OVERVIEW
Included here is a selection of excerpts from videos and texts on this website which give an overview of Simonds’ work.
VIDEO
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Interview with Peter Kennedy, Sydney Filmmakers Cooperative “Other Than Arts Sake,” 1974. Part of a series for Australian TV that included Adrian Piper, Hans Haacke, Ian Breadwell, David Medalla, Steve Willats, Charles Simonds, The Woman’s Building: Judy Chicago and Arlene Raven. |
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La Placita: Project Uphill A documentary film which revisits never-edited archival footage of a community built playlot in New York City in the 1970’s. Edited by Anna Burholt and Charles Simonds in 2020. |
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| Richard Shiff, Charles Simonds in Conversation Watch a video recording of Charles Simonds in conversation with Richard Shiff at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, April 1, 2016. |
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| Christopher Lyon, "At the Cuff of Time: Creative Mythology in the 1970s. Art of Charles Simonds, Lecture at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, April 2015. |
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| Ksenia M. Soboleva, "A god-awful small affair: Queering Charles Simonds," Lecture at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, April 2015. |
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| Herbert Moldering, Charles Simonds. Lecture at the Institute of Fine arts, New York University. April 2015. |
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| Charles Simonds, Bowery Artist Tribute Interview, June 21, 2012, with Ethan Swan, New Museum, New York (1hr 3min). |
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| Charles Simonds, Artists at the Institute. Artist lecture at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2014. |
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| Charles Simonds, MoMA artist lecture, 2013. Q&A. Lecture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, at the invitation of Stephanie Weber for the “Modern Mondays” series. April 15, 2013. |
TEXTS
| BOMB Magazine- Charles Simonds: Interview by Christopher Lyon, Stephanie Weber & Veronika Vogler" Lyon, Christopher. Weber, Stephanie. Vogler, Veronika. Bomb Magazine, October 2nd, 2014. READ PDF |  |
| Schwebende Stadte und andere Architekturen / Floating Cities and Other Architectures, Westfalischer Kunstverein, Munster, Germany; Bonner Kunstverein, Germany. Catalogue with texts by Daniel Abadie, Lucy R. Lippard, Herbert Molderings and Charles Simonds. 1978. READ PDF |  |
| Charles Simonds: Mental Earth, Growths and Smears, Knoedler & Company, New York. Catalogue with text by Arthur C. Danto. 2011-2012. READ PDF |  |
| “Art and Community: Dwelling Munich" Charles Simonds with Irving Sandler. Art in Conversation Brooklyn Rail July /August 2018. READ PDF |  |