May 11, 2020

Please visit The Kitchen OnScreen to read this post along with other texts published in Kitchen Magazine. “From the Archives” is a series that spotlights The Kitchen’s history. As a complement to our Archive Website, these posts offer focused reflections on the artists, exhibitions, events, and institutional practices that have defined and shaped The Kitchen since its founding in 1971. This From the Archives post is written by Mack Somers, Winter/Spring 2020 Curatorial Intern. KNOWN FOR HER PIONEERING WORK in media art, performance, and film, Lynn Hershman Leeson has been exploring the relationship between humans and technology since the late 1960s. She has collaborated with The Kitchen on three occasions: as part of the New Works, First Runs screenings in 1990, as th... Read On

May 4, 2020

Please visit The Kitchen OnScreen to read this post along with other texts published in Kitchen Magazine. “From the Archives” is a series that spotlights The Kitchen’s history. As a complement to our Archive Website, these posts offer focused reflections on the artists, exhibitions, events, and institutional practices that have defined and shaped The Kitchen since its founding in 1971. This From the Archives post is written by Elana Engelman-Lado, Fall 2019 Curatorial Intern. IN NOVEMBER 2019, Audika Records released Iowa Dream, a compilation of demos Arthur Russell recorded for major labels. This album is the most recent addition to a collection of at least nine posthumous releases of Russell’s work, indicating a seemingly ever-growing interest in the artist and h... Read On

Apr 27, 2020

Please visit The Kitchen OnScreen to read this post along with other texts published in Kitchen Magazine. Ka Baird and Max Eilbacher⎯two innovative and celebrated musicians, producers, and performers⎯are teaming up in an exciting collaboration for The Kitchen titled Vivification Exercises. Each of their extensive bodies of work balance playful experimentation with a sense of deep introspection that invites listeners into a world both engaging and disorienting. With years of experience in multiple bands and collaborative projects behind them, the two artists are now working together to interweave elements of perception, embodiment, exaggeration, and humor into an aural and visual play on the depths and limits of human awareness. By merging computer-intensive electronic spatial... Read On

Apr 20, 2020

Please visit The Kitchen OnScreen to read this post along with other texts published in Kitchen Magazine. “Kitchen Memories” is a new series of first-hand reflections on past programming. Spotlighting a diverse range of perspectives from our community—including those of current and former staff members and artists—these posts reveal the ways that The Kitchen’s events, performances, and exhibitions inform these individuals’ work and thinking. This Kitchen Memories post is written by Nico Grelli, House Manager and Box Office Attendant. “50 Million Buffalo used to roam these lands. What’s this bullshit? What’s this bullshit?” — Stanley Love and Stanley Love Performance Group IN THE FALL OF 2017, Stanley Love Performance Group (SLPG) was the first large-scal... Read On

Apr 13, 2020

Please visit The Kitchen OnScreen to read this post along with other texts published in Kitchen Magazine. “From the Archives” is a series that spotlights The Kitchen’s history. As a complement to our Archive Website, these posts offer focused reflections on the artists, exhibitions, events, and institutional practices that have defined and shaped The Kitchen since its founding in 1971.  This From the Archives post is written by Elizabeth Wiet, 2019–2020 Curatorial Fellow. Following the conversation that The Kitchen hosted between Dara Birnbaum and Sondra Perry on February 15, I was moved to write an essay exploring The Kitchen’s history of supporting video made by female artists and assessing the formal and thematic concerns linking their work. Bringing in Gre... Read On