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Rituals for a Still Life
1974 · Video (black and white, sound)
25 min.
Museum of Modern Art
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Frank Gillette
Artist
Mixed MediaConceptual ArtPhotographyPerformance Art
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
6
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Publications Referenced
70%
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Movements
- • Conceptual Art
- • Photography
- • Performance Art
- • New Media
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Video and Ritual
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1984
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Video Art: A History
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983–1984
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Why this artist matters now
Frank Gillette is an American video artist whose work from the 1960s and 1970s investigates temporal perception, information systems, and the relationship between technology and human consciousness. Working across video installation, performance, sculpture, and photography, Gillette helped establish video art as a primary medium during its formative decades. His practice treats the artwork as a system for examining how viewers perceive time and process information within technologically mediated environments.
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Mixed Media
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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