The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

  • December 18, 2015 / 18:00
  • December 26, 2015 / 11:00
  • January 13, 2016 / 15:00

Laurie Anderson, O Superman, 1982 / Laurie Anderson 
The Cars, Hello Again, 1984 / Don Munroe, Andy Warhol
Art of Noise, Close to the Edit, 1984 / Zbigniew Rybczynski
Sonic Youth, Death Valley 69, 1985 / Judith Barry, Richard Kern
The Smiths, The Queen is Dead, 1986 / Derek Jarman
New Order, Bizarre Love Triangle, 1987 / Robert Longo
New Order, Blue Monday, 1988 / Robert Breer, William Wegman
Sonic Youth, Song for Karen, 1990 / Tony Oursler
R.E.M., Nightswimming, 1992 / Jem Cohen
Peter Gabriel, Love Town, 1993 / Michael Coulson, Yayoi Kusama
Blur, Country House, 1996 / Damien Hirst
Fatboy Slim, The Rockafeller Skank (1998) / Doug Aitken
Pet Shop Boys, London, 2002 / Martin Parr
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Can’t Stop, 2002 / Mark Romanek, Erwin Wurm
DJ Shadow, Six Days, 2004 / Won Kar-Wai
The Hours, See Thee Light, 2009 / Tony Kaye, Damien Hirst
Kanye West, Runaway, 2010 / Vanessa Beecroft, Kanye West
Die Antwoord, I Fink U Freeky, 2012 / Roger Ballen
David Bowie, Where Are We Now, 2013 / Tony Oursler

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes

The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

MTV and the Golden Age of Music Videos (1981 – 1984)

MTV and the Golden Age of Music Videos (1981 – 1984)

Gender Identity (1985 – 1990)

Gender Identity (1985 – 1990)

The Director’s Music Video (1991 – 1998)

The Director’s Music Video (1991 – 1998)

Recent Music Videos (2000 – 2012)

Recent Music Videos (2000 – 2012)

The Battle of Varna

The Battle of Varna

Over the years of 1864 through 1876, Stanisław Chlebowski served Sultan Abdülaziz in Istanbul as his court painter. As it was, Abdülaziz disposed of considerable artistic talents of his own, and he actively involved himself in Chlebowski’s creative process, suggesting ideas for compositions –such as ballistic pieces praising the victories of Turkish arms. 

It’s better to burn out than to fade away

It’s better to burn out than to fade away

In 1962 Philip Corner, one of the most prominent members of the Fluxus movement, caused a great commotion in serious music circles when during a performance entitled Piano Activities he climbed up onto a grand piano and began to kick it while other members of the group attacked it with saws, hammers and all kinds of other implements.

From Cypresses to Turkish Landscapes

From Cypresses to Turkish Landscapes

Among the most interesting themes in the oeuvre of Prassinos are cypresses, trees, and Turkish landscapes. The cypress woods in Üsküdar he saw every time he stepped out on the terrace of their house in İstanbul or the trees in Petits Champs must have been strong images of childhood for Prassinos.