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What Else Might You Do? Miranda July

February 12, 2025

A prolific writer, filmmaker, performer, and artist, July describes the highs and lows of the creative process and what led her to change how she creates her work in order to live a more fulfilling life.

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Nick Cave in "Chicago"

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History Reimagined
"A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby" Extended Play
El Anatsui in "Change" Art in the Twenty-First Century
Diana Al-Hadid Plays the Classics New York Close Up
Kerry James Marshall in "Identity" Art in the Twenty-First Century
Inventing Histories Extended Play
"Nelson's Ship in a Bottle" Extended Play
Layers of Meaning Extended Play
"Dachau, 1974" Extended Play
"You Make Me Iliad" Extended Play
Beauty & Ugliness Extended Play
Stan Douglas in "Vancouver" Art in the Twenty-First Century
"Helen's Odyssey" Extended Play

History Reimagined

The artists in this playlist strike a balance between fact and fiction in their reimagining of historical moments, reinterpreting the past in the interest of finding clarity for the present and beyond.

History Reimagined
by Art21March 1, 2017 12 videos • 1:24:51 total runtime

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