Ann Hamilton: Reflection (1999)

ann hamilton in la biennale di benezia: 48 esposizione internazionale d'arte (1999)

Ann Hamilton, event of a thread / habitus

Ann Hamilton

(the capacity of absorption.video)1988-1993 

Ann Hamilton

Ann Hamilton. Table, from "myein"

Ann Hamilton   (US, 1956)

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body object series 1984 / 1991

https://www.annhamiltonstudio.com/objects/body_object.html

Myein, Ann Hamilton, The United States Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale

Venice, Italy JUNE 13, 1999-NOVEMBER 7, 1999

Materials: four skylights, glass and gridded steel wall (18’ x 90’), wood table, white cloths, mirrored glass, vinyl powder, auger system, electronic controllers, plaster, recorded voice, digital audio, computer, sixteen speaker

Myein was conceived as a way of expressing not-so-nice aspects of America’s past within the U.S. Pavilion at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999. “The word myein,” explains Hamilton’s website, “is an ancient Greek verb meaning ‘to close the eyes or mouth.'” I think this name is never more appropriate than as a description of the interior room of the building (as seen above). The room on its own is entirely white, with nearly imperceptible white dots lining the walls. Fuscia powder falls from the ceiling, clinging to these dots and revealing a narrative in braille. That narrative is excerpts from Charles Reznikoff’s Testimony: The United States 1885-1915, which contains “the testimony of witnesses in court cases involving property disputes, accidents and acts of violence.” The text was chosen to express the hidden, dirtier aspects of American history, which are often hidden from the collective knowledge. The history, however, still stains the country’s reputation, just like the fuscia powder stains the pavilion’s white floor. source

Ann Hamilton: 'How Can Words be Acts of Making?'

Ann Hamilton - reflection

Artist Talk with Ann Hamilton and Nick Larsen, 2022

Today's a personal Black Sails Anniversary for me, so posting this drawing of my faves from my fave show as a tiny celebration

Ann Hamilton, Linings, 1990/93, Color-toned video and LCD screen, silent, 30 min., continuous loop

Since yall ATE UP the last one

The world changes. It is inevitable. Perhaps the only thing that is inevitable.

Ann Hamilton