Alternating Beats

October 17, 2008-February 22, 2009

Alternating Beats juxtaposes seminal video works from the late 1960s and 70s with more recent international productions. It traces the social and political preoccupations of earlier generations of video artists and shows how their concerns, although altered and modified by living in different times, are still relevant and vital to contemporary artistic practice. The exhibition also includes a selection of works from The RISD Museum's growing video collection. Videos from different decades are paired according to their subject matter to reveal certain similarities, but also many differences, in the artists' approaches. These groupings are shown at separate viewing stations in the Spalter New Media Gallery.

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