These interviews were conducted from October 2018 to February 2021 by members of the JJKB research team. We interviewed Joan Jonas about the artwork and exhibition case studies. We also interviewed a range of individuals—including curators, conservators, technicians, collaborators, and scholars—with expertise on Jonas’s practice. We have organized the interviews into groups by topic for ease of reference.
JJKB Interviews with Joan Jonas
- Joan Jonas on Organic Honey, October 2018
- Joan Jonas on Organic Honey Performances and Videos, December 2020
- Joan Jonas on Organic Honey Installations, December 2020
- Joan Jonas on Mirage Performances, April 2019
- Joan Jonas on Mirage Installations, April 2019
- Joan Jonas on Joan Jonas: Works 1968–1994, September 2019
- Joan Jonas on Joan Jonas: Light Time Tales, July 2020
Other JJKB Interviews
- Interview with Karen Archey (art critic and curator of contemporary art for time-based Media at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam), April 2020
- Interview with Neil Benezra (composer and sound designer for film, museum, gallery, and theater), September 2020
- Interview with Sydney Briggs, Amy Brost, and Mike Gibbons (respectively the collections associate registrar, assistant media conservator, and audio visual technician at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), December 2019
- Interview with Amy Brost, Ellen Moody, and Annie Wilker (respectively assistant media conservator, David Booth associate sculpture conservator, and associate paper conservator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), October 2018
- Interview with Barbara Clausen (independent curator and professor of art history at UQAM, Montreal), August 2020
- Interview with Rebecca Cleman and Karl McCool (respectively the Executive Director, and the Distribution Director of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) in New York), January 2021
- Interview with Lynne Cooke (Senior Curator for Special Projects at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC), March 2020
- Interview with Douglas Crimp (art historian, critic and curator in the fields of postmodern theory and art, dance, film, queer, and feminist theory), March 2019
- Interview with Douglas Crimp (art historian, critic and curator in the fields of postmodern theory and art, dance, film, queer, and feminist theory), April 2019
- Interview with Constance DeJong (artist, writer, performer, and professor of art and time-based media at Hunter College, New York), December 2019
- Interview with Simone Forti (American-Italian artist, choreographer, dancer, and writer), December 2020
- Interview with Chrissie Iles (Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York), October 2018
- Interview with Andrea Lissoni (artistic director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich), March 2019
- Interview with Barbara London (founding curator of video and media art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York [1973–2017]; curator, writer, and a professor at Yale University), May 2019
- Interview with Paula Longendyke (New York-based artist, creative director, and designer), May 2019
- Interview with Babette Mangolte (French-American experimental filmmaker and photographer based in New York), September 2020
- Interview with Jack McConchie (time-based media conservator at the Tate, London), January 2020
- Interview with Carol Mersereau (New York-based artist and photographer), September 2020
- Interview with Roberta Neiman (New-York based photographer), October 2020
- Interview with Seth Price (New York-based multidisciplinary artist and writer, and former staff member of Electronic Arts Intermix, New York), November 2020
- Interview with Ann Reynolds (associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History and the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas, Austin), May 2020
- Interview with David Ross (chair of the MFA Practice program at the School of Visual Arts, New York), June 2019
- Interview with Joan Simon (independent curator and writer based in Paris), January 2021
- Interview with Nefeli Skarmea (movement director, yoga instructor, and art curator based in London and Geneva), September 2020
- Interview with Valerie Smith (freelance curator and writer based in Berlin), March 2020
- Interview with Gwenn Thomas (New York-based artist), June 2019
- Interview with Rebecca Timmermans and Sandra Weerdenburg (respectively the Conservator of Modern Art, and the Sculpture Conservator and Head of Conservation at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam), September 2020
- Interview with Vicente Todolí and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Artistic Director, and the Curator of the Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan), September 2020
- Interview with Stephen Vitiello (American visual and sound artist, formerly Director of Distribution at Electronic Arts Intermix from 1988–2000), December 2019
- Interview with Matteo de Vittor, Iolanda Ratti, and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Technical Director, a consultant in conservation from 2013 to 2017, and the Assistant Curator at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan), December 2020
- Interview with Catherine Wood (senior curator for International Art and Performance at Tate Modern, London), April 2020
- Interview with Gillian Young (Assistant Professor of Art History at Wofford College, South-Carolina), September 2020
- Interview with Lori Zippay (Emeritus Director at Electronic Arts Intermix, New York) August 2020
Interviews by Topic
Sound
- Joan Jonas on Organic Honey, October 2018
- Joan Jonas on Organic Honey Installations, December 2020
- Joan Jonas on Joan Jonas: Works 1968–1994, September 2019
- Joan Jonas on Joan Jonas: Light Time Tales, July 2020
- Interview with Neil Benezra (composer and sound designer for film, museum, gallery, and theater), September 2020
- Interview with Sydney Briggs, Amy Brost, and Mike Gibbons (respectively the collections associate registrar, assistant media conservator, and audio visual technician at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), December 2019
- Interview with Amy Brost, Ellen Moody, and Annie Wilker (respectively assistant media conservator, David Booth associate sculpture conservator, and associate paper conservator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), October 2018
- Interview with Rebecca Cleman and Karl McCool (respectively the Executive Director, and the Distribution Director of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) in New York), January 2021
- Interview with Douglas Crimp (art historian, critic and curator in the fields of postmodern theory and art, dance, film, queer, and feminist theory), April 2019
- Interview with Constance DeJong (artist, writer, performer, and professor of art and time-based media at Hunter College, New York), December 2019
- Interview with Andrea Lissoni (artistic director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich), March 2019
- Interview with Paula Longendyke (New York-based artist, creative director, and designer), May 2019
- Interview with Jack McConchie (time-based media conservator at the Tate, London), January 2020
- Interview with Ann Reynolds (associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History and the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas, Austin), May 2020
- Interview with David Ross (chair of the MFA Practice program at the School of Visual Arts, New York), June 2019
- Interview with Vicente Todoli and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Artistic Director, and the Curator of the Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan), September 2020
- Interview with Stephen Vitiello (American visual and sound artist, formerly Director of Distribution at Electronic Arts Intermix from 1988–2000), December 2019
- Interview with Matteo de Vittor, Iolanda Ratti, and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Technical Director, a consultant in conservation from 2013 to 2017, and the Assistant Curator at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan), December 2020
Video Technology and Production
- Joan Jonas on Organic Honey, October 2018
- Joan Jonas on Mirage Performance, April 2019
- Joan Jonas on Joan Jonas: Works 1968–1994, September 2019
- Interview with Neil Benezra (composer and sound designer for film, museum, gallery, and theater), September 2020
- Interview with Sydney Briggs, Amy Brost, and Mike Gibbons (respectively the collections associate registrar, assistant media conservator, and audio visual technician at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), December 2019
- Interview with Amy Brost, Ellen Moody, and Annie Wilker (respectively assistant media conservator, David Booth associate sculpture conservator, and associate paper conservator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), October 2018
- Interview with Rebecca Cleman and Karl McCool (respectively the Executive Director, and the Distribution Director of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) in New York), January 2021
- Interview with Douglas Crimp (art historian, critic and curator in the fields of postmodern theory and art, dance, film, queer, and feminist theory), March 2019
- Interview with Chrissie Iles (Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York), October 2018
- Interview with Barbara London (founding curator of video and media art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York [1973–2017]; curator, writer, and a professor at Yale University), May 2019
- Interview with Paula Longendyke (New York-based artist, creative director, and designer), May 2019
- Interview with Jack McConchie (time-based media conservator at the Tate, London), January 2020
- Interview with Seth Price (New York-based multidisciplinary artist and writer, and former staff member of Electronic Arts Intermix, New York), November 2020
- Interview with David Ross (chair of the MFA Practice program at the School of Visual Arts, New York), June 2019
- Interview with Gwenn Thomas (New York-based artist), June 2019
- Interview with Rebecca Timmermans and Sandra Weerdenburg (respectively the Conservator of Modern Art, and the Sculpture Conservator and Head of Conservation at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam), September 2020
- Interview with Stephen Vitiello (American visual and sound artist, formerly Director of Distribution at Electronic Arts Intermix from 1988–2000), December 2019
- Interview with Matteo de Vittor, Iolanda Ratti, and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Technical Director, a consultant in conservation from 2013 to 2017, and the Assistant Curator at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan), December 2020
- Interview with Lori Zippay (Emeritus Director at Electronic Arts Intermix, New York) August 2020
Staging and Restaging Performance
- Joan Jonas on Mirage Performance, April 2019
- Joan Jonas on Organic Honey Performances and Videos, December 2020
- Interview with Barbara Clausen (independent curator and professor of art history at UQAM, Montreal), August 2020
- Interview with Lynne Cooke (Senior Curator for Special Projects at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC), March 2020
- Interview with Andrea Lissoni (artistic director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich), March 2019
- Interview with David Ross (chair of the MFA Practice program at the School of Visual Arts, New York), June 2019
- Interview with Nefeli Skarmea (movement director, yoga instructor, and art curator based in London and Geneva), September 2020
- Interview with Vicente Todoli and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Artistic Director, and the Curator of the Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan), September 2020
- Interview with Catherine Wood (senior curator for International Art and Performance at Tate Modern, London), April 2020
- Interview with Gillian Young (Assistant Professor of Art History at Wofford College, South-Carolina), September 2020
Conservation
- Joan Jonas on Organic Honey Installations, December 2020
- Interview with Karen Archey (art critic and curator of contemporary art for time-based Media at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam), April 2020
- Interview with Sydney Briggs, Amy Brost, and Mike Gibbons (respectively the collections associate registrar, assistant media conservator, and audio visual technician at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), December 2019
- Interview with Amy Brost, Ellen Moody, and Annie Wilker (respectively assistant media conservator, David Booth associate sculpture conservator, and associate paper conservator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), October 2018
- Interview with Rebecca Cleman and Karl McCool (respectively the Executive Director, and the Distribution Director of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) in New York), January 2021
- Interview with Jack McConchie (time-based media conservator at the Tate, London), January 2020
- Interview with Nefeli Skarmea (movement director, yoga instructor, and art curator based in London and Geneva), September 2020
- Interview with Rebecca Timmermans and Sandra Weerdenburg (respectively the Conservator of Modern Art, and the Sculpture Conservator and Head of Conservation at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam), September 2020
- Interview with Vicente Todoli and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Artistic Director, and the Curator of the Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan), September 2020
- Interview with Matteo de Vittor, Iolanda Ratti, and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Technical Director, a consultant in conservation from 2013 to 2017, and the Assistant Curator at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan), December 2020
- Interview with Lori Zippay (Emeritus Director at Electronic Arts Intermix, New York) August 2020
Curating the Work of Joan Jonas
- Interview with Karen Archey (art critic and curator of contemporary art for time-based Media at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam), April 2020
- Interview with Barbara Clausen (independent curator and professor of art history at UQAM, Montreal), August 2020
- Interview with Lynne Cooke (Senior Curator for Special Projects at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC), March 2020
- Interview with Chrissie Iles (Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York), October 2018
- Interview with Andrea Lissoni (artistic director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich), March 2019
- Interview with Barbara London (founding curator of video and media art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York [1973–2017]; curator, writer, and a professor at Yale University), May 2019
- Interview with David Ross (chair of the MFA Practice program at the School of Visual Arts, New York), June 2019
- Interview with Valerie Smith (freelance curator and writer based in Berlin), March 2020
- Interview with Vicente Todoli and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Artistic Director, and the Curator of the Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan), September 2020
- Interview with Matteo de Vittor, Iolanda Ratti, and Fiammetta Griccioli (respectively the Technical Director, a consultant in conservation from 2013 to 2017, and the Assistant Curator at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan), December 2020
- Interview with Catherine Wood (senior curator for International Art and Performance at Tate Modern, London), April 2020
Organic Honey
- See: Organic Honey’s Visual Telepathy (performance)
- See: Organic Honey’s Vertical Roll (performance)
- See: Organic Honey Installations
- See: Organic Honey Installation, Stedelijk Collection
- See: Organic Honey Archive
- See: Organic Honey Videos
Mirage
- See: Mirage Performances
- See: Mirage Installations
- See: Mirage (installation), MoMA Collection
- See: Mirage (installation), Whitney Collection
- See: Mirage II (film)
Exhibitions
- See: Joan Jonas: Performances/Video/Installation, University Art Museum (now UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), Berkeley, 1980
- See: Joan Jonas: Works 1968–1994, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1994
- See: Joan Jonas: Light Time Tales, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2014 and Malmö Konsthall, 2015
- See: Joan Jonas Stage Sets, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1976
- See: Joan Jonas: Five Works 1976–2003, Queens Museum, New York, 2003