Emma Anne Johnson (2021)

Video (2:05): Emma Anne Johnson Interview – a Multimedia Mixtapes Production (2021). Emma Anne Johnson was a Velvet Park ‘ARTS AND CULTURE, SPOTLIGHT’ queer artist in 2021.

Gabrielle Randall (2021)

Video (11:07): Velvet Park Media’s visual artist in residence of 2021: Gabrielle Randal. Gabrielle is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York. She is currently working on her clay and ceramics sculptures.

Liz Collins: Mischief – a Mid-career Retrospective

Video (1:22:30): Artist Liz Collins and curator Julia Bryan-Wilson join Brooklyn Rail contributor Ksenia M. Soboleva for a conversation about ‘Liz Collins: Mischief’ at Touchstone Rochdale, UK, 1 October 2022 – 8 January 2023. The zoom session ends with a poetry reading by Rebecca Teich.

Florine Stettheimer’s Family Portrait, II

Video (3:43): Kristen Di Lonardo, department manager in Visitor Engagement, looks behind the curtain at Florine Stettheimer’s ‘Family Portrait, II’ and marvels at its intricate detail and sense of theatricality. Video by MOMA, New York (2021).

Holograms & Haptics at the Limit of Sight & Sound with Constantina Zavitsanos

Video (58:26): Artist’s talk with Constantina Zavitsanos about their work in waves from holography to haptic sound, and the cacophony of incapacity and interference as shifting sites for speculation and sociality beyond scarcity. Constantina Zavitsanos (New York, NY) is currently QUEER|ART mentor (2003): visual art.

Art Book: Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz

Video (24:18): “Is Wonderland Annie Leibovitz’s Best Photography Book Yet?”, a flip through of the coffee table book, Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz (Phaidon 2021) with a soft jazz soundtrack. ‘Wonderland’ features 330 stunning photographs, many of them previously unpublished.

Berenice Abbott – A Photographic Tour of 1930s New York City

Video (11:13): slideshow – ‘Berenice Abbott was one of the most talented and prolific photograpers of the 20th century. One major chapter in her photographic art works, was an extensive capture of New York City in the 1930s. This presentation is a collection of 100+ photographs, paired with a lo-fi ethereal soundtrack.’

Mickalene Thomas mosaic mural in Dakar Senegal (2018)

Video (4:17): Mickalene Thomas was commissioned by the office of Art in Embassies to design and install a mosaic mural on the exterior wall of the U.S. Embassy in Dakar. In this video she and her Senegalese collaborators talk about the project.

Mickalene Thomas (2017)

Video (3:05): American queer feminist artist Mickalene Thomas talks about her creative practice. Interview directed by Marian Lacombe.