Biography

Beryl Korot has pioneered the field of video art since the early 1970s. She was co-editor of Radical Software (1970), the first publication to discuss the possibilities of the new video medium, and Video Art (1976) with Ira Schneider. Her first multiple channel works (Dachau 1974 and Text and Commentary) were seen at such diverse venues as The Kitchen

The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary art and performance space located at at 512 West 19th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...

 (1975), Leo Castelli

Leo Castelli

Leo Castelli was an American art dealer. He was best known to the public as an art dealer whose gallery showcased cutting edge Contemporary art for five decades...

 Gallery (1977), Dokumenta

Dokumenta

Dokumenta may mean:* the Rheinische Dokumenta, a phonetic writing system of West German Platt languages* Documenta, an annual modern arts exhibition, as per a common misspelling* Documents, in various languages...

 6 (1977), and the Whitney Museum (1980 and 2002), Aldrich Museum (2010) among others and explored the structural relationship between programming on the ancient technology of the loom and computer programming. Dachau 1974 is in the Kramlich Collection. Her painted text-based handwoven canvases in an original language were exhibited in 1986 at the John Weber Gallery and in 1990 at the Carnegie Museum (Points of Departure). Two video/music collaborations with Steve Reich

Steve Reich

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 (The Cave, 1993, and Three Tales

Three Tales (opera)

Three Tales is a contemporary video-opera in three acts, composed by American composer Steve Reich in 2002. Beryl Korot, the wife of the composer, created the visuals which accompany the music written for ensemble and pre-recorded audio. Its world premiere was at the Vienna Festival, on May 12, 2002...

, 2002) brought video installation art into a theatrical context.  Both works continue to be performed and have been installed, apart from live performances, at such venues as the Whitney Museum, the Carnegie Museum, the Reina Sofia, the Düsseldorf Kunsthalle, and ZKM. Since 2003 she has been creating a new body of video and print work which was seen at The Aldrich Museum for the first time, Beryl Korot: Text/Weave/Line, Video 1977-2010. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and has received numerous grants for her work from the NEA, NYSCA, and most recently from Anonymous Was a Woman (2008).

Works

• Invision, Lost Lascaux Bull, Dishes, Berlin Bees, 20 mins., 1973/4.
• Dachau 1974, 4 channel video installation work, 23 mins., 1974/75.
• Text and Commentary, 5 channel video installation work with 5 weavings, pictographic notations, 5 drawings, 33 mins., 1976/77.
• The Cave
  The Cave
  The Cave is a multimedia opera in three acts by Steve Reich to an English libretto by his wife Beryl Korot. It was first performed in 1994 by the Steve Reich Ensemble and conducted by Paul Hillier....
  
  , a video opera in 3 Acts,  music by Steve Reich, 120 mins., (1993). 
• Sarai, Abram’s Wife, 3 video screen, 3 channel work, 1990.
• Departure from Bikini, 2 minutes, silent, (1991)
• Three Tales
  Three Tales (opera)
  Three Tales is a contemporary video-opera in three acts, composed by American composer Steve Reich in 2002. Beryl Korot, the wife of the composer, created the visuals which accompany the music written for ensemble and pre-recorded audio. Its world premiere was at the Vienna Festival, on May 12, 2002...
  
  , a video opera, music by Steve Reich, 64 mins.,2002.
• Hindenburg, music by Steve Reich, 4 mins., 1997.
• Yellow Water Taxi 2 mins., 2003.
• Vermont Landscape 4 mins., 2004.
• Pond Life 5 mins., 2005.
• Babel: the 7 minute scroll, 7 minutes, 2006
• Florence, 10 1/2 minutes, 2008.
• Etty, 12 minutes, 2009/10.