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A Piece of Work

MoMA, WNYC Studios

Education, Visual Arts, Self-improvement, Arts, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Way before viral videos, since the invention of the medium in the 1960s, artists have made video to critique the culture around them. Howardena Pindell delivers a direct-to-camera account of the racism she experienced coming of age as a black woman in America; Martine Syms tells her characters’ stories across several screens -- from flatscreens to smartphones. Abbi and the comedian Hannibal Buress ponder the sweeping shots in Steve McQueen’s video of the Statue of Liberty. Plus, hear one of Abbi’s own video experiments from her art school days! Also featuring: Thelma Golden and Thomas Lax View artwork from this episode at wnyc.org/videoart --- About the podcast: From WNYC Studios and MoMA, A Piece of Work is everything you want to know about modern and contemporary art but were afraid to ask. Hosted by "Broad City"’s Abbi Jacobson, this 10-episode series explores everything from Pop art to performance in lively conversations with curators, artists, and Abbi’s friends, including Hannibal Buress, Tavi Gevinson, RuPaul, and Questlove. Produced by WNYC Studios. www.wnycstudios.org

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0:00.0	I don't like you. You're blue. You're too blue.
0:07.0	Okay, what you're hearing right now is me. I'm leaning over a piece of paper and I have two
0:15.8	markers, one in each hand, a red marker and a blue marker. And my markers are engaged in battle.
0:24.2	The little marker is.
0:26.2	Weird marker, I'm gonna color on top of you.
0:31.2	Let me explain what's going on here. That was me in college. I went to art school, Maryland Institute College of Art,
0:37.8	otherwise known as Micah in Baltimore, and I studied general fine arts, so I did a
0:42.1	lot of drawings and paintings paintings but I also minored in video and I made a lot of these character studies.
0:48.4	I'm gonna color on top of you again.
0:51.6	So after school I started doing stuff at the UCB the
0:54.8	upright citizens brigade which is this improv sketch comedy theater here in New York
0:59.0	and one thing led to another and the result is Broad City. And so on the show I play a
1:04.8	girl named Abbey who is trying to be a successful illustrator and live the dream.
1:09.8	Sam, Sam, Sam! You didn't sign the back of the check.
1:16.0	I'm sorry.
1:18.0	I wasn't sure if there was a special teller I should go to for checks that are this large.
1:23.7	Ooh!
1:24.9	8-K!
1:26.9	You know how she got it, dude?
1:29.3	This bitch right here drew this illustration and a sexy ass new dating website bought it for
1:36.4	$8,000. You and your own work kind of make use of a character that has some
1:44.9	resemblance to yourself but is obviously not you right like your character in Broad
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