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MAG announces major media commissions

The Memorial Art Gallery today announced a new series of media art commissions by three international artists and inspired by the city of Rochester. The three-part series, โ€œReflections on Place,โ€  will be presented individually beginning in the spring and will become part of the gallery’s permanent collection afterward. MAGโ€™s consulting curators of media arts, John G. […]

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โ€˜Martyrsโ€™ focuses on victimhood, not persecutors

Bill Viola’s high definition video series, “Martyrs,” is the latest exhibit in the Memorial Art Gallery’s Media Arts Watch program. In the darkened room dedicated to the program, four narrow, flat-screen monitors surround the viewer, each installed on one of the four walls. Brief, bright dramas play out in sync, requiring the viewer to continuously […]

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