Selected Works

JANET BIGGS
The Persistence of Hope (video still)
2015, two-channel high definition video installation (sound, color), run time: 7:24.

With Arctic footage from Katja Aglert's Winter Event-antifreeze, 2009 (filmed by Janet Biggs).

JANET BIGGS
The Persistence of Hope (video still)
2015, two-channel high definition video installation (sound, color), run time: 7:24.

With Arctic footage from Katja Aglert's Winter Event-antifreeze, 2009 (filmed by Janet Biggs).

JANET BIGGS
The Persistence of Hope (video still)
2015, two-channel high definition video installation (sound, color), run time: 7:24.

With Arctic footage from Katja Aglert's Winter Event-antifreeze, 2009 (filmed by Janet Biggs).

Installation Views

Installation Views Thumbnails

JANET BIGGS_The Persistence of Hope installation view

JANET BIGGS
The Persistence of Hope (video still)
2015, two-channel high definition video installation (sound, color), run time: 7:24.

With Arctic footage from Katja Aglert's Winter Event-antifreeze, 2009 (filmed by Janet Biggs).

JANET BIGGS
The Persistence of Hope
2015, two-channel high definition video installation (sound, color), run time: 7:24.

With Arctic footage from Katja Aglert's Winter Event-antifreeze, 2009 (filmed by Janet Biggs).

JANET BIGGS
The Persistence of Hope (video still)
2015, two-channel high definition video installation (sound, color), run time: 7:24.

With Arctic footage from Katja Aglert's Winter Event-antifreeze, 2009 (filmed by Janet Biggs).

Video

JANET BIGGS
The Persistence of Hope
2015, two-channel video, run time: 7:24.

With Arctic footage from Katja Aglert's Winter Event-antifreeze, 2009 (filmed by Janet Biggs).

Press Release

October 14, 2015

JANET BIGGS: THE PERSISTENCE OF HOPE

October 14 - November 30, 2015

CONNERSMITH. is very pleased to announce the online exhibition of Janet Biggs’s recent two-channel video installation “The Persistence of Hope.”

In “The Persistence of Hope,” Biggs explores memory loss and the construct of personal identity by blending scientific investigation with her experiences of Arctic travel with fellow artist Katja Aglert and familial challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. The thought provoking imagery is accompanied by an original soundtrack, which was inspired by the country singer Glen Campbell.

“The Persistence of Hope” is part of Biggs’s video series, which was exhibited at the Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX, and featured in the October 2015 “Art in America” article: “Janet Biggs: A Crystal Grotto.”