Description
Episode 304: Trekking through the hills and valleys of High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree, California, artist An-My Lê photographs a subject that is new in a career spent documenting militarized landscapes: the night sky.
An-My Lê was born in 1960 in Saigon, Vietnam, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Learn more about the artist at https://art21.org/artist/an-my-le/
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CREDITS
Director & Producer: Sue Ding
Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski
Series Producer: Ian Forster
Producer: Andrea Chung
Associate Curator: Jurrell Lewis
Editor: Sue Ding
Cinematography: Travis LaBella
Sound: Vero Lopez
Assistant Camera: Stephen Ling
Colorist: Bobby Lam
Sound Mix: Collin Blendell
Music: CTRL S, Stanley Gurvich, We Dream of Eden, YahavK.
Artwork Courtesy: An-My Lê, Marian Goodman Gallery.
Additional Artwork Courtesy: Andrea Zittel. Archival Images: Samuel Morgan.
Special Thanks: Alice Fall, High Desert Test Sites.
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“Extended Play” is made possible with support from David Howe and Namiko Kato, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the Henry Nias Foundation.
CHAPTERS
00:00-01:38 - Intro
01:39-03:16 - "29 Palms" series: photographing combat simulation
03:17-04:42 - Night sky photography
04:43-07:20 - High Desert Test Sites installation
07:21-08:12 - Outro
TRANSLATIONS
Translated subtitles are generously contributed by our volunteer translation community.
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