Temp. Files video cooperative
So pleased to participate in the inaugural group of Temporary Files! We just launched Kara Hearn’s fantastic new video, “Self modulation for a new age.” My new video (*cough*) will be live in April.
Initiated by new media /performance artist Tusia Dabrowska and interdisciplinary artist/curator Michelle Levy, Temp. Files is a video publishing cooperative, online publication, streaming site, and remote residency. We are a group of seven female-identifying artists working between text, social engagement, and performance, who have committed to supporting each other in the process of creating experimental streaming video work. In a moment where we can no longer rely solely on established IRL spaces to see, discuss, make, and disseminate art, we must create our own platforms and opportunities for each other where they don’t exist.
How it works: Each video, resulting from a challenge to the artists to experiment with something new, will be accessible for one month and then disappear. Video releases are staggered throughout the year. Each artist gets two months of feedback and support from the cooperative, followed by one month where the new video is streaming. An interview with each artist, conducted by another member of the group, is published alongside the video. This month’s interview with Rah Eleh was conducted by Michelle Levy. There will be rotating Instagram takeovers and intermittent programming led by each month’s featured artist.
Videos are released on the first of each month in the order of the names above.
We are: Rah Eleh, Kara Hearn, Rachel Stevens, Emily Brandt, Michelle Levy, Tusia Dabrowska, and Sunita Prasad.
This marks the first season of Temp. Files. New artists will be invited to participate in the seasons to come.
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