Where's the Richter vid?

June 8, 2009 7:16 PM

Can someone help me find a specific, public art, time-lapse, academic video possibly guest starring Gerhard Richter?

It's a video examining the question: is art more interesting/valuable/important just because it's inside of a museum? The makers of the video enlisted Gerhard Richter ( i think! ) to re-create one of his own paintings in a public space, under anonymous conditions within a makeshift "studio". when finished, the structure was removed, and the public's reactions to the painting were monitored via time-lapse video. Richter's website seems to be unaware of it. nothing on youtube. nothing on google. pretty sure i'm not dreaming this up.

posted by anonymous to media & arts (2 answers total)

Is this it? (Luc Tuymans, not Richter)
posted by moonmilk at 10:20 PM on June 8, 2009

That is TOTALLY it. THANK YOU, moonmilk!

I had it cemented into my brain that it was Gerhard Richter, though I knew there was a chance it wasn't. Leaving the name out of any searches didn't help me dig up anything either. The searching was causing me some distress because, like I said, I was pretty sure I couldn't dream up something this academic.

Awesome. Thank you. Got it in one. : )
posted by swindlehorne at 11:11 AM on June 9, 2009