Critical Writing Index

Somewhere there is History: A Conversation with Carlos Motta

by Harry Weil

Afterimage, Sept. 2013, v. 41, no. 2, pp. 12-16

The author interviews video artist Carlos Motta, whose work engages with themes of recording and rewriting history while inserting his own subjective perspective. The author speaks with Motta about the various topics he covers, the people he interviews, the histories that he constructs and reconstructs, his views on museum exhibition and more.

ITEM 2013.093 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

La buena vida/The Good LifeCarlos Motta

Gender TalentsCarlos Motta

Shape of FreedomCarlos Motta

NefandusCarlos Motta