Oral history interview with Rubén Ortiz Torres
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ortiz Torres, Rubén
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Installation artists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American 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: Ortiz Torres, Rubén
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rubén Ortiz Torres (1964- ) is a photographer, painter, and installation and video artist in Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((23 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 August 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ortiz20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Rubén Ortiz Torres conducted 2020 August 17, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Ortiz Torres' home in Los Angeles, California.