Landmarks Video 2020 - 2021 Season

Landmarks Video presents the most highly regarded and influential works of video art from the past six decades. Each month, the work of one artist is featured in the ART building atrium, located on the corner of East 23rd Street and San Jacinto Boulevard. 

Covid-19 Update: For the safety of our community, Landmarks Video may be viewed freely by those who have BACS access to the Art Building. For general access, please make a visit during the Visual Arts Center's open hours. 

Due to restricted access to the Art Building this summer, David Ellis' Animal will be shown from June through August. Videos by Michael Robinson, Michael Snow, and Luis Valdovino, originally slated to run this summer, will be shown during the 2021-2022 season of Landmarks Video. 

Please note that some videos may not be appropriate for all audiences.

Screenshot of Vendula Knopova's "Tutorial"

Vendula Knopová

Tutorial, 2015
Czech, born 1987

Video
4:51 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the Gandy Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

Exhibited 
September 2020
Exhibited 
September 2020
Four Kara Walker Video Stills arranged in a grid; Each depicts a figures or figures against a white or colored background

Kara Walker

The Fact of Fiction: Four Works by Kara Walker, 2004-2011
American, b. 1969

Video
Color, sound
All works courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

Exhibited 
September 2020
Exhibited 
September 2020
Screenshot of John Edmonds' "Shotgun"

John Edmonds

Shotgun, 2014
American, born 1989

HD Video
TRT 9:53 min., color, no sound
Courtesy of the artist
 

Exhibited 
October 2020
Exhibited 
October 2020
Screenshot of Hiraki Sawa's "Dwelling"

Hiraki Sawa

Dweling, 2002
Japanese/British, born 1977

Digital single channel video
9:20 min., b&w, sound 
Copyright Hiraki Sawa. Courtesy James Cohan, New York

Exhibited 
November 2020
Exhibited 
November 2020
Screenshot of Adrián Balseca's "Suspensión I"

Adrián Balseca

Suspensión I , 2019
Ecuadorian, born 1989

Digital 4K
5:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of Han Nefkens Foundation

Exhibited 
January 2021
Exhibited 
January 2021
Screenshot of Howardena Pindell's "Free, White and 21"

Howardena Pindell

Free, White and 21, 1980
American, born 1943

Video
12:15 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist, the University of Texas Libraries, and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

Exhibited 
February 2021
Exhibited 
February 2021
Screenshot of Guido van der Werve's "Nummer Twee"

Guido van der Werve

Nummer Twee: Just because I’m standing here doesn’t mean I want to, 2003
Dutch, born 1977

35 mm film
Duration: 3 minutes 8 seconds
© Guido van der Werve; Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York,GRIMM, Amsterdam, and MONITOR, Rome

Exhibited 
March 2021
Exhibited 
March 2021
Screenshot of Athi-Putra Ruga's "Over the Rainbow (Queens in Exile Series)"

Athi-Patra Ruga

Over the Rainbow (Queens in Exile Series), 2016-2017
South African, born 1984

Single channel HD video
09:27 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery, Cape Town, ZA

Exhibited 
April 2021
Exhibited 
April 2021
Screenshot of Thao Nguyen Phan's "Becoming Alluvium"

Thao Nguyen Phan

Becoming Alluvium, 2019
Vietnamese, born 1987

Single channel color video
16:50 min., color, sound
Courtesy of Galerie Zink Waldkirchen, Germany

Exhibited 
May 2021
Exhibited 
May 2021