General Idea
Life & Work by Sarah E. K. Smith
Audio and Video about General Idea Bronson, AA.“ AA Bronson on Art in the 1960s.” The University of Chicago, February 10, 2012. https:// www. youtube. com / watch? v = JXoWTBVVeHc. This lecture by AA Bronson delves into the artists’ early years and includes a discussion of numerous early projects by General Idea.
–––.“ AA Bronson on General Idea’ s Cornucopia.” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, December 2012. http:// www. sfmoma. org / explore / multimedia / videos / 539 # ixzz3abmuaycH. In this short video, AA Bronson discusses the General Idea work Cornucopia: Fragments from the Room of the Unknown Function in the Villa Dei Misteri of The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion, part of General Idea’ s larger project The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion.
–––.“ AA Bronson Reflects on Sexual Themes in the Work of General Idea.” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, December 2012. http:// www. sfmoma. org / explore / multimedia / videos / 538. In this short video, AA Bronson speaks about General Idea as a collective and how the group worked to address queer lives and sexuality.
–––.“ AA Bronson: Life and Work.” Hart House, University of Toronto, October 28, 2014. https:// vimeo. com / 111459938.
Krishtalka, Sholem, Virginia Solomon, and Luis Jacob.“ The General Idea behind General Idea: A Panel Discussion.” Art Gallery of Ontario, November 16, 2011. http:// www. ago. net / thegeneral-idea-behind-general-idea. This podcast features Sholem Krishtalka, Virginia Solomon, and Luis Jacob discussing General Idea as part of a panel held at the Art Gallery of Ontario in conjunction with the retrospective Haute Culture: General Idea— A Retrospective, 1969 – 1994.
Production photograph from the filming of Test Tube, 1979, with Marina Abramović drinking from a test tube in the Colour Bar Lounge, photograph by General Idea
Monk, Philip.“ Marshall McLuhan, General Idea, and Me!” McCready Lecture on Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, November 9, 2011. http:// graphics. artmatters. ca / mp3 / McCready-Lecture-2011. mp3? _ sp = c63c27c7e17beacc. 1432147382199.
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