Video Data Bank

@VideoDataBank

Video art, media art, video art history, artist interviews, and more. Based at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Chicago, IL
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  1. 29 Jun 2020

    Happy Pride from Video Data Bank 🌈✨ watch the incredible interview with queer political icon Joan Jett Blakk, taped for the drag activist talk show 'The Brenda and Glennda Show' today on VDB TV. Tune into to watch the full video💥

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  2. 19 Jun 2020

    VDB is proud to stream 'On the Campaign Trail with Joan Jett Blakk'! This video follows Glennda Orgasm and Ms. Blakk outside the 1992 Democratic Convention, discussing topics including the police state, feminism, and political elitism. Watch now at ! ✨📺💖

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  3. 29 May 2020

    Now on VDB TV, watch 'Furture-Past-Present' curated by Omar Kholeif. This program includes videos by Basma Alsharif, Rosa Barba, Doug Ischar, Nicolas Provost, Steve Reinke, Martine Syms, Matt Wolf, and Akram Zaatari. Tune in now on to watch! 💙📺✨

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  4. 26 May 2020

    Congratulations to Sky Hopinka on receiving the 2020 Herb Alpert Award for Film/Video!

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  5. 22 May 2020

    Through June 30th, receive a free one-year Digital Streaming License with any purchase! DSLs are the way perfect to include video art in virtual classrooms. Order today on ! 💙✨

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  6. 11 May 2020

    Available today on the website, stream Suzanne Lacy's 'Making the Crystal Quilt' in celebration of Mother's Day!

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  7. 11 May 2020

    Now available on VDB TV: 'Sandwiched Between Trauma and Apocalypse', a program of works made in the 2000's, curated by Aily Nash. Watch today on ✨💙📺

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  8. 24 Apr 2020

    Starting today on , watch ‘The Whole World is (Still) Watching’ curated by Solveig Nelson. The program includes works by Tom Kalin, Gran Fury, Dara Birnbaum, Leah Gilliam, Tom Rubnitz, Suzie Silver, and Sadie Benning. Tune in today to start watching 📺💙

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  9. 10 Apr 2020

    Today on ! Watch VDB TV Decades: Problematizing Pleasure / Punk Theory, a selection of videos made in the 1980s curated by Steve Reinke. Watch it online free through April 24th! 📺✨💙

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  10. 6 Apr 2020

    Thank you and Kathleen Sachs for a beautiful write up of The Electric Mirror: Reflecting on Video Art in the 1970s, streaming this week on VDB TV!

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  11. 1 Apr 2020

    Be sure to check out Kait Lain's "Cabin Fever" playlist, which includes VDB TV: Decades as well as many other online gems!

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  12. 27 Mar 2020

    VDB is re-releasing the entire "VDB TV: Decades" series online, starting with "The Electric Mirror: Reflecting on Video Art in the 1970s" curated by Robyn Farrell! Each program will be online for two weeks, tune into today 📺✨📼💙

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  13. 27 Feb 2020

    Tonight in Chicago! Don't miss Linda Mary Montano: Laughing, Crying, Living Art at Conversations at the Edge! This will be a very special CATE screening, you might even catch some guest appearances by VDB staff members! See you at 6 p.m.

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  14. 14 Feb 2020

    We were so lucky to hear Glenn Belverio discuss his video work at SAIC Sullivan Galleries today! There is one more day to catch ‘We Don’t Want Your MTV’ including two works by Glenn, get a chance to see them in the gallery today and tomorrow!

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  15. 13 Feb 2020

    Don't miss this lunchtime talk with artist Glenn Belverio in SAIC's Sullivan Galleries tomorrow from 12-1 p.m! Glenn will discuss his work on The Brenda and Glennda Show and drag activism.

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  16. 10 Feb 2020

    Open today! 'We Don't Want Your MTV' at SAIC Sullivan Galleries 💙📼 come get hypnotized by video art through Saturday 2/15 ✨ Pictured is 'Stuffing' by Animal Charm (1998).

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  17. 3 Feb 2020

    One week until the exhibition comprised of works from the VDB collection, 'We Don't Want Your MTV' opens at SAIC's Sullivan Galleries! Come by to see the exhibition and screening program during gallery hours next week February 10th-15th.

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  18. 31 Jan 2020

    Calling all Los Angelenos: Monday at , catch 'Sins of the Brothers Kuchar' a screening of works by Mike & George Kuchar, with Mike in person for a Q&A! This is sure to be a very special event, don't miss it!

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  19. 27 Jan 2020

    Join us for 'We Don't Want Your MTV", an exhibition and screening program of work drawn from Video Data Bank’s collection at SAIC's Sullivan Galleries February 10th-15th! Open and free to the public during gallery hours.

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  20. 23 Jan 2020

    Tonight at get a chance to see LYNDALE by Oli Rodriguez and Victoria Stob. LYNDALE is a powerful video exploring how one Chicago family navigates queer identities, conceptions of masculinity, and mental illness. Artists in attendance!

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