El Ojo Pensante, Juan Downey

Juan Downey was a pioneer of video art in Latin America. This Chilean artist spent most of his career in New York and exhibited his work at the Whitney Museum. Back in the 1960’s and 1970’s he discussed topics such as ecology, intercultural aspects and globalisation through extraordinary projects such as a video voyage in the depths of the Amazonia. Video in Spanish.

The Casting, Omer Fast

American videoartist Omer Fast, winner of the 2008 Bucksbaum Award, discusses his 2008 Whitney Biennial work, “The Casting” (2007), a four-channel video featuring a young American army sergeant who recounts two stories.

Floating Island, Robert Smithson

“Floating Island” is beautiful, somewhat awkward, strangely poetic and very funny, like much of Smithson’s work.

Museum Of Failure, Ellen Harvey

Ellen Harvey is a British artist with a keen sense of both art’s potential and its limitations.