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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Mika Rottenberg

The multimedia artists shows us her Harlem studio, where she recently built her folk tale-themed entry to the Whitney Biennial

For our final video taking a closer look at this year’s Whitney Biennial, we travel to the Harlem studio of video artist Mika Rottenberg. Known for videos depicting women engaging in elaborate systems of production that often harvest their own body, Mika shows us the set of her latest piece (and Biennial installation), “Cheese” and tells us the backstory of making the video. We also …

Yang Yi: Uprooted

The Three Gorges Dam project along the Yangtze River in the Hubei province of China is the world's largest engineering and construction site and has displaced over 1.2 million people and destroyed 11 cities. Once completed, the resulting 400 mile long reservoir will supply enough water to generate 84 billion kilowatts-per-hour of electricity. This project has been the at the center of much controversy, as …