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< Audio Tour > of The Living End

Follow the curator through The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020. Along the way, hear from the artists whose work is featured. Look for the audio tour graphic to progress.

Introduction to "The Living End"

Introducción a "Viviendo el fin de los tiempos"

STOP 01

The curator describes how new computer technology led to artistic experimentation, and artist Barbara T. Smith recounts her first encounters with a Xerox machine.

01: Early Computers

01: Primeras Computadoras

STOP 02

The curator discusses how televisions changed how people experienced culture, and artist Howardena Pindell speaks about using her home TV set for new work.

02: Early Television

02: Los Inicios de la Televisión

STOP 03

The curator explores how the video camera opened up new perspectives for artists, and artist Leidy Churchman thinks through the possibilities of painting and video.

03: Painting and Video

03: Pintura y Vídeo

STOP 04

Artist Cheryl Donegan opens up about the inspirations for her work Whoa Whoa Studio (For Courbet), which she filmed while pregnant with her first child.

04: Cheryl Donegan

04: Cheryl Donegan

STOP 05

The curator discusses how painters responded to the invention of photography, and artist Cynthia Daignault asks how photography has changed perception.

05: Photographic Technique

05: Técnica Fotográfica

STOP 06

The curator shares how artists have engaged with the history of painting, and artist Celia Hempton talks about what it was like painting random people via webcam.

06: Traditional Subjects

06: Temas Tradicionales

STOP 07

The curator talks about how the ubiquity of today’s computers has changed visual culture, and artist Ken Okiishi reflects on the intersection of the real and the virtual.

07: Late Computing

07: Informática Tardía

STOP 08

The curator discusses how the act of painting has been increasingly outsourced, and artist Petra Cortright explains her intensive digital painting process.

08: Human, Nonhuman, Posthuman

08: Humano, No Humano, Posthumano

STOP 09

Artist Laura Brothers introduces her ongoing project out4pizza, an online gallery where she makes and posts digital paintings.

09: Laura Brothers

09: Laura Brothers

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