Martha Wilson, Goddess from a Portfolio of Models, 1974
Martha Wilson, Goddess from a Portfolio of Models, 1974
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Martha Wilson, Franklin Furnace
Originally aired 3/12/12

A lecture by artist/producer Martha Wilson entitled “Martha Wilson: Staging the Self (Transformations, Invasions and Pushing Boundaries),” at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. In this September 2011 lecture produced by Independent Curators International, Martha Wilson reviews her history as an artist, beginning with her early work in Halifax, and shares conceptually-based performances, videos, and photo-text compositions from the Franklin Furnace archive in conjunction with the release of ICI's publication, "Martha Wilson Sourcebook: 40 Years of Reconsidering Performance, Feminism, Alternative Spaces".

Founder and director of the Franklin Furnace in New York, Wilson established a space where radical social commentary and a variety of marginalized art practices were free to thrive. She discusses the challenges she and other artists faced when collaborating and creating socially engaging performance projects, including her own participation in the ensemble DISBAND, that redefined the parameters of gender, identity, activism and politics within art.