Oral history interview with Alfredo Jaar
name: label: Interviewee
content: Jaar, Alfredo (1956)
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Architects -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Chilean American artists
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
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: Jaar, Alfredo (1956)
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alfredo Jaar (1956- ) is a Chilean-born American filmmaker, photographer, and architect based in New York. Jaar is known for socio-politically engaged conceptual and installation art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (video files (23 min.) VIdeo, digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 5 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Reecorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 July 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jaar20
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 Alfredo Jaar conducted 2020 July 29, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Jaar's studio in New York, New York.