Chronicling Illness

Carolyn Lazard: Extended Stay, 2019, articulating medical arm mount, personal patient monitor, basic cable subscription, infinite duration.; in the Whitney Biennial.
Carolyn Lazard’s installation in the 2019 Whitney Biennial saw a TV monitor attached to a wall by the long arm of an articulated hospital television mount. The Philadelphia and New York–based artist hooked up the museum with cable, and set the monitor to change channels automatically every 30 seconds. Titled Extended Sta