/video/art21/latoya-ruby-frazier-takes-levis <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-series"> <div class="field-label">Series:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/series/new-york-close">New York Close Up</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/art21">Art21</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>What is the responsibility of an artist to her community?</em> In this film, artist and activist LaToya Ruby Frazier discusses the economic and environmental decline of her hometown—Braddock, Pennsylvania—the city that the clothing company Levi’s used as inspiration and backdrop for a major advertising campaign in 2010.</p> <p><a href="http://artbabble.org/video/art21/latoya-ruby-frazier-takes-levis" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://artbabble.org/video/art21/latoya-ruby-frazier-takes-levis#comments denim jeans LaToya Ruby Frazier Levi's Performance Art Community Identity Place Art21 http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/c4/c4f460643ca97d60/poster-image-01.jpg c4f460643ca97d60 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:44:27 +0000 wesasketch 8784 at http://artbabble.org