Blumenthal/Horsfield
Lyn Blumenthal has been recognized as a leading and innovative experimental feminist media artist and teacher. Her multi-disciplinary body of work included videos, sculpture, drawings and critical essays. She forged new directions and objectives for the field of independent video—not only creating important video pieces, but also envisioning alternative video as a critical voice within the culture, capable of exposing the numerous foibles and blind spots of mainstream media. Committed to the application of feminist theory to video practice, Blumenthal’s early ’80s art tapes investigate issues of women’s identity and sexuality as a crisis of representation. Her tapes weave together stunning visuals and theoretical analysis, most with an incisive humor that tears away the veil from cultural institutions such as television and the family. Blumenthal was co-director of the Video Data Bank with Kate Horsfield from its founding in 1976 until her death in 1988.
Kate Horsfield received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1976 and in the same year co-founded the Video Data Bank with the late Lyn Blumenthal. Horsfield was Executive Director of the Video Data Bank from 1988 to 2006. Horsfield and Blumenthal began their research in contemporary art in video by producing over 200 video interviews with contemporary artists, photographers and critics, including artists such as Lee Krasner, Romare Bearden, Alice Neel, Joseph Beuys, Buckminster Fuller, and Vito Acconci. This group of interviews has become one of the largest and most valuable primary collections of resource material on contemporary artists in the country. Horsfield has also produced serveral thematic anthologies of video and collaborated with Nereyda Garcia-Ferraz on Ana Medieta: Fuego de Tierra. From 1980 to 1999, she taught courses at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Texas, Austin. After her retirement from Video Data Bank in 2006, Horsfield has split her time between New York, NY and Austin, TX.
Available Titles by Blumenthal/Horsfield
| Title | Year | Runtime | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vito Acconci: An Interview | 1983 | 01:03:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Chantal Akerman: An Interview | 1976 | 00:50:38 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Laurie Anderson: An Interview | 1977 | 00:43:30 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Eleanor Antin: An Interview | 1979 | 00:44:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Alice Aycock: An Interview | 1977 | 00:37:30 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| John Baldessari: An Interview | 1979 | 00:33:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Jennifer Bartlett: An Interview | 1976 | 00:54:50 | Interviews, On Art and Artists |
| Joseph Beuys: An Interview | 1980 | 01:01:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Louise Bourgeois: An Interview | 1975 | 00:30:40 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Stan Brakhage: An Interview | 1977 | 00:34:12 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Phyllis Bramson: An Interview | 1984 | 00:58:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Joan Brown: An Interview | 1979 | 00:34:34 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Roger Brown: An Interview | 1979 | 00:25:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Rudy Burckhardt: An Interview | 1981 | 00:35:43 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Sarah Canright: An Interview | 1979 | 00:27:16 | On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Judy Chicago: The Dinner Party | 1976 | 00:20:40 | On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Judy Chicago: An Interview | 1975 | 00:18:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Chuck Close: An Interview | 1980 | 00:46:38 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| A.D. Coleman: An Interview | 1977 | 00:23:11 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Jim Dine: An Interview | 1978 | 00:38:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Rackstraw Downes: An Interview | 1980 | 00:38:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Eric Fischl: An Interview | 1984 | 00:49:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Louise Fishman: An Interview | 1977 | 00:55:13 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Audrey Flack: An Interview | 1978 | 00:35:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Hollis Frampton: An Interview | 1979 | 00:41:47 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Buckminster Fuller: An Interview | 1981 | 00:53:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Allen Ginsberg: An Interview | 1988 | 00:28:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Ron Gorchov: An Interview | 1978 | 00:30:37 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Nancy Graves 1975: An Interview | 1975 | 00:59:40 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Nancy Graves 1978: An Interview | 1978 | 00:45:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Nancy Grossman 1975: An Interview | 1975 | 00:30:12 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Nancy Grossman 1981: An Interview | 1981 | 00:24:10 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Hans Haacke: An Interview | 1980 | 00:37:24 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Helen and Newton Harrison: An Interview | 1978 | 00:34:40 | On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Robert Heineken: An Interview | 1976 | 00:29:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Doug Hollis: An Interview | 1978 | 00:30:00 | On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Robert Irwin: An Interview | 1976 | 00:40:32 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Miyoko Ito: An Interview | 1978 | 00:54:52 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Yvonne Jacquette: An Interview | 1981 | 00:33:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Estelle Jussim: An Interview | 1980 | 00:27:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Allan Kaprow: An Interview | 1979 | 00:49:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Alex Katz: An Interview | 1977 | 00:38:30 | Interviews, On Art and Artists |
| Lee Krasner: An Interview | 1980 | 00:43:00 | On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Barbara Kruger: An Interview | 1980 | 00:31:15 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Tom Lawson: An Interview | 1983 | 01:00:12 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Sol Lewitt: An Interview | 1977 | 00:46:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Lucy Lippard 1974: An Interview | 1974 | 00:25:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Lucy Lippard 1979: An Interview | 1979 | 01:03:36 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Nathan Lyons: An Interview | 1978 | 00:34:45 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Agnes Martin 1974: An Interview | 1974 | 00:41:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Agnes Martin 1976: An Interview | 1976 | 00:31:13 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan: An Interview | 1976 | 00:24:00 | On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Mary Miss: An Interview | 1978 | 00:52:17 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Joan Mitchell: An Interview | 1974 | 00:30:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Meredith Monk: An Interview | 1977 | 00:32:19 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Linda M. Montano 1984: An Interview | 1984 | 00:40:25 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Ree Morton: An Interview | 1974 | 00:25:37 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Elizabeth Murray 1977: An Interview | 1977 | 00:37:56 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Elizabeth Murray 1982: An Interview | 1982 | 00:47:41 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Alice Neel: An Interview | 1975 | 00:30:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Craig Owens: An Interview | 1984 | 01:19:50 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Betty Parsons: An Interview | 1975 | 00:45:07 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Ed Paschke: An Interview | 1982 | 00:49:36 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Philip Pearlstein: An Interview | 1977 | 00:45:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Arlene Raven: An Interview | 1979 | 00:40:39 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Martha Rosler: An Interview | 1984 | 01:09:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Susan Rothenberg: An Interview | 1984 | 00:48:27 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Robert Ryman 1979: An Interview | 1979 | 00:26:31 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Miriam Schapiro: An Interview | 1976 | 00:43:45 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Peter Schjeldahl: An Interview | 1982 | 00:46:20 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Joel Shapiro: An Interview | 1982 | 00:20:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Hollis Sigler 1983: An Interview | 1983 | 00:35:33 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Charles Simonds: An Interview | 1979 | 00:48:21 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Nancy Spero: An Interview | 1982 | 00:35:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Pat Steir 1975: An Interview | 1975 | 00:42:20 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Pat Steir 1980: An Interview | 1980 | 00:40:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Michelle Stuart: An Interview | 1978 | 00:25:42 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| The Feminist Origins: VDB’s On Art and Artists Interview Collection | 2015 | 00:52:39 | Single Artist Compilations, On Art and Artists |
| Marcia Tucker 1974: An Interview | 1974 | 00:12:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Marcia Tucker 1977: An Interview | 1977 | 00:39:45 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| Jack Tworkov: An Interview | 1981 | 00:48:00 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |
| William T. Wiley: An Interview | 1979 | 00:38:11 | Interviews, On Art and Artists, Single Titles |