Artist Anicka Yi
Clip: Season 11 Episode 2 | 1m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Artist Anicka Yi working with a team of experts in her studio and during the installation.
Artist Anicka Yi runs her studio as if it’s a laboratory, developing hypotheses, testing them in small trials, and bringing in experts to help bring them to life as the idea is refined. Through footage of the studio and the installation leading up to an exhibition, we see the diverse disciplines she draws inspiration from, as well as the wide range of materials she works with.
Artist Anicka Yi
Clip: Season 11 Episode 2 | 1m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Artist Anicka Yi runs her studio as if it’s a laboratory, developing hypotheses, testing them in small trials, and bringing in experts to help bring them to life as the idea is refined. Through footage of the studio and the installation leading up to an exhibition, we see the diverse disciplines she draws inspiration from, as well as the wide range of materials she works with.
How to Watch ART21
ART21 is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Buy Now
Everyday Icons
Learn more about the artists featured in "Everyday Icons," see discussion questions, a glossary, and more.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ethereal oscillating synths♪ - [Anicka VO] I'm quite omnivorous in the areas and disciplines where I draw from.
Before it's even a fully-fleshed idea, I start small trials in the studio, much like you would do in a laboratory.
As the trials start to bear fruit, we bring in the experts to help us, whether it's a software engineer or a forensic chemist or a perfumer.
I look to the natural sciences, synthetic sciences, artificial intelligence research.
That seems like a very maximalist approach, but I think that we can't really discount how we are influenced by all of these different systems and ideas and information.
Video has Closed Captions
Artist Tauba Auerbach working in their New York City studio. (1m 20s)
Video has Closed Captions
Contemporary artists use history, science and politics as the raw material for potent art. (30s)
Guerrilla Girls Engage the Public
Video has Closed Captions
Guerrilla Girls engage the public in their battle against discrimination in the art world. (1m)
The Unveiling of "The Embrace"
Video has Closed Captions
Artist Hank Willis Thomas at the unveiling of his sculpture, “The Embrace” in Boston, MA. (1m 16s)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
