Oral history interview with Carlos Motta
name: label: Interviewee
content: Motta, Carlos, 1978-
label: Interviewer
content: Zimmerman, Lucy I.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Installation artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Video artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Interviews
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Artists (LGBTQ)
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: Motta, Carlos, 1978-
label: Interviewer
content: Zimmerman, Lucy I.
culture: label: Culture
content: Colombian American artists
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Carlos Motta (1978-) is a multi-disciplinary artist who works across video, installation, sculpture, web-based projects, and performance, exploring themes of gender and sexuality from the colonialist period to present. Born in Colombia, he now lives and works in New York, where he teaches at the Pratt Institute.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Lucy I. Zimmerman (1985-) is a curator based in Columbus, Ohio.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (audiovisual files (4 hrs., 43 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 February 19-March 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.motta24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Carlos Motta conducted 2024 February 19-March 11, by Lucy I. Zimmerman for the Archives of American Art, at Motta's studio in New York, N.Y.­