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David Hartt

Stray Light, 2011

Description

Maker

  • David Hartt, 1967, American (b. Canada)

Title

Stray Light

Year

2011

Medium

Single-channel video

Dimensions

Run time: 12 minutes, 12 second

Identification

Edition

4/6, 1 AP

Type

  • Time-based Media,
  • Film/Video

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

2018.74

About

Stray Light presents various views of the former offices of Chicago’s Johnson Publishing Company, famous for producing Jet and Ebony magazines, which defined African American culture in the postwar era. Designed by architect John Moutoussamy, a student of Mies van der Rohe, the Johnson Publishing building was erected in 1971, the first skyscraper in Chicago owned and designed by African Americans. Hartt’s work, shot in the muted atmosphere immediately prior to the 2011 sale of the building, prompts consideration of the decline of the publishing industry. It also illuminates the manner in which racial pride and identity is expressed through the style of Arthur Elrod’s distinctive interior design and the personal effects in the employees’ workspaces.

4/6, 1 AP
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

David Hartt

July 19 - November 3, 2019

Use

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