Video Treats from Temple Contemporary and I

Happy New Years to all! I wish you all the very best! Times may get tough but stay strong, the universe is filled with surprises. In this post I would like to tell you about three of my latest video works.

Image from the Temple Contemporary Newsletter sent out December 2012. Happy Holidays!

This past fall 2012 semester, I worked for Temple Contemporary, which is the art gallery that is in the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. I was one of the video editors and it was a pleasure working for them because the events they host are actually really interesting. You can check out the full newsletter that Temple Contemporary sent out on December 2012 here, where you can see the three videos I edited featured there. Below are the videos for you to sit back, relax and enjoy!

The first video I edited was Pittsburgh’s Greatest Living Artist: Jon Rubin.

Jon Rubin creates interventions into public life that reinvent social and political conditions, creating new platforms for agency, participation and exchange. Rubin visited Temple Contemporary on September 18, 2012 for a discussion about his most recent works, including “HERETHEREHERE”, “The Speech of the Swans” and The Waffle Shop. Rubin will be coming back to Temple Contemporary in the Spring as we research new models of non-exhibition-based curating for galleries.

The second video I edited was Candy Class with Franklin Fountain.

Employing some of their vast collection of confectionery tools, curiosities, and candies, Ryan, Eric and Davina began with an illustrated lecture on industrial arts of Philadelphia’s confectionery past. This was followed by a hands-on workshop including a taffy pull and casting clear candy from their collection of antique candy molds. This  make-and-take workshop began with a musical introduction by spoon-player Mark Alexander.

And the third and final video I edited for them this semester was Mass Incarceration in America.

Through conversations and lectures led by nationally renowned scholars, the purpose of this teach-in was to share with the general public the impact of criminalization and the ways in which our carceral state erodes our urban communities, our economy and our democracy.

Enjoy!