Keren cytter s 2014 solo exhibition video art manual at state of concept in athens marked cytter s first solo show in greece. Aviv, lives and works in amsterdam and berlin is an israeli visual artist and filmaker. Video art manual video art manual is a major survey exhibition of works by israeliborn artist keren cytter, whose experimental videos mix disjointed cinematic, literary, and theatrical conventions to illuminate the interpersonal and the private. Keren cytter born 22 august 1977 is an israeli visual artist and writer. Keren cytter, video art manual keren cytter, video art manual zach feuer, chelsea saturday september 17 2011 10. Cytter is best known for her textually based video art. Cytter has developed a large body of works including, in particular, films and video suites that adopt a nonlinear narrative. In video art manual, a work from 2011 that takes a somewhat special place in her oeuvre, cytter focuses on how contemporary video art could or should be made. Keren cytters 2014 solo exhibition video art manual at state of concept in. I was introduced to keren cytter before the opening of her solo show, video art manual.
Her scope of work includes film, video installations. Video art manual is a major survey exhibition of works by israeliborn artist keren cytter whose experimental videos mix disjointed cinematic, literary and theatrical conventions to illuminate the. Keren cytter, vengeance still, 2012, 44 minutes, digital hd video with color sound. Opening saturday at zach feuer gallery, keren cytter. Video art manual includes four short video works made from 2002 to the present, some. The artist invited two curators, jacob fabricius, formerly of the kunsthal charlottenborg, and naomi beckwith, of the museum of contemporary art chicago, to read and categorize transcripts of the entire body of her video work. Still from a digital video with sound, 5 minutes 35 seconds. This analytic approach to film production was similarly applied to the conventions of video art in video art manual 2011, conceived as a historical analysis of the.
Keren cytter s video art manual, 201 1, begins with the selfdeluding slickness of an infomercial. Keren cytter by diaz, eva artforum international, vol. Cytter, born 22 august 1977, spent her childhood in israel and went on to study visual arts at the avni institute of art and design, tel aviv. The best of keren cytterthe worst of keren cytter is the first comprehensive publication of multidisciplinary artist keren cytters video screenplays. Bio keren cytter was born in 1977 in tel aviv, israel. May books will display a selection of books that cytter wrote or that are related to her work. May books will display a selection of books that cytter wrote or that. From behind a glasstopped table in a generic office, a bearded man in a suit confidently addresses the viewer. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. Video art manual is a major survey exhibition of works by israeliborn artist.