Beyond ToonTown: What's On TV? Video Art for Younger Audiences
The Independent, July 1991, pp. 13-14
Dara Meyers-Kingsley discusses the program she created at the Brooklyn Museum, What's On TV? Video Art for Younger Audiences. Finding little programming and production geared towards youth. Myers-Kingsley created four programs which screened works which either were made by kids, or were accessible to kids. The programs were followed by discussions and workshops with video artists and addressed themes ranging from works with Animals (for very young children) to works about collective identity and the American dream, drugs, sex and dating (for the older audiences.) "Today's children are tomorrow's media producers and consumers. Education- in schools, museums, libraries, or at alternative sites for learning- must assume the task of developing their critical viewing skills as well as introducing them to the tools of production."
ITEM 1991.080 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Dog Baseball – William Wegman
Les Canards – Alex Roshuk
Ole and the Tree – Kamal Kozah
Have You Ever Seen A Rainbow At Night – Bruce Hucko
Zoe's Car – Ardele Lister
So Far Away From Ruby Lane – Kamal Kozah
Zajota and the Boogie Spirit – Ayoka Chenzira
We Have The Force – Branda Miller
We Have The Force – Youth Force 88
All Orientals Look The Same – Alonzo Speight
Chantal's Choice: The Making of a Modern African Folktale – Valerie Soe
Chantal's Choice: The Making of a Modern African Folktale – Pricilla Hinckley
Technology/ Transformation: Wonder Woman – Carlyn Saltman
Brooklyn Bridge – Dara Birnbaum
AIDS: Facts over Fear – Joan Jonas
Abortion: Past, Present, and Future – Educational Video Centre (EVC)
Drugs are just a big lie – Educational Video Centre (EVC)
Power in our Hands – Rise and Shine Productions
Perfect Leader – Rise and Shine Productions
Nicaragua: Through our Eyes – Max Almy
Hell! No Way Out – Educational Video Centre (EVC)
My Soul Is – Rise and Shine Productions
Living Inside – Rise and Shine Productions
A New Year – Sadie Benning
Sadie Benning