Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) is pleased to present Barbara Hammer: Artist Talk and Screening, organized on the occasion of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art’s exhibition Barbara Hammer: Evidentiary Bodies, her first major New York retrospective. Celebrated as a pioneer of queer cinema, Barbara Hammer has been active as an artist for over five decades; this event at EAI will spotlight our recent initiative to preserve and distribute her video work.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 7:00pm Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) 535 West 22nd Street, 5th Fl. New York, NY 10011 www.eai.org Admission $7, Students $5 Free for EAI Members

Although Barbara Hammer is perhaps best known as a film artist, her body of work includes many prescient experiments with video and digital media. EAI will focus on Hammer’s video work, her novel engagement with computer technology, and her early Internet project. Superdyke Meets Madame X (1975), a collaboration with artist Max Almy, was Hammer’s first foray into recording with the Sony Portapak and was produced as part of a skill swap with Almy. Would You Like to Meet Your Neighbor? A New York City Subway Tape (1985) features Hammer (wearing a mask made of subway maps) conducting gonzo interviews with subway riders on desire and sexuality. In No No Nooky T.V. (1987), shot in 16mm, Hammer makes use of a myriad of early computer graphics generated on an Amiga computer. This program of rarely-screened experimental shorts will consider Hammer’s innovative work with emerging technologies, and how this has influenced queer and avant-garde cinema at large. Following the screening, Hammer will join film and media curator Sally Berger for a conversation on her work and a demonstration of her web project, http://echonyc.com/~lesbians, an early Internet lesbian archive and history.

About EAI
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) is a nonprofit arts organization that fosters the creation, exhibition, distribution, and preservation of moving image art. A New York-based international resource for media art and artists, EAI holds a major collection of over 3,500 new and historical media artworks, from groundbreaking early video by pioneering figures of the 1960s to new digital projects by today’s emerging artists. EAI works closely with artists, museums, schools and other venues worldwide to preserve and provide access to this significant archive. EAI services also include viewing access, educational initiatives, extensive online resources, technical facilities, and public programs such as artists’ talks, screenings, and multi-media performances. EAI’s Online Catalogue is a comprehensive resource on the artists and works in the EAI collection, and features expansive materials on media art’s histories and current practices: www.eai.org

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This program is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts’ 2017 Electronic Media and Film Presentation Funds Grant program, administered by the ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.