Hammer Museum: Hammer Video Library and Viewing Room

Martha Rosler. Still from <i>If It's Too Bad To Be True, It Could Be DISINFORMATION</i>, 1985 (detail). Color video. 16:26 min. Courtesy of the artist.

Dedicated to the study of video art, the Video Library features seminal works from the late 1960s to the present, including works by artists such as Vito Acconci, Chris Burden, Isaac Jullien, Erik van Lieshout, Gordon Matta-Clark, Bruce Nauman, Pipilotti Rist, and Martha Rosler. In addition to works of video art, the Hammer Video library also includes selections of past Hammer public programs, and documents discussions, readings, and conversations with Stanley Crouch, Joan Didion, Art Spiegelman, David Foster Wallace, and others. The Library is available to all visitors during regular Museum hours. Visitors may select and request videos in the bookstore.

Walk-ins welcome. For more information and reservations please contact
Claire Rifelj at 310-443-7011 or at crifelj@hammer.ucla.edu

Some videos are courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

The Hammer Video Library is available for use by all Museum visitors and further functions as a study and teaching resource for UCLA students and faculty. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call (310) 443-7011. To receive a list of video works available, please e-mail crifelj@hammer.ucla.edu.

Above: Vito Acconci. Seedbed, 1972. Photo documentation. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York. ©Vito Acconci. Inset: Martha Rosler. Still from If It's Too Bad To Be True, It Could Be DISINFORMATION, 1985 (detail). Color video. 16:26 min. Courtesy of the artist.