The work of Livia Corona Benjamin explores the sociopolitical implications of geography and architecture. Her documentary photogaphy, experimental photography, texts, and sculpture comment on how these affect and modify human relations. Livia Corona Benjamin received a BFA from The Art Center in Pasadena, California and is a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow.
Beginning in the early 1990s, Cheryl Donegan combined video, painting, and performance to confront issues of sex, gender, and the creative process. The artist’s body was prominently featured as both agent and image in iconic videos of that period. In her current work, these themes continue, yet a contemporary moment is defined: identity, previously described as ‘body’, is now interpreted as clothing, fashion, and technology. ‘Self’ is defined by ‘surface’.
Ignacio González-Lang was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His work has been exhibited at MoMA PS1, including Greater New York 2015, El Museo del Barrio, International Center of Photography, EFA Project Space, Art in General, New York; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Jewish Museum, Vienna; Museum of Latin American Art, Buenos Aires; He lives and works in New York City.
Portraiture is the framework for the experimental films of Bill Santen. His practice is divided between filmmaking and songwriting. Often, recorded oral histories, and the documentation of time and place, force a sense of nostalgia—genuine, or constructed—on to the viewer. Bill Santen earned his MFA from Columbia University in 2011 and his BA from the University of Kentucky, College of Fine Arts, 2009.