Beryl Korot's Video Installations Explore Weaving as Proto-Computer at bitforms Gallery
Beryl Korot's exhibition at bitforms gallery from March 22 to May 5, 2012, featured three video installations connecting weaving to information systems. Her 1976-77 work Text and Commentary displayed five geometric weavings alongside videos documenting their creation, with pictographic notations coordinating five 30-minute videos. Korot links the Jacquard loom's punch cards to proto-computing, noting how lines organize information in reading, weaving, and electronics. Yellow Water Taxi (2003) captures yellow taxis on woven canvas, inspired by post-9/11 views from the Esplanade. Florence (2008) overlays Florence Nightingale's words on a digital grid of storms, conveying her battlefield struggles. The show positioned art as a palimpsest, requiring layered interpretation.
Key facts
- Exhibition ran March 22 to May 5, 2012
- Held at bitforms gallery, 529 West 20th Street, 2nd floor, New York City
- Featured three video installations by Beryl Korot
- Text and Commentary originally shown at Leo Castelli Gallery in 1977
- Yellow Water Taxi created in 2003, 2 minutes long
- Florence created in 2008, 10.5 minutes long
- Works reference Marshall McLuhan's "the medium is the message"
- Korot connects weaving to information processing systems
Entities
Artists
- Beryl Korot
- Marshall McLuhan
- César Paternosto
- Emily Dickinson
- Florence Nightingale
Institutions
- bitforms gallery
- Leo Castelli Gallery
- artcritical
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- New Jersey