I wanted to see it all. Tonight, Hanhardt singles out for praise the work of Diana Thater, a second video artist now in residence at ArtPace. She is from Los Angeles. Hanhardt concludes his presentation with an interactive Web site creation projected on the screen in front of the room. He waves his hands, extolling the future possibilities of media art as it speeds along the electronic superhighway.
Popular culture is our leading export.
Maybe this is good news, and maybe not. Decide for yourself. The value of these lectures and the exhibitions at ArtPace truly is their ability to build a context for critical consideration of ideas, installations and performance, video and film. As I am leaving ArtPace, a young man asks why I've come all the way from Austin to San Antonio for a two-hour lecture three evenings in a row. And just as interesting.