Leah Gilliam
L. Franklin Gilliam | |
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Born | Leah Catherine Gilliam 1967 (age 56–57) Washington, D.C., United States |
Nationality | American |
Education | MFA, MPS, BA |
Alma mater | New York University |
Known for | Participating in first digital media exhibition at Whitney Museum of Art, NY |
Notable work | Apeshit v3, Lesberation, Sapphire and the Slave Girl |
Parents |
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Relatives | Melissa L. Gilliam (sister) |
L. Franklin Gilliam is an American filmmaker and media artist. Her work explores issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation.[1] Gilliam was the director of projects and community catalyst at gamelab's Institute of Play[2] and a visiting faculty member at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.[3] They are currently vice president of strategy and innovation at Girls Who Code.[4]
Early life and education
Gilliam was born in 1967 in Washington, D.C. The child of
Teaching positions
Gilliam was already lecturing in the Film Department of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 1991 to 1992, the year that preceded the completion of their Master of Fine Arts. In 1993, Gilliam took a position as the visiting artist in video at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. They became an adjunct professor for video there in 1995. Remaining there only a year, Gilliam left to become an assistant professor in the Film and Electronics department at Bard College.[7] In 2002, they received a position as an associate professor and stayed on at Bard College until September 2007. During their time at Bard College, they served as faculty for the Bard M.F.A. Program and director of the Integrated Arts Program, and as chair of Division of the Arts.[8] Despite their absence from Bard's faculty roster, Gilliam still appears on the college's main site in a rotating photo roster of select faculty and students.[9]
Art
"Leah Gilliam's work examines how knowledge is produced and coded and how the conscious reorientation of cultural texts challenges their implications and constructions. In practice, she appropriates texts and uses them as a springboard to interpret larger issues of race, gender and sexual orientation."[7]
Gilliam's work often focuses on technology and obsolescence. This preoccupation surfaces in many of their works.
Agenda for a Landscape[14][15]
This solo exhibition was organized by Mark Tribe with Anne Ellegood, the Associate Curator for the
Filmography
- 1992 Now Pretend (10:00, 16 mm Film)
- 1995 Sapphire and the Slave Girl (17:00, Video)
- 1998 Split: Whiteness, Retrofuturism, Omega Man (CD-ROM)
- 1999 Apeshit v3 (computer-based installation)
- 1999 Apeshit (6:30, Video)
- 2001 Playing the Race Card (4:30, Digital Video)
- 2004 Agenda for a Landscape (Interactive Installation)
- 2008 Metrophile (Urban Game, Come Out and Play Festival)
- 2008 Lesberation (Analog Board Game)
References
- ^ "Films by UWM students will premiere Saturday". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 1991-12-13. 0EB826D14BA43E04.
- ^ "Institute of Play Team". Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "Faculty/Staff - Speaker/Visiting List". Vermont College of Fine Arts. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26. [dead link]
- ^ "About Us". Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "Sam Gilliam Biography". The History Makers. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- Washington Press Club Foundation. Archived from the originalon November 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ a b c "Leah Gilliam Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). The Creative Capital Channel. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ a b "Leah Gilliam". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "Official site". Bard College. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ Phillips, Lisa. "Leah Gilliam: Agenda for a Landscape". New Digital Archive Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Kimmelman, Michael (2001-03-23). "'BitStreams' and 'Data Dynamics': Creativity, Digitally Remastered". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ^ "Leah Gilliam's Split and Other New Media". Virginia Film Festival. 2000. Archived from the original on 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "Leah Gilliam: Agenda for a Landscape". AbsoluteArts.com. 2002. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "Art Guide". The New York Times. 2002-09-13. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ Artforum International - (Reviews: New York) - Publication Date: 01-NOV-02 [1]
- ^ "Presenters: Mark Tribe". Data Event16.0. Stags Head Pub (Upstairs Room) Dame Lane, Dublin, Ireland: Data Event. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Gilliam, Leah: Bibliography and Exhibitions". aavad.com. 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- New Museum of Contemporary Art. 2002. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- S2CID 142637713. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ Dougherty, Cecilia (2000). "Leah Gilliam Goes Apeshit". Art Byte: 72.
- ^ Wynn, Toni (2011). "Leah Gilliam at Work at Play". International Journal of African American Art. Science Technology Engineering Art Mathematics. 23 (2): 9–11.
- ^ Halter, Ed (April–May 2002). "Art of Gaming". Shout.