Video Killed the Radio Star

December 18 - January 20, 2016

Presented as part of the exhibition This is Not a Love Song: Video Art and Pop Music Crossovers the program Video Killed the Radio Star takes its title from the first music video that was broadcasted on MTV in 1980 (The Buggles). The program features music videos directed by artists from the 60’s to today, the before MTV era, the beginning of MTV and the golden age of music video from 1981 to 1984, videos that focus on gender in the 80’s, music videos directed by auteur directors, and the sensational videos of our time.

This program’s screenings are free of admissions with an exhibition ticket. Drop in, no reservations.

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December 18

18:00 The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

December 19

12:00 The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

17:00 MTV and the Golden Age of Music Videos (1981 – 1984)

December 20

14:00 Gender Identity (1985 – 1990)

18:00 The Director’s Music Video (1991 – 1998)

December 23

19:00 Recent Music Videos (2000 – 2012)

December 26

11:00 The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

13:00 The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

14:30 MTV and the Golden Age of Music Videos (1981 – 1984)

16:00 Gender Identity (1985 – 1990)

17:30 The Director’s Music Video (1991 – 1998)

19:00 Recent Music Videos (2000 – 2012)

January 13

15:00 The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

17:00 The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

January 16

12:00 MTV and the Golden Age of Music Videos (1981 – 1984)

14:00 Gender Identity (1985 – 1990)

January 20

15:00 The Director’s Music Video (1991 – 1998)

17:00 Recent Music Videos (2000 – 2012)

The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

MTV and the Golden Age of Music Videos (1981 – 1984)

MTV and the Golden Age of Music Videos (1981 – 1984)

Gender Identity (1985 – 1990)

Gender Identity (1985 – 1990)

The Director’s Music Video (1991 – 1998)

The Director’s Music Video (1991 – 1998)

Recent Music Videos (2000 – 2012)

Recent Music Videos (2000 – 2012)

This is Not a Love Song

Pera Museum presented an exhibition titled This is Not a Love Song: Video Art and Pop Music Crossovers which traced the genealogy of the relations between video art and pop music.

This is Not a Love Song

Baby King

Baby King

1638, the year Louis XIV was born –his second name, Dieudonné, alluding to his God-given status– saw the diffusion of a cult of maternity encouraged by the very devout Anne of Austria, in thanks for the miracle by which she had given birth to an heir to the French throne. Simon François de Tours (1606-1671) painted the Queen in the guise of the Virgin Mary, and the young Louis XIV as the infant Jesus, in the allegorical portrait now in the Bishop’s Palace at Sens.

The Vanity of Small Differences

The Vanity of Small Differences

The Vanity of Small Differences is a series of six large scale tapestries, completed in 2012, which explore British fascination with taste and class, and can be seen in the Grayson Perry: Small Differences exhibition. 

Serpent Head

Serpent Head

The Greek god Apollo and his son Asklepios presided over the realm of medicine and healing. Apollo was also the god of light and sun, whose solar symbolism and association with medicine would become linked to Christ the Physician, and the resurrected.