Video documentation of the September 27th, 2021 (7 – 8:00 PM EST) performance of HISTORIAS presented by Franklin Furnace. This event celebrated the avant-garde conceptual artist and filmmaker Jaime Davidovich. This was the first of three events in relation to HISTORIAS.
Recorded on Zoom, edited by Jenna Kramer (Fall Intern, 2021).
As part of the online exhibition HISTORIAS Franklin Furnace, in collaboration with Pratt Institute, invite you to screen, from September 20 through September 27, the following Jaime Davidovich online films in advance of the panel discussion:
A selection of art from HISTORIAS is now on view for Pratt students, faculty and staff only, at the Pratt Institute Library in Brooklyn, NY. This film screening and panel is presented in cooperation with Pratt Institute and the Jaime Davidovich Foundation. Funding for HISTORIAS is provided by The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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Jaime Davidovich (1936 – 2016) was an Argentine-American conceptual artist and television-art pioneer. His innovative work as a painter, installation artist, and video artist included creating the legendary downtown Manhattan cable television program The Live! Show (1979–1984), an eclectic half-hour of live, interactive artistic entertainment inspired by the Dada performance club Cabaret Voltaire.
Ruth Benítez received her Bachelor’s from the City University of New York at Brooklyn College in 2020. Historias is the first exhibition Ms. Benitez has curated.
Brian Bentley is Manager of the Jaime Davidovich Foundation. He holds a PhD and an MA from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University and a BA Honours from McGill University. He has held curatorial positions at the Brooklyn Museum and the Grey Art Gallery and research roles at MoMA, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and El Museo del Barrio. In 2016 he co-curated Intimate Matters, an exhibition of work by NYU BFA students. His writing is published in Paulo Bruscky: Artist Books and Films, 1970-2013 (Another Space, 2015).
Jorge Oliver, Dean of Pratt Institute’s School of Art, holds a B.A. from George Washington University; an M.A. from The New School; and an M.F.A.from San Francisco State University. An independent filmmaker, actor, and educator born and raised in Puerto Rico, Jorge is the first male filmmaker in the history of Puerto Rican cinema to openly deal with gay images. Screenings include the Cork International Film Festival, the Havana Film Festival, the Festival de Viña del Mar (Chile); performed as a professional actor off-Broadway and in San Juan, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and St. Louis.
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is a 45-year old independent artists’ organization based on the campus of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. www.FranklinFurnaceLoft.org/historias/
Moderator Ruth Benitez will be in discussion with Brian Bentley (Davidovich Foundation), and Jorge Oliver (Pratt Institute) after the screening. This event will have English programming with a Spanish translator and subtitles.
