Abecedarium:NYC & Digital Art by Women since the 60s

Cinewomen New York presents
"Video and Digital Art by Women Since the 1960's"
(including works by Carolee Schneeman, Mary Lucier, Mako Idemitsu, Shigeku Kubota, Cheryl Donegan, and Max Almy presented by Alison McMahan)

Special Guests: Susan Agliata & Lynne Sachs
Co-Directors of Abecedarium:NYC

Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. Free.
Donnell Library Center
20 W. 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
212-621-0609

http://www.nypl.org/calendar
www.nypl.org/abecedariumnyc

Filmmaker and CineWomen NY co-president Alison McMahan (www.Cinewomenny.org) joins digital video artists Lynne Sachs (www.lynnesachs.com) and Susan Agliata (www.susanagliata.com) for a presentation on digital video art by women artists since the late sixties. To augment the discussion, Ms. McMahan will present a historical overview with clips by influential artists Carolee Schneeman, Mary Lucier, Mako Idemitsu, Shigeku Kubota, Cheryl Donegan and Max Almy. Sachs and Agliata will present their newly launched Abecedarium:NYC, an online exhibition initiated by The New York Public Library with funding by The New York State Council on the Arts that uses language to explore New York City through video, animation, photography and sound. Abecedarium:NYC is interactive and is waiting for original digital submissions, by artists like you! See it at www.nypl.org/abecedariumnyc