Description
Episode [305]: Silicone casts of body parts fuse to stainless steel canvases, bodily orifices penetrate digital landscapes, and abstracted images of flesh and machine blur in the uncannily visceral works of artist Tishan Hsu.
Tishan Hsu was born in 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, and lives and works in New York, New York. Learn more about the artist at https://art21.org/tishanhsu.
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CREDITS
Director & Producer: Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung
Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski
Series Producer: Ian Forster
Associate Curator: Jurrell Lewis
Editor: Thomas Niles
Cinematography: HaiTao Wu
Additional Camera: Yunbo Wu
Sound: Ana Fernández, Teresa-Esmeralda Sanchez
Colorist: Cody L Sandberg
Sound Mix: Collin Blendell
Assistant Editors: Stephanie Cen, Meher Hans
Music: Epidemic Sound.
Artwork Courtesy: Tishan Hsu, Lisson Gallery.
Archival Material: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; eFootage; Dario Lasagni; Stephen Faught; Kyle Knodell; LF Documentation; MAMCO Geneva; Jeff McLane; MIT List Visual Arts Center; New Museum; Oliver Ottenschlaeger; Pond5; Shutterstock; Annik Wetter; Michael Yu.
Special Thanks: Powerhouse Arts.
"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
00:00-02:31 - Intro
02:32-05:47 - Early paintings (1980s), influence of tech
05:48-08:38 - Silkscreen prints and Photoshop (1990s)
08:39 - 11:02 - Recent works (2020s), use of AI
11:03-11:52 - Outro
TRANSLATIONS
Translated subtitles are generously contributed by our volunteer translation community. Visit our translation team at Amara for the full list of contributors: https://amara.org/teams/art21/
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