Work Only
About this original series
Work Only focuses on art and politics, from our secret headquarters in Brooklyn. Perspectives on artwork and artists, radical and grassroots activism, and adventures with new green gadgets in our testing lab.
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# Episodes
8 episodes -
Rating
TV-PG
Episodes of Work Only
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Rearranging the Landscape with Carrie Walker
Work Only Episode 8: Rearranging the Landscape with Carrie Walker. This past fall Vancouver artist Carrie Walker traveled to rural Pennsylvania to sketch the locations of a strange and brutal 1700's ritual called a "circle hunt", an event in which early colonists formed a 30-mile circle and slaughtered every animal within its borders. She aims to draw the animals back into their environment, thus creating a ritualistic reversal, a futile restoration, an archive and an epitaph, while at the sam...
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Release date
Dec 30, 2010
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Runtime
06:19
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Ash Clouds over Bushwick
Work Only Episode 7, Ash Clouds over Bushwick. Mari Ahokoivu and Anna Sailamaa are in the forefront of the burgeoning art comics movement coming out of Finland. Stranded in New York after the MoCCA Festival due to the volcanic ash cloud over Europe, they find themselves in Bushwick for an extended stay. Work Only takes them to the park for a conversation about their work, how to hang laundry, and how to describe those moments in which nothing happens.
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Release date
May 13, 2010
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Runtime
06:31
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Green Gadgets: Gazzer Dirt is not a Paper Cup
Work Only Episode 6: "Gazzer Dirt is not a Paper Cup". The anarcho-punk legend Gazzer Dirt was the prime instigator of the UK band Dirt in the early 1980's, and the Stratford Mercenaries in the 1990's, with Steve Ignorant from Crass. After 20 years on the road he has settled in London to raise the next generation of revolutionaries. Work Only catches him on a recent visit to New York, and brings him into the testing lab to offer some insight on a new reusable, very hip looking porcelain coffee...
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Release date
Apr 23, 2010
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Runtime
05:10
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In the Studio with Kate Clark
Work Only Episode 5: In the Studio with Kate Clark. Kate Clark creates striking sculptures that synthesize the human face onto the bodies of wild animals. In the pursuit of a longstanding interest in the face and its unique abilities for expression, abilities which separate us from other mammals, she brings to the surface uncomfortable tensions within our history as recently civilized animals. Evolution, the nature/culture divide, dreams and nightmares are some of the topics that come up when ...
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Release date
Jan 12, 2010
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Runtime
06:59
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Forgotten Histories; Coffee with James Kalm
New York does not have a very good memory unless there is a lot of money and press involved, and the real history of the city is sometimes only preserved in the minds of people who are paying attention. Writer James Kalm has been paying attention to the art history of Williamsburg for over 15 years, and wrote a piece for the Brooklyn Rail titled "The Brooklyn Canon", tracing the lineage of the Williamsburg art community. Work Only sat down for coffee with him to discuss Williamsburg's past, as...
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Release date
Aug 28, 2009
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Runtime
05:27
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The Propagation of the Symbiont: In the studio w...
Work Only Episode 4: " The Propagation of the Symbiont: In the studio with Barney Haynes" Barney Haynes has been working in the fields of video art, performance, reactive installation, and invasive media for 20 years. In his art he has adopted an iterative approach to media making, recombining themes and industrial surplus into media machines that evolve and mutate. For seven years he was working on The Symbiont, an installation that has a symbiotic relationship with a lone participant. Recent...
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Release date
May 5, 2009
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Runtime
07:40
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The Crash of Condo-Burg: A Walk in Brooklyn with...
Work Only Episode 2, The Crash of Condo-Burg: A Walk in Brooklyn with N.A.G.Williamsburg, Brooklyn is a hub of New York's cultural life, and also one of the most egregious examples of a boom gone bust. Greed and speculation is emptying the neighborhood of artists, dancers, and musicians and filling it with glass and steel condos that nobody wants. Work Only takes a walk with Ryan Kuonen from N.A.G (Neighbors Allied for Good Growth) and looks at how W-burg arrived at this sorry state, and how N...
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Release date
Mar 31, 2009
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Runtime
06:57
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Murray Bowles
Work Only, Episode 1: Murray Bowles. An Incomplete History of East Bay Punk Rock. Murray Bowles is one of the most important photographers of the Bay Area punk scene. 924 Gilman, Mabuhay Gardens, Ruthie's Inn, you name it, Murray was there. Work Only looks at the photos he selected for an exhibition in 2001, and Murray chats with a KALX DJ about his work.
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Release date
Mar 16, 2009
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Runtime
03:37
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