Feminist Video Exhibition 'All Byte' at Franklin Street Works Explores Intersectionality Through Satire
From April 9 to July 10, 2016, 'All Byte: Feminist Intersections in Video Art' was showcased at Franklin Street Works in Stamford, Connecticut. Curated by Terri C. Smith in collaboration with the University of Connecticut's Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and Sacred Heart University's Film and Television Program, the exhibit included 15 video pieces from nine different artists. Among the contributions were satirical music videos by the Texas group Kegels for Hegel and INVASORIX's 'Macho Intellectual' (2015). Additionally, works like Michelle Marie Charles's 'Explicit and Deleted' (2012) and Virginia Lee Montgomery's 'The Alien Has to Learn' (2015) were featured. The exhibition explored themes of intersectional feminism through diverse technologies. For inquiries, contact Franklin Street Works at 203-595-5211, located at 41 Franklin Street, Stamford.
Key facts
- Exhibition ran April 9 to July 10, 2016 at Franklin Street Works in Stamford, CT
- Featured 15 video works by nine artists/collectives made within previous five years
- Curated by Terri C. Smith with University of Connecticut and Sacred Heart University
- Texas collective Kegels for Hegel presented satirical music videos critiquing philosophers
- Mexican collective INVASORIX created drag recreations of historical art collectives
- Michelle Marie Charles used hip-hop video format to examine black masculinity
- Nicole Maloof's work incorporated computerized narration in Korean and English
- Display included varied technologies from projections to CRT televisions
Entities
Artists
- Kegels for Hegel
- INVASORIX
- Michelle Marie Charles
- Virginia Lee Montgomery
- Nicole Maloof
- Sunita Prasad
- Terri C. Smith
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Karl Marx
- Kathleen Hanna
Institutions
- Franklin Street Works
- University of Connecticut Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
- Sacred Heart University Film and Television Program
- Bauhaus
- Guerrilla Girls
- Bikini Kill
- artcritical
Locations
- Stamford
- Connecticut
- Texas
- Mexico
- Las Vegas
- United States