MICA-TV creates a video format to express the idea of verticality and optimism common to the work of artists Dike Blair, Dan Graham, and Christian Marclay. Using a 360-degree camera rig to create a seamless revolving background of vertical camera moves, the video integrates the work of these artists who deconstruct and then reassemble elements of our culture to create their work.
MICA-TV was the collaborative effort between Carole Ann Klonarides and Michael Owen, who began making video portraits of contemporary artists in 1980. Unlike most film or video programs about art and artists, MICA-TV develops a unique video equivalent of the artist’s work—an approach stemming from the belief that a viewer can learn more about the artist’s work by seeing his ideas directly visualized in another medium. Klonarides is also an artist and curator; Owen owns and operates a film and television production company in New York City