We were invited behind-the-scenes at the shoot for Yoshua Okon's latest video Octopus. The piece, shot on location at a Los Angeles Home Depot store, explores the relationships among Guatemalan day laborers who at home fought on opposite sides of the Guatemalan civil war, yet here in the U.S. are working side-by-side in their efforts to find employment. The work was produced during Okon's residency with the Hammer. He explains more about the work in this video. (Run time: 8 minutes)

How does design shape society? In this film, artist Mika Tajima traces the legacy of the influential Action Office furniture line—developed by Herman Miller—and how it serves as the inspiration for her own work. Introduced in 1964 and still in production today, the Action Office is a modular and customizable system of semi-enclosed cubicles. Intended to spur efficiency and productivity in the workplace, Tajima views the widespread adoption of the cubicle in the 1970s and 80s as profoundly dehumanizing, with each worker isolated in a sea of confined spaces.

Performance 14: On Line/Ralph Lemon
January 26, 29, and 30, 2011

In conjunction with the exhibition On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century
The Museum of Modern Art, November 21, 2010–February 7, 2011

Video directed by Ben Coccio. Cinematography by Cal Robertson. Produced by Professor Bright Films

© 2011 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Performance 12: On Line/Marie Cool and Fabio Balducci
January 12-16, 2011
In conjunction with the exhibition On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century
The Museum of Modern Art, November 21, 2010–February 7, 2011

© 2011 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Performance 11: On Line/Trisha Brown Dance Company
January 12–16, 2011
In conjunction with the exhibition On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century
The Museum of Modern Art, November 21, 2010–February 7, 2011

In conjunction with the exhibition On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century
Roof Piece photo by Babette Mangolte
Video produced by Ben Coccio and David Shuff

Abstract Expressionist New York
The Museum of Modern Art, October 3, 2010–April 11, 2011

Filmed by Plowshares Media

Images courtesy of Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko; The Franz Kline Estate; The Willem de Kooning Foundation; Pollock-Krasner Foundation; Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Nina Leen; Fritz Goro; Gjon Mili; Fred W. McDarrah; John Loengard; Arnold Newman; Kate Rothko; Time & Life Pictures; Apic; Getty Images; and The Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Revisiting The Quiet Man: Ireland on Film
The Museum of Modern Art, May 20–June 3, 2011

Filmed by Professor Bright Films. Directed by Ben Coccio. Cinematography by Cal Robertson. Edited by David Shuff. Produced by MoMA
Images courtesy of Photofest
© 2011 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

View the July 2011 GALLERY CRAWL interview with Book Conservator Daniel Flanagan about SUMMER/SELECTIONS, Ratio 3's exhibition of works by Margaret Kilgallen.