Matthew Ritchie in “Structures” - Season 3 | “Art in the Twenty-First Century"

Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Matthew Ritchie, from the "Structures" episode in Season 3 of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series.
"Structures" premiered in September 2005 on PBS.
“All anyone is trying to do is try out some new ideas,” says Matthew Ritchie in describing the project of modern art. Ambitious certainly describes Ritchie’s work, which seeks to picture the known universe.
Matthew Ritchie was born in London, England, in 1964, and lives and works in New York. Learn more about the artist at: art21.org/artist/Matthew-Ritchie
CREDITS
Created by: Susan Sollins & Susan Dowling. Executive Producer & Curator: Susan Sollins. Series Producer: Eve-Laure Moros Ortega. Associate Producer: Migs Wright. Assistant Curator: Wesley Miller. Production Manager: Alice Bertoni. Production Coordinator: Kelly Shindler. Producer: Catherine Tatge. Editor: Steven Wechsler. Host: Sam Waterston. Director of Photography: Kurt Branstetter, Terry Doe, Bob Elfstrom, Clas Hakeröd, Mead Hunt, Matz Jansson, Rodrigo Menck, James Reid, & Joel Shapiro. Sound: Abrão Cesar, Danny Clayton, Ray Day, Ron Garson, Judy Karp, Matti Karlsson, Mark Mandler, J.T. Takagi, & Merce Williams. Steadicam: John Ford. Gaffer: Lamar Bloodworth. Assistant Camera: Craig Feldman, Brian Hwang, Kipjaz Savoie, & Trent Wittenbach. Production Assistant: Rob Cauble, Erica Gannett, Justin Leitstein, & Mary Jo Mauro. Assistant Avid Editor: Robert Achs, Jamie Courville, Sean Frechette, Mike Heffron, David Kreger, Cara Leroy O’Connell, Joaquin Perez, Aaron Sheddrick, & Lynn True. Still Photographers: Alice Bertoni & Bob Elfstrom.
Major underwriting for Season 3 of Art in the Twenty-First Century is provided by National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation, Bagley Wright Fund Bloomberg, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Full credits available at art21.org/watch/art-in-the-tw...
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It is infinite. Something we all shared in making.

[@cedarraine7829]

It’s no longer a gesture, it’s now vector data

[@singlespies]

A lot of expensive production and a flimsy explanation.

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You make art???