Oral history interview with Barbara Nessim
name: label: Interviewee
content: Nessim, Barbara
label: Interviewer
content: Singer, Leah, 1962-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Computer artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women illustrators
label: Topic
content: Women computer 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: Nessim, Barbara
label: Interviewer
content: Singer, Leah, 1962-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Barbara Nessim (1939-) is an artist and illustrator whose innovations in computer art were vital for the development of the form. Based in New York, her images skewer commercial and fine art spaces and iconography and have been featured in a huge list of publications and art spaces, as she has driven book design into new arenas.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Leah Singer (1962-) is a writer and artist based in New York, NY.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Items (sound files (6 hrs.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0355
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 October 24 and 31
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.nessim24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Barbara Nessim conducted 2024 October 24 and 31, by Leah Singer for the Archives of American Art, at Nessim's studio in New York, NY.­