Platforms: Collection and Commissions Artists from the Walker Art Center’s Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection

Platforms: Collection and Commissions looks at key artists from the Walker’s Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection together with newly commissioned film and video works by nine international contemporary artists. Commissioned by the Walker between 2014 and 2017, the artists responded to the influence, inquiry, and inspiration of leading artists and filmmakers in the collection to create new works that premiered first as an online series. The Moving Image Commissions initiative weaves together production, scholarship, distribution, and archival work to highlight and grow the collection.