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For the last ten years New York City’s Art in General has been host to an annual Video Marathon – a weekend-long intensive look at the state of video art. The next in a line of guest curators to produce the event, Norwegian independent curator Hanne Mugaas has been chosen to organize this year’s 10th Year Anniversary edition. Mugaas’ inclusive approach to video, which extends beyond the confines of tape and dvd, is indicative of a new generation of curators identified by artist Olia Lialina in her essay “Flat Against the Wall” (2007) as those who “studied JODI at University”. (JODI being the seminal computer art collective who emerged in the mid-90s.) As such, the Marathon frames video as an ideology and process that cover a selection of practices, including work on the web. Over the weekend, Art In General’s galleries will host ongoing exhibitions, as well as screenings [...]

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