Papers by Alena J Williams
10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, 2018
Short essay on colonial landscapes, archives, and power in the work of artist Emma Wolukau-Wanamb... more Short essay on colonial landscapes, archives, and power in the work of artist Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa for the 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art exhibition catalogue curated by Gabi Ngcobo at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. June-September 2018. Bilingual English and German edition.
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Cornell Society for the Humanities, 2020
Reflecting upon Invited Society Scholar Kathi Weeks's February 2020 lecture, Alena Williams, 2019... more Reflecting upon Invited Society Scholar Kathi Weeks's February 2020 lecture, Alena Williams, 2019-20 "Energy" Society Fellow, considers the potential "energetic" effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially around gendered domestic labor. Williams has developed a reading list of current scholarly and popular news sources to encourage a deep-dive into the meaning of "work" today.
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On Holt's reception and legacy in contemporary art
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Review of Otto Piene exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie and Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berli... more Review of Otto Piene exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie and Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin, Summer 2014
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Obituary on American artist Nancy Holt
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Talks by Alena J Williams
American artist Dan Flavin’s (1933-1996) manipulation of the visible spectrum with projected, col... more American artist Dan Flavin’s (1933-1996) manipulation of the visible spectrum with projected, colored light set him apart from the other artists of his generation, and at the same time linked his work to a genealogy of artists and theorists in both the early modern and modern period. This talk examines The Dan Flavin Art Institute, a site that the artist selected in Bridgehampton, NY for a showcase of his work as well as temporary exhibitions by other artists, as well as his "Monuments" for V. Tatlin series (1964-81) and Untitled (1970) on view at Dia:Beacon.
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Exhibitions by Alena J Williams
Nancy Holt: Sightlines (2010-13) was an international traveling exhibition which offered an in-de... more Nancy Holt: Sightlines (2010-13) was an international traveling exhibition which offered an in-depth look at the early projects of this important American artist whose pioneering work falls at the intersection of art, architecture, and time-based media. Since the late 1960s, Nancy Holt has created a far-reaching body of work, including films, videos, site-specific installations, artist’s books, concrete poetry, and major sculpture commissions. The exhibition included documentation from more than 40 projects, showcased the artist’s early films, videos, and related pieces from 1966 to 1980, pivotal works which transform how we perceive landscape through the use of different observational modes.
Participating Venues:
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University in New York
Tufts University Art Gallery in Medford
Santa Fe Arts Institute in New Mexico
Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe, Germany
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in Chicago
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Screenings by Alena J Williams
A film program curated by Alena Williams in the framework of the show Pause. Valeska Gert: Bewegt... more A film program curated by Alena Williams in the framework of the show Pause. Valeska Gert: Bewegte Fragmente at Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin and the workshop The Unsettled Image at ICI Berlin. The term "Zwischenakt" (interval) refers to performative moments between two acts of a theater performance or two film rolls at the movie theater. These films examine how the radical performances of the artist, dancer and actress Valeska Gert (1892–1978) open up alternative perspectives on the themes of staging, interruption and standstill in cinema. Introduction: Alena Williams. With the kind support of The Developing Room: Photography Working Group at the Center for Cultural Analysis, Rutgers University. (Jan. 28, with guests)
With films by Susanne M. Winterling, Andreas Wutz, Kenneth Anger, Edison Manufacturing Company, Amy Granat, among others. Total running time: 80 minutes.
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Anthology, in collaboration with the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University... more Anthology, in collaboration with the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, presents a series devoted to films by and about artists associated with the Land Art/Earthworks movement. Organized in conjunction with the show NANCY HOLT: SIGHTLINES, a thematic exhibition focusing on Holt’s films, videos, and related early works from 1966-80, taking place at the Wallach from September 22-December 11, 2010, SITE RECORDINGS will include a program highlighting Holt’s work, as well as several programs featuring work by a variety of Land Art pioneers and luminaries.
In the late 1960s and early 70s, modernism’s affirmation of fixity, permanence, and autonomy lost its hold on the Western imagination, shaping the manner in which a whole host of artists engaged with the moving image. Jan Dibbets, Nancy Holt, Richard Long, Walter de Maria, Ana Mendieta, Dennis Oppenheim, and Robert Smithson among others, long known for their interest in the landscape, sought a means of communicating this experience across time and space, while others like Vito Acconci, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Anthony McCall offered insightful counter-perspectives on Land Art. Alongside canonical films like Smithson’s SPIRAL JETTY and documentaries capturing the ambitions of figures from this period like Christo and Jeanne-Claude, we will be showing little-seen shorts and contemporary films that address the significance of the movement’s monuments and anti-monuments. Offering a new perspective on Land Art and the figures within it, this three-day event includes a screening of Gerry Schum’s seminal LAND ART program, broadcast on German television in 1969, as well as a special screening devoted to Nancy Holt’s film work on Saturday, November 20 at 7:00.
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Participating Venues:
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University in New York
Tufts University Art Gallery in Medford
Santa Fe Arts Institute in New Mexico
Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe, Germany
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in Chicago
Screenings by Alena J Williams
With films by Susanne M. Winterling, Andreas Wutz, Kenneth Anger, Edison Manufacturing Company, Amy Granat, among others. Total running time: 80 minutes.
In the late 1960s and early 70s, modernism’s affirmation of fixity, permanence, and autonomy lost its hold on the Western imagination, shaping the manner in which a whole host of artists engaged with the moving image. Jan Dibbets, Nancy Holt, Richard Long, Walter de Maria, Ana Mendieta, Dennis Oppenheim, and Robert Smithson among others, long known for their interest in the landscape, sought a means of communicating this experience across time and space, while others like Vito Acconci, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Anthony McCall offered insightful counter-perspectives on Land Art. Alongside canonical films like Smithson’s SPIRAL JETTY and documentaries capturing the ambitions of figures from this period like Christo and Jeanne-Claude, we will be showing little-seen shorts and contemporary films that address the significance of the movement’s monuments and anti-monuments. Offering a new perspective on Land Art and the figures within it, this three-day event includes a screening of Gerry Schum’s seminal LAND ART program, broadcast on German television in 1969, as well as a special screening devoted to Nancy Holt’s film work on Saturday, November 20 at 7:00.
Participating Venues:
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University in New York
Tufts University Art Gallery in Medford
Santa Fe Arts Institute in New Mexico
Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe, Germany
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in Chicago
With films by Susanne M. Winterling, Andreas Wutz, Kenneth Anger, Edison Manufacturing Company, Amy Granat, among others. Total running time: 80 minutes.
In the late 1960s and early 70s, modernism’s affirmation of fixity, permanence, and autonomy lost its hold on the Western imagination, shaping the manner in which a whole host of artists engaged with the moving image. Jan Dibbets, Nancy Holt, Richard Long, Walter de Maria, Ana Mendieta, Dennis Oppenheim, and Robert Smithson among others, long known for their interest in the landscape, sought a means of communicating this experience across time and space, while others like Vito Acconci, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Anthony McCall offered insightful counter-perspectives on Land Art. Alongside canonical films like Smithson’s SPIRAL JETTY and documentaries capturing the ambitions of figures from this period like Christo and Jeanne-Claude, we will be showing little-seen shorts and contemporary films that address the significance of the movement’s monuments and anti-monuments. Offering a new perspective on Land Art and the figures within it, this three-day event includes a screening of Gerry Schum’s seminal LAND ART program, broadcast on German television in 1969, as well as a special screening devoted to Nancy Holt’s film work on Saturday, November 20 at 7:00.