Beryl Korot: Text/Weave/Line--Video, 1977-2010 September 4, 2010

Beryl Korot is one of the most important innovators in the realm of video art. Korot's videos reflect her interest in how our communication tools mirror the way we present and receive information. As the co-founder and co-editor in 1970 of Radical Software, the first magazine to explore the notion of alternative communication systems and formats for conveying information--video in particular--it is noteworthy that Korot continues to create fresh work that illuminates the structure of communication at a time when new media is an imperative in a connected world. Korot's early work broke ground on several levels, including the creation of early multichannel work, opening up a whole new world of possibilities for systematically weaving a narrative together in a more complex manner, by drawing on the patterns generated by the earliest of information technologies, the handloom. The Aldrich exhibition will present her latest body of poetically expressive and hypnotic work, as well as presenting the 5 channel weaving/video work 'Text and Commentary' which premiered at the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1977.