Scope and Content of Collection

The records date from 2006 to 2008 and comprise digital video recordings, CDs, and research files of the Getty Research Institute's (GRI) Department of Architecture and Contemporary Arts (DACA) from its collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum for the California Video exhibition in 2008. Digital videos on three hard drives and DVDs include master and access recordings of interviews conducted in 2007 by Glenn Phillips and Carole Ann Klonarides with participating exhibition artists about the origins and development of experimental video art in California. Edited excerpts of the interviews were used in the accompanying Getty catalogue, California Video: Artists and Histories, which features essays in addition to the edited interview excerpts of the participating artists.

Records also consist of planning documents for the California Video exhibition dating from 2006 to 2008 including published interviews and profiles about artists and their work. Materials also include correspondence, artist agreements, ephemera, and object lists and images of items featured in the exhibition. Some artist files may contain DVD copies of the interviews, as well as transcripts, conducted for the project. Materials were maintained by Glenn Phillips, curator at the GRI.

Arrangement

The records are arranged in two series: Series I: Artist interviews, 2007 and Series II. Exhibition planning documents, 2006-2008.