Beryl Korot: "Dachau, 1974"
Beryl Korot narrates the process of creating one of the first multi-channel works of video art—Dachau, 1974—a haunting document of tourists visiting the notorious Nazi concentration camp.
Credits
Producer: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Interview: Wesley Miller. Camera & Sound: Nick Ravich. Editor: Joaquin Perez. Artwork Courtesy: Beryl Korot.
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Beryl Korot was born in 1945 in New York City, where she lives and works. She graduated from Queens College in 1967 with a BA in English literature. In her practice, Korot explores how information is encoded and transmitted through systems of lines, grids, and patterns throughout human history. Drawing upon traditions and strategies found in weaving, print media, and video recording, the artist develops artworks that uniquely visualize the intersections of history, language, and technology.
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So I took channels one and three and two and four, and I created pairs to move the viewer, in a sense, through the experience of going through the camp… But to me, this was my quartet: different instruments with different rhythms being able to come together to create a whole.
Beryl Korot
