Oral history interview with Ericka Beckman
name: label: Interviewee
content: Beckman, Ericka, 1951-
label: Interviewer
content: Isgro, Marina
topic: label: Occupation
content: Installation artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women filmmakers
label: Topic
content: Pictures Generation (Group of artists)
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Beckman, Ericka, 1951-
label: Interviewer
content: Isgro, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ericka Beckman (1951- ) is an artist known for her works in film and installations that hybridize and liquefy genre conventions. She was affiliated with the Pictures Generation and has worked across the Northeastern United States.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marina Isgro (1986- ) is an art historian and curator; she is currently the Associate Curator of Media and Performance Art at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (video files (5 hrs., 49 min.), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 108 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software) [Kit 4: iPad + Plantronics Poly Sync 20 EE18EM]
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 June 28-July 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.beckma22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Ericka Beckman conducted 2022 June 28-July 8, by Marina Isgro for the Archives of American Art, at Beckman's studio in New York, NY.­