Please join Prof. Shtromberg, on January 19th from noon to 1:30 PM, as she discusses her new book, Encounters in Video Art in Latin America (Getty Institute, 2023), a volume she recently coedited with curator Glenn Phillips.  The presentation and discussion will be held in the Irish Humanities Building (CTIHB), rooms 201/211. Lunch will be served.

The emergence of video art in Latin America is marked by multiple points of development, across more than a dozen artistic centers, over a period of more than twenty-five years. When it was first introduced during the 1960s, video was seen as empowering: the portability of early equipment and the possibility of instant playback allowed artists to challenge and at times subvert the mainstream media. Video art in Latin America was-and still is-closely related to the desire for social change. Themes related to gender, ethnic, and racial identity as well as the consequences of social inequality and ecological disasters have been fundamental to many artists’ practices. The volume explores the history and current state of artistic experimentation with video throughout Latin America.

The event is hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies.