Critical Writing Index

Manhattan shortcuts: Media Hostages: A Video Triptych, at Exit Art, New York City, Feb. 18-March 1; The Museum Reaction Piece, by Howard Fried, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, Feb. 1-March 16; Nightsea Crossing, by Ulay and Marina Abramovic, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, Feb. 21-23

by Robert C. Morgan

Afterimage, Summer 1986, v. 14, no. 1, pp. 17-18

A review of recent video work in New York. Media Hostages is a triptych of three videos that present three takes on the nature spectacle through the subject of a billboard on Sunset Boulevard. Howard Fried presents an installation that addresses the museum experience as a series of choices by presenting 14 interactions with Fried's kitchenette set on two monitors within the space itself.

ITEM 1986.099 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Future LanguageChip Lord

Unset Blvd.Branda Miller

S.S.S.Muntadas

All My Dirty Blue ClothesHoward Fried

The Museum Reaction PieceHoward Fried