An exhibition opening at Conditions in Croydon, London, pairs two landmark video works: Mark Leckey's "Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore" (1999) and Arthur Jafa's "Love is the Message, the Message is Death" (2016). Ben Luke interviews both artists about the show. Separately, the 12th SITE Santa Fe International, titled "Once Within a Time," opens under artistic director Cecilia Alemani. The episode also features the Trisha Brown Dance Company's 1979 piece "Glacial Decoy," a collaboration with Robert Rauschenberg, now the subject of a Walker Art Center exhibition curated by Brandon Eng.
This article matters because it highlights the continued relevance of two seminal contemporary video works shown together for the first time, and underscores the ongoing dialogue between visual art and performance. The SITE Santa Fe biennial, led by a prominent curator, and the Walker Art Center's focus on a historic dance-art collaboration demonstrate how institutions are reexamining interdisciplinary works from the late 20th century.