From Loom to Screen: A Conversation Across Generations
Museum of Craft and Design | 2569 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
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From Loom to Screen: A Conversation Across Generations
Featuring Beryl Korot and Sabrina Gschwandtner
Moderated by “Video Craft” Co-Curator Sarah Mills
Thursday, March 19 | 6-7 PM (Doors open at 5:30 PM)
The Museum of Craft and Design is honored to present a rare West Coast appearance by pioneering video artist Beryl Korot, in conversation with visual artist and filmmaker Sabrina Gschwandtner. Korot helped shape the language of contemporary media through groundbreaking work that bridges video and craft disciplines. This special event offers audiences the chance to hear directly from this foundational artist about her practice.
Internationally recognized for pioneering multi-channel installations such as Dachau 1974 and Text and Commentary, Korot helped define video art at its inception. Deeply influenced by Korot’s work, artist Sabrina Gschwandtner explores the interconnected histories of textile production and the moving image, sewing together discarded 16mm filmstrips into quilt-like compositions.
Don’t miss this landmark conversation between two Video Craft artists, tracing how traditions of craft continue to encode meaning within contemporary moving-image media.
About the Artists
In 1970, Beryl Korot co-founded Radical Software with Phyllis Gershuny and Ira Schneider, the first periodical devoted to video art. The publication became a vital platform for artists to exchange ideas, tools, and technical knowledge at a moment when the medium was still emerging. Her work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Kramlich Collection, among others, and has been shown at The Kitchen, Documenta, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, and Tate Modern.
Sabrina Gschwandtner’s artistic practice encompasses film, video, photography, knitting, and other textiles. Her process organizes fragments into patterned structures, linking the languages of cinema and craft. In 2002, she founded KnitKnit, a zine exploring the intersections of traditional craft and contemporary art. Her work is held in the collections of LACMA, the Walker Art Center, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the RISD Museum, among others.
Sarah Mills is a historian of modern design and contemporary art, and an assistant professor at San José State University, where she teaches in both the Department of Design and the Department of Art and Art History. Her research focuses on the cultural histories of craft, with a particular emphasis on weaving, fiber art, and textile design. She has held fellowships at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Cost: $25*
