peter campus: there somewhere

peter campus (b. 1937, New York, New York) is a seminal figure in the history of new media and video art, often mentioned as a key creative force in elevating video to a contemporary art form. This exhibition highlights one of campus’s iconic early videos from the late 1970s, alongside his latest breakthrough landscape video works, including blessingway and no direction known, which will be shown for the first time. These later pieces, inspired by the serene coastline near the artist’s home in Long Island, are marked by a sense of tranquility and introspection, evoking a feeling of being “there somewhere.”

This exhibition is organized by The Phillips Collection.

Presented with the generous support of the Carolyn Alper Fund for Contemporary Art.

IMAGE: peter campus, blessingway (video still), 2024, 6:37