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Pioneering Video Artist Dara Birnbaum Shares Her Take on the Rising A.I. Tidal Wave
January 2024. In a wide-ranging interview spanning Birnbaum’s Birnbaum’s career and the changing media landscape, she reflects on art’s capacity to challenge established perspectives. Asked whether she had ever considered leaving her career, she responds: “My brother is a doctor; he saves people. And then I have to say to myself that art can change the way people think and it can challenge them to [see] new perspectives. You can save people too.”
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Who is Dara Birnbaum, artist of video as an act of rebellion
May 2023 · Brenda Vaiani. A review of Birnbaum’s exhibition at the Fondazione Prada Observatory in Milan, examining the lasting influence of her appropriation, remixing, and editing of popular television. "Dara Birnbaum’s use of popular television tools has been revolutionary: the appropriation, remixing, and editing that have marked her production have influenced not only new generations, but the visual language itself."
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Dara Birnbaum
April 2023 · Chiara Cappelli. A review of Birnbaum’s exhibition at Fondazione Prada, considering how her practice has evolved in response to cultural change and successive generations. "Birnbaum has been able to renew and transform herself with the flow of time, with the changes around her and with the succession of generations, varying the tools and terminologies that have made her work contemporary and innovative."
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Turning the Media Against Itself: Dara Birnbaum Michelle Kuo, Rahel Aima, and Emmanuel Olunkwa in conversation
March 2023. In a discussion accompanying the presentation of Tiananmen Square: Break-In Transmission (1990) in Signals: How Video Transformed the World at the Museum of Modern Art, curator Michelle Kuo describes the work as: “a linchpin of the show, both spatially and in terms of the aesthetic project that it brings to bear.”
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Slippage and Misdirection: Dara Birnbaum in Conversation With Martine Syms
October 2022 · Dara Birnbaum, Lauren Cornell and Martine Syms. In connection with concurrent shows at the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College, Birnbaum and Syms have a wide-ranging discussion on the generational differences of their careers in video. Describing the seventies, Birnbaum notes: “At that time in television, the dialogue was one of the more perverse features of this new medium, with the speed of delivery preventing viewers from reflecting on or, at times, even comprehending the content. Every night of the week at primetime, these dramas were imposing an adversarial language onto the show’s main characters by using film techniques like reverse-angle shots. Television was a one-way medium...”
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Dara Birnbaum in Conversation with Dr.Kostas Prapoglou
August 2020 · Dr. Kostas Prapoglou. In this interview, Birnbaum reflects on how her practice has responded to cultural shifts throughout her career. Considering the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, she observes: “artists have, historically, paved the way for new insights and it is my hope that this can happen again.”
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Changing Channels: Dara Birnbaum’s Televisual Art Comes into Focus
March 2018 · Alex Greenberger. Surveying Birnbaum’s career, Greenberger examines her critique of television’s representations of women, including Wonder Woman, whose empowering image Birnbaum viewed as another form of disempowerment. “For some women at the time, Wonder Woman was an inspiring figure, a metaphor for feminist might. But for Birnbaum, the character was an embodiment of the same kind of disempowering images she had been seeing on television for years. “I wouldn’t call that liberation,” she told me. “How dare you confront me with this supposedly super-powered image of a woman who is stronger than I am and can also save mankind? I can’t do that, and I won’t—and there’s no middle ground in between. The middle ground is what we need to work from.”
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Dara Birnbaum & Matt Saunders: Trauma and media manipulation at work
July 2016 · Chris Chang. In a conversation accompanying simultaneous exhibitions at Marian Goodman Gallery in Paris, Birnbaum and Saunders consider representations of trauma and the ethics of depicting suffering. “I was thinking of Susan Sontag’s Regarding The Pain of Others. How can one express the horrific side of what’s going on in our society without it being a spectacle?”
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In the Studio: Dara Birnbaum
April 2016 · Lauren Cornell. Following the premiere of Psalm (29)30, Cornell asks Birnbaum what drives her to pursue new directions in her work. Birnbaum responds: “I think it’s partly maturity and growth, and maybe it’s partly my nature that I feel like I need to constantly challenge myself. In a society that’s constantly yelling, maybe it’s a strong whisper that can best be heard.”
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In Conversation: Dara Birnbaum and Cory Arcangel
March 2009 · Cory Arcangel. In this conversation, Birnbaum and Arcangel consider generational differences in media access and use. “Maybe this is the real difference between our generations. In pirating there was no way to talk back to the media. The stuff was coming one way at you and there was no way to arrest it, stop the action, divert it, alter the vocabulary, or change the syntax. Your hacking, on the other hand, is coming from almost total accessibility.”
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Cable TV's Failed Utopian Vision: An Interview with Dara Birnbaum
Winter 2002–03 · Nicolás Guagnini. Subtitled “televisual activism and the revolution that never was,” this interview revisits Radical Software and early efforts to develop alternatives to broadcast television, exploring the potential of cable as a medium for alternative programming. “It was innocent to believe that cable was not related to a capitalist notion of big business. For me, cable is not a failed utopia because it never was one. It was during its rise and expansion that room was left over for a multiplicity of programming. There was a need for software and for a moment it was possible to provide alternative forms of programming within those spots.”
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Portrait of Artist 41: Conversation with Dara Birnbaum
September 1995 · Hans-Ulrich Obrist. In this interview for Museum in Progress, Birnbaum reflects on her early career, her time in Berkeley, and the changing critical vocabulary surrounding her appropriation of media imagery. “It's interesting, because in the seventies I had this ferocious image. I was a singular woman pirate. I got my photo around a lot, ‘Yeah, she's the pirateer of the images.’ Then…’Oh, she appropriated images’ (in the early eighties). ‘She stole images’ (in the mid-eighties). ‘Oh, she samples images’ (in the nineties). It kind of goes like that as the generations change.”
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To Talk Back or to Talk With: Interview with Dara Birnbaum
February 1986 · Willem Velthoven and Klaus vom Bruch. In this conversation, published in connection with the 1985 Talking Back to the Media festival, Birnbaum discusses her decision to work in video and the importance of using television’s own language as a vehicle for critique. “I wanted to talk about the form of language that was the most popular and dominant at that time in America so I used that as the vocabulary of the work. When I saw people trying to tackle for instance the content of a film, frequently it was done by translating it into a different medium. such as photography, drawing etcetera. It looked more estheticized to take this and put it into a painting or a type of framework that was already being dealt with. I thought it was really necessary to have the medium itself provide the vehicle.”
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Talking Back to the Media
February 1985 · Dara Birnbaum. First published in the catalogue for the Amsterdam festival of the same name, the piece was republished in e-flux Notes in May 2025. Birnbaum’s essay articulates her commitment to using television imagery to expose and subvert the ideological structures of mass media. “I consider it to be our responsibility to become increasingly aware of alternative perspectives which can be achievable through our use of media—and to consciously find the ability for expression of the "individual voice"—whether it be dissension, affirmation, or neutrality...”
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Allegorical Procedures: Appropriation and Montage in Contemporary Art
September 1982 · Benjamin H. D. Buchloh. In this critical history of appropriation and montage, Buchloh situates these strategies within a critique of Marx’s concept of commodity fetishism, examining how Birnbaum challenges the ideology underlying television’s visual pleasures. “Birnbaum’s perspective on the technique of television does not seduce her into using those techniques as visual gadgetry employed for the sake of “pure pleasure” or “formal play,” which always conceal estheticizing ideology. The visual pleasure that Birnbaum’s tapes may generate in the viewer is balanced by cognitive shock.”
Press
2026
Fenstermaker, Will. “Closed for decades, a historic L.A. theater reopens for an ambitious late-night video art experience,” Los Angeles Times, 3 February 2026.
McDermott, Emily. “30 Iconic Feminist Works by Women Artists,” ARTnews, 20 March 2026.
2025
Archey, Karen. “Dara Birnbaum: 1946-2025,” Artforum, September 2025.
Basciano, Oliver. “Dara Birnbaum Obituary,” The Guardian, 12 May 2025.
“Dara Birnbaum (1946-2025),” Artforum, 5 May 2025.
“Dara Birnbaum: Media Art Pioneer and Broadcast Image Deconstructor Dies,” Artlyst, 4 May 2025.
“From the Archive: Dara Birnbaum, Pirate Queen,” Artforum, 5 May 2025.
Greenberger, Alex. “Dara Birnbaum, Video Artist Whose Pivotal Works Talked Back to the Media, Dies at 78,” ARTnews, 2 May 2025.
Heinrich, Will. “Dara Birnbaum, 78, Dies; Video Was Her Medium and Her Message,” The New York Times, 13 June 2025.
Hershman Leeson, Lynn. “Dara Birnbaum Talked Back to Media and Imagined New Transmissions for the Future,” ARTnews, 15 October 2025.
“Im Alter von 78 Jahren Dara Birnbaum ist tot,” Frankfurter Allgemeine, 3 May 2025.
“Influential Video Artist Dara Birnbaum dies at 78,” ArtDependence Magazine, 3 May 2025.
“In ricordo di Dara Birnbaum: remixare l’immagine per rompere lo schermo del potere,” Exibart, 3 May 2025.
Kitnick, Alex. “Dara Birnbaum (1946-2025),” October, Spring 2025.
Luke, Ben. “Smithsonian under fire from Trump, Frieze Seoul, Dara Birnbaum and Quantum—podcast,” The Art Newspaper, 5 September 2025.
Marshall, Piper. “Dara Birnbaum,” e-flux, 30 May 2025.
Rabb, Maxwell. “Dara Birnbaum, video artist who remixed mass media, has died at 78,” Artsy, 5 May 2025.
Renault, Stéphane. “Addio a Dara Birnbaum, pioniera della videoarte,” Il Giornale dell’Arte, 5 May 2025.
Renault, Stéphane. “Mort de Dara Birnbaum, pionnière de l’art video,” The Art Newspaper Edition Française, 5 May 2025.
Shaskevich, Helena. “Dara Birnbaum (1946-2025),” Burlington Contemporary, 19 September 2025.
Townsend, Chris. “Obituaries: Dara Birnbaum 1946-2025,” Art Monthly, June 2025.
“Video Art Trailblazer Dara Birnbaum Has Died Aged 78,” Frieze, 3 May 2025.
“Video-Pionierin Künstlerin Dara Birnbaum stirbt mit 78 Jahren,” Monopol, 3 May 2025.
Yin Zhang, Lisa. “Dara Birnbaum, Video Art’s ‘Wonder Woman,’ Dies at 78,” Hyperallergic, 2 May 2025.
2024
Brown, Ellie. “Interview 6: In conversation with Dara Birnbaum,” Present Space, 2024.
Fontanesi, Francesca. “Dara Birnbaum,” Muse Magazine, 23 January 2024.
Jarczak, Marzena and Marta Knaś. “’Unseen: American Artists’ Different Paths to Art Education,” Vogue Polska, 26 September 2024.
Levin, Max. “Dara Birnbaum: ‘Four Works: Accountability,’” Screen Slate, 19 February 2024.
Steinhauer, Jillian. “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in January,” The New York Times, 24 January 2024.
Veitch, Mara. “Pioneering Video Artist Dara Birnbaum Shares Her Take on the Rising A.I. Tidal Wave,” Cultured Magazine, 16 January 2024.
2023
Berra, Tommaso. “Who is Dara Birnbaum, the artist who is now exhibition in Milan?,” Collater.al Magazine, 12 April 2023.
Braga, Sonia S. “20 mostre da Vedere assolutamente a Milano durante la Design Week 2023,” Architectural Digest Italia, 6 April 2023.
Caravita, Irene. “Dara Birnbaum in mostra a Milano, da Wonder Woman al future anteriore della tv,” Vogue Italia, 13 September 2023.
“Dara Birnbaum,” Cultured Magazine, Winter 2023-2024.
“’Dara Birnbaum’ at Prada Aoyama, Tokyo,” Mousse, 4 August 2023.
“Dara Birnbaum: Prada Tokyo,” GQ Japan, 6 July 2023.
Greenberger, Alex. “MoMA’s Biggest Video Art Survey in Years Is a Winner,” aRTnews, 6 March 2023.
Hatt, Étienne. “Dara Birnbaum: Talking Back,” Artpress, June 2023.
Kadokura, Natsuko. “Dara Birnbaum: Prada Tokyo,” Madame Figaro Japan, 2 June 2023.
Matsumoto, Masanobu. “Dara Birnbaum: Prada Tokyo,” The New York Times Style Magazine: Japan, 6 July 2023.
Miyazaki, Marie. “Dara Birnbaum: Prada Tokyo,” Elle Japan. 24 May 2023.
Syms, Martine. “The Screen Age: Video’s Past and Future,” Artforum, 1 May 2023.
“This Week In Culture: April 10-16, 2023,” Cultured, 10 April 2023.
Vaiani, Brenda. “Who is Dara Birnbaum, artist of video as an act of rebellion,” Domus, 4 May 2023.
Viapiana, Alessandro. “Fondazione Prada, apre ‘Dara Birnbaum’ all’Osservatorio,” L’Officiel Italia, 13 April 2023.
Woodward, Daisy. “Brilliant Things to Do This June,” AnOther, 2 June 2023.
Wu, Jenny. “The Rogue Signals of Half a Century of Video Art,” ArtReview, 18 May 2023.
2022
Anapur, Eli. "Emphasizing and Strengthening the Female Voice in Video Art - In Conversation with Dara Birnbaum," Widewalls, 17 August 2022.
Bard College. "CCS Bard Summer Exhibitions Delve Into Video Art and Black Melancholia," Hyperallergic, 24 June 2022.
"Dara Birnbaum - Miller ICA," Martin Cid Magazine, 20 August 2022.
"Dara Birnbaum: Reaction," Apollo, 17 June 2022.
Hadland, Grace. "The Melancholy of Embodiment: Dara Birnbaum's Mass Media Investigations," Los Angeles Review of Books, 13 January 2022.
"Miller ICA opens a survey of Dara Birnbaum's influential practice," ArtDaily, 20 August 2022.
O'Driscoll, Bill. "Acclaimed video-art pioneer and CMU alum returns to Pittsburgh with solo exhibition," 90.5 WESA, 17 August 2022.
Rodriguez, Daniela and Violet Handforth. “Dara Birnbaum: Reaction,” Superstars Only, December 2022.
Waltz, Amanda. "Dara Birnbaum: Journey goes form advent of TV to fringes of the internet," Pittsburgh City Paper, 31 August 2022.
2021
"Dara Birnbaum, Tourmaline Among 2021 Guggenheim Fellows," Artforum, 8 April 2021.
"D'ORO Collection | D'ORO D'ART starts with Arabesque by Dara Birnbaum," La Gente che Piace, 2 December 2021.
Greenberger, Alex. "Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Dread Scott, Tourmaline, Helen Molesworth, More," ARTnews, 8 April 2021.
Mannocchi, Davide Maria. "Dara Birnbaum firma il primo volume della nuova collana D'ORO D'ART coniugando videoarte ed editoria di lusso," Inside Art, 14 December 2021.
Nedo, Kito. "Channel work," art - Das Kunstmagazin, June 2021.
“Slow Down the Mega-Galleries, Empower Black Collectors, and 13 Other Changes Art-World Insiders Hope to See in 2021,” Artnet News, January 19 2021.
"Television - TV Programmes: Dara Birnbaum," Trebuchet Magazine, July 2021.
Waldow, Jennie. "Dara Birnbaum's Note(s): Work(ing) Process(es) Re: Concerns (That Take On/Deal With)," The Brooklyn Rail, 8 December 2021.
2020
Finch, Maggie. "Transmission: Legacies of the Television Age," Art Almanac, 19 May 2020.
London, Barbara, Skye Sherwin and Oliver Basciano. "From Warhol to Steve McQueen: a history of video art in 30 works," The Guardian, 17 October 2020.
Prapoglou, Kostas. "Dara Birnbaum in conversation with Dr. Kostas Prapoglou," XIBT, July 2020.
2019
Breslin, David and Martha Rosler, Kelly Taxter, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Torey Thorton. “The 25 Works of Art That Define the Contemporary Age,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 15 July 2019.
2018
Caldwell, Ian. "How the news is manipulated: Dara Birnbaum at the Marian Goodman Gallery," Ian the Architect, 19 December 2018.
Frankel, Eddy. "Dara Birnbaum review," Time Out, 15 November 2018.
Goodwin, Connor. "Closer to the Whole Picture at Brooklyn Museum," Blouin ArtInfo, 30 November 2018.
Greenberger, Alex. “Changing Channels: Dara Birnbaum's Televisual Art Comes into Focus,” Artnews, Spring 2018.
Walsh, Maria. "Break-In: Dara Birnbaum Interviewed by Maria Walsh," Art Monthly, December/January 2018-19.
Watlington, Emily. "Women and Media, Then," Mousse, Summer 2018.
2017
Edwards, Stassa. “Revisiting Video Artist Dara Birnbaum’s Feminist Wonder Woman Remix,” The Muse/Jezebel, 30 May 2017.
Greenberger, Alex. “Building Moving-Image Collection, Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester Commissions Work by Isaac Julien, Dara Birnbaum, Javier Téllez,”Artnews, 24 October 2017.
Prugh, Brian. “Dara Birnbaum/St. Louis Art Museum,” The Seen, 1 November 2016.
“Recent Acquisitions of Feminist Video Art on view in the Museum of Art’s Media Gallery,” Bowdoin, 31 January 2017.
Slowey, Anne. “Wonder Maker”, Mission Magazine, June 2017.
Steer, Emily. “They Come from Another World!: Dara Birnbaum”, Elephant, Summer 2017, Issue 31.
Wigley, Pam. “CMU Honors Renowned Feminist Artist Birnbaum with New Award,” Carnegie Mellon University, 17 March 2017.
2016
Chang, Chris. “Dara Birnbaum & Matt Saunders,” Bomb, 6 July 2016.
Cornell, Lauren. “In the Studio: Dara Birnbaum,” Art in America, 1 May 2016.
“Dara Birnbaum Psalm 29 (30),” Slash, April 2016.
London, Barbara. “The Yavapai-Apache Creation Story,” Document, Fall and Winter 2016.
Prugh, Brian. “Dara Birnbaum/St. Louis Art Museum,” The Seen, 1 November 2016.
“Saint Louis Art Museum: Q&A with Artist Dara Birnbaum,” Public.news, 14 November 2016.
2015
Heartney, Eleanor. “POW! SOK! Wonder Woman’s Back,” Artnews, 14 April 2015.
2014
Forster, Nicholas. “Sliding Away, Sliding Towards: Video Art at MoMA’s Cut to Swipe,” Yale University, 31 October 2014.
Frank, Priscilla. “10 Radical Women Video Artists You Should Know,” The Huffington Post, 2 June 2014.
Miranda, Carolina A. “Moment of Friday: Artist Dara Birnbaum’s 1907’s Wonder Woman mash-up,” Los Angeles Times, 15 August 2014.
Pobric, Pac. “Artists call the shots,” The Art Newspaper, 4 December 2014.
Vogel, Carol. “New and Old Media Artworks at Museum of Modern Art,” The New York Times, 25 September 2014.
2013
Pobric, Pac. “True confessions of a video art pioneer,” The Art Newspaper, 6 December 2013.
2012
Douba l, Rosalie. “Dara Birnbaum: Art Critic’s Choice,” Time Out London, 6 January 2012.
Kirsch, Corinna. “Interview: Dara Birnbaum on MoMA, EAI, and Wonder Woman,” Art Fag City, 26 June 2012.
Riley, Travis. “Dara Birnbaum,” Interface, 4 January 2012.
2011
Allsop, Laura. “Dara Birnbaum: The Caged Artist,” Sight and Sound Magazine, December 2011.
Davies-Crook, Susanna. “Dara Birnbaum/South London Gallery, Dazed Digital, 9 December 2011.
Díaz, Eva. “Dara Birnbaum,” Artforum, October 2011.
Hardman, Paul. “The Language of Television/Dara Birnbaum/South London Gallery,” Aesthetica, 16 December 2011.
Luke, Ben. “Dara Birnbaum, South London Gallery-review,” The London Evening Standard.co.uk, 14 December 2011.
Rosenberg, Karen. “DARA BIRNBAUM: ‘Arabesque,’” The New York Times, 11 August 2011.
Stebleva, Olga. “Dara Birnbaum at South London Gallery,” Artist’s Insight, December 2011.
2010
Brown, Kathryn. “Disruption and Delight: Dara Birnbaum’s Experiments with Sensory Pleasure,” n.paradoxa, 2010.
Landi, Ann. “The Best Underrated Artists,” ARTnews, September 2010.
Lund, Karsten. “An Evening with Dara Birnbaum,” FlavorPill.com Chicago, 8 February 2010.
Thorne, Sam. “Dara Birnbaum: Wilkinson Gallery,” Frieze, January/February 2010.
2009
Birnbaum, Dara and Cory Arcangel. “Do It 2,” Artforum, March 2009.
“Dara Birnbaum’s ‘Retrospective: The Dark Matter of Media Light’ in S.M.A.K. Ghent,” H-Art, 14 May 2009.
Demos, T.J. “Critique and Creativity: On Dara Birnbaum at the S.M.A.K., Gent,” Texte zur Kunst, June 2009.
Demos, T.J. “Dara Birnbaum,” Artforum, January 2009.
Latimer, Quinn. “Dara Birnbaum Talks Art, Activism, and TV’s Need to Keep its Belly Full,” Modern Painters, April 2009.
Reig, Javier Mesa. “Dara Birnbaum participa en un taller de artista del IVAM,” Globedia.com, 27 November 2009.
“S.M.A.K.,” E-Flux, 2 April 2009.
2008
Kelley, Karen and Schröder, Barbara. “Dara Birnbaum,” Bomb Magazine, Summer 2008.
Woeller, Marcus. "Sonic Youth Show Bolzano/Dara Birnbaum," Museion Bozen, 13 October 2008.
2005
Edward Lewine. “Art That Has To Sleep In the Garage,” The New York Times, 26 June 2005.
2004
Birnbaum, Dara and Johanna Burton. “My Pop,” Art Forum, 2004.
2003
Jonas, Joan. “The Individual Voice as a Political Voice: Critiquing and Challenging the Authority of Media,” Ed. Judy Malloy. Women, Art, and Technology. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2003.
2002
Canal, Maria. “Tiembla, Tele,” Becas, 4 October 2002.
Chavannes, Door Mark. “Amerikaanse kunstenaars zoeken een antwoord Post 911,” 19 October 2002.
Halter, Ed. “Medium Cool,” The Village Voice, 20 February 2002.
Marzo, Jorge Luis. “Mass Media’ y arte de hoy,” Cuadernos del Mediteraneo, 29 September 2002.
Rush, Michael. “No Longer an Orphan, Video Art Gives Itself a Party,” The New York Times, 10 February 2002.
Schwendener, Martha. “New York Critics’ Picks: Dan Graham and Dara Birnbaum: Marian Goodman Gallery,” Artforum, February 2002.
2001
Attias, Laurie. “Dara Birnbaum,” ARTnews, 2001.
Breerette, Geneviève. “Bonjours de New York,” Le Monde, 11 February 2001.
“Dara Birnbaum,” Aden, 7-13 March 2001.
“Dara Birnbaum: Précis de Deconstruction,” Supplemental issue of Libération, September 2001.
“Das Gedachtnis der Kunst,” Kaleidoscope, October/January 2001.
“Die Zeitlaufe als Kunst-Puzzle,” General Anzeiger fur Bonn, 6 January 2001.
“Etonnante ‘Attente’,” Libération, 11 February 2001.
Fouquet, Ludovic. “L’Attente, désir et transparence de l’image vidéo: Dara Birnbaum: Erwartung,” Revue de l’Art Actuel, June-August 2001.
“Geschichte und Erinnerung in aktueller Kunst,” Basler Zeitung, 2 February 2001.
Goeller, Daniela. “Draussen ist es hell: Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris: Dara Birnbaum,” Frame, May/June 2001.
“Krieg und Frieden,” Suddeutsche Zeitung, 28 February 2001.
Lebovici, Elisabeth. “L’Americaine Dara Birnbaum déconstruit en videos l’image télévisée: ‘Manipuler la télé comme elle nous a manipulée’,” Libération, 10 January 2001.
McCarthy, Anna. “From Screen to Site,” October, 2001.
Moisdon Tremblay, Stéphanie. “Dara Birnbaum,” Art Press, 2001.
Moisdon Tremblay, Stéphanie. “Draußen ist es hell,” Frame, May/June 2001.
“Unbarmherzig betroffen dreinschauend,” Stuttgarter Zeitund, 23 January 2001.
2000
Cummins, Pauline. “Seeing Time: Selections from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection of Media Art,” Circa, 2000.
“Das Dunkel hinter dem Bildschirm,” Financial Times Deutschland, 15 December 2000.
Hamlin, Jesse. “For the Love of the Art,” San Francisco Chronicle, 16 April 2000.
“Nur in der Gegnwart kann die Vergangenheit leben,” Frankfurter Neue Presse, 16 December 2000.
“One More Time at the Whitney,” Carnegie Mellon Magazine, 2000.
“Spurensuche im Abrisshaus,” Berliner Morgenpost, 27 December 2000.
1999
Fischer, Jack. “Media Cool: Interview with Dick Kramlich,” The Mercury News, 28 November 1999.
von Sclege, Mark. “Art (A) Drift of Politics: Dara Birnbaum/Laura Emrick,” NY Arts, 1999.
Woodward, Richard B. “Fast Forward,” Wired, October 1999.
1998
Vincent, Steven. “Silicon Gallery,” Art & Auction, NYC, 1998.
1997
Deepwell, Katy. “A Brief Analysis of the Women Artists Shown in Documenta X,” N.Paradoxa, August 1997.
Henze, Nikola. “Unterwertung macht Spaß: Video filme von Dara Birnbaum,” Berliner Morgenpost, 17 August 1997.
“Medium Rare,” Bay Area Reporter, 15 May 1997.
“ON FIRE: Page Six Girl: Dara Birnbaum,” FAT Magazine, 1997.
Robinson, Walter. “New in New York: Rooms with a View: Environments for Video at the Guggenheim Museum,” SoHo, 16 April 1997.
Sustersic, Apolonija. “An Interview with Dara Birnbaum,” M'Ars, 1997.
Tuer, Dot. “Mining The Media Archive: When History Meets Simulation in the Recent Work of Dara Birnbaum and Stan Douglas,” Fuse Magazine, November 1997.
Tuer, Dot. “Mirrors and Mimesis: An Examination of the Strategies of Image Appropriation and Repetition in the Work of Dara Birnbaum,” N.Paradoxa, May 1997.
Yagod, Mia Raini. Dismantling TV’s Politics of Desire: Dara Birnbaum’s Televisual Videoworks. Diss. Department of Art History; The University of Chicago.
1996
Athineos, Doris. “O, Brave New World,” Forbes, 3 September 1996.
Etant Donné, 1996.
MacDonald, Christine. “Experiments In Longevity,” The Independent Film & Video, July 1996.
van Winkel, Camiel. “Dara Birnbaum: A Thousand Points of Light,” Archis, 1996.
“Media’s Affectation of Public Space: The Video Installation Works of Dara Birnbaum,” Aris 2, Journal of the Carnegie Mellon Department of Architecture, 1996.
1995
Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Brigitte. “Medialisierung und Bild der Frau,” Wiener Zeitung, 17 October 1995.
Christoph, Horst. “Wirklich wirklich?” Profil, 9 October 1995.
Dahlquist, Dennis. “Videokonstruktivt,” S.V.D., 29 April 1995.
“Dara Birnbaum,” Der Gemeindebedienstete, October 1995.
“Dara Birnbaum: Bild der Frau,” Elle, October 1995.
“Dara Birnbaum in der Kunsthalle Wien,” Aktuell Rathauskorrespondenz, 9 October 1995.
“Die Glotze als Kunst,” Kurier, 6 October 1995.
“Emotion und Technologie,” Bühne, 10 November 1995.
“Erstmals Werkschau von Dara Birnbaum,” Neue Zeit, 7 October 1995.
Frithi, Lotta. “Videokonstnar Ser Igenom TV-Bruset,” Uppsala Nyatidning, 1995.
Heissenberger, Angela. “Am Puls der Zeit,” An.Schläge, November 1995.
Hinnfors, Gunillagrahn. “Att Blinagon Pa Tio Sekunder,” Gotebongsposten, 11April 1995.
Hofleitner, Johanna. “Pionierin der Medienkunst,” Neue Zürcher Zeitung International, 4 November 1995.
Hofmann-Sewera, Kathi. “Medienpolitik & Ästhetik,” Kleine Zeitung, 11 November 1995.
Horny, Henriette. “Mensch und Massenmedien,” Kurier, 7 October 1995.
Huber-Lang, Wolfgang. “Schirme ohne Charme,” Wirtschafts Woche, 5 October 1995.
“Internationell Videokonst Av hog Kvalitet,” Nya Luchika Tidning, 15 May 1995.
Jansson, Esse. “Ett Fantastikst aventgr,” Norrtälje Tidning, 11 April 1995.
Jansson, Lennart. “Videokonstnar fran New York...,” Norrtälje Tidning, 4 April 1995.
Karlstam, Cristina. “En Mansklig Rost i Mediebruset,” Uppsala Nya Tidning, 10 April 1995.
“Heldag Med Birnbaum,” Uppsala Nya Tidning, 13 April 1995.
Koller, Petra. “Fernsehkultur. Neue Medien-Kunst,” Cash Flow, October 1995.
Krumpl, Doris. “Die Grauzonen der grauen Zellen,” Der Standard, 7 October 1995.
Larson, Kate. “Med Kojak Mot TV- Skvazet,” Affonbzadet, 18 April 1995.
Lind, Maria. “Urval Med Udd,” S.V.D., 29 April 1995.
“Medienkunst in der KunsthalleWien: Dara Birnbaum,” Wiener Journal, October 1995.
Melchart, Erwin. “Kunst als Pausenfüller,” Kronen Zeitung, 7 October 1995.
“Merkwürdige Kiste,” Pharma Time, September 1995.
“Multimedial Konst Maste Upplevas ‘Live’,” Norduaskra Skanes Tidning, 23 April 1995.
Najafi, Sina and Sven-Olov Wallenstein. “Reversing Angles: Talking Back to the Media,” Material, 1995.
“News,” Flash Art, Summer 1995.
Olsson, Thomas. “Den Internationella Videokonsten Introduceras i Sverige,” Hallandsposten, 28 April 1995.
Ottosson, Malin: “Videokonstna Rarinnan Berattade om Sitt Arbete,” Norrtalje Tidning, 11 April 1995.
Rosenberg, Gabi. “Keine leichtverdauliche Kost,” Jüdische Rundschau, 1995.
Schöllhammer, Georg. “Birnbaum – Graham,” Springer, 1995.
“Sky Lines,” Vienna City Guide, 1995.
Sotriffer, Kristian. “Virtualität aus der Realität,” Die Presse, 9 October 1995.
“Video-Kunst für den Durchblick,” Wiener, October 1995.
“Videdokonstnär från ˜ew York. Sverige-debuterar i Norrtälje,” Kultur, 6 April 1995.
“Virualität aus der Realität,” Die Presse, 9 November 1995.
“Vom Zustand der Welt,” Die Presse, October 1995.
Wachtmeister, Marika: “Videokonsten: Svar, Kravande Och Dyr!” Femina, 8 August 1995.
Wailand, Markus. “Wonderwoman-TV,” Falter, 1995.
Wesemann, Heiner: “Den Medien eine Antwort geben,” Neues Volksblatt, 19 October 1995.
Wisniewski, Jana. “Der Cyberspace als unsere neue Heimat. Wie visionär ist die Wahrnehmung?” Salzburger Nachrichten, 10 November 1995.
1994
Clearwater, Bonnie: “The Art of Seduction,” South Florida, February 1994.
“Der Bildschirm als Spiegel fur den Daten-Dandy,” Allgemeine Zeitung, 1 February 1994.
Hoffman, Justin. “Zwischen den Geschlechtern,” Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19 May 1994.
Kayser, Lucien. “Suture,” D’Letzebugerland Luxemburg, 6 May 1994.
Kravagna, Christian. “Suture,” Artforum, November 1994.
Krumpl, Doris. “Eine Grosse Nase in Tokyo und Andere Ideale,” Der Standard, 4 May 1994.
The Print Collector’s Newsletter, January/February 1994.
1993
Boesen, Brigitte. “Ojenvidner til Ingenting,” Information, 6 December 1993.
Gamble, Allison. “Strategic Occupation,” New Art Examiner, January 1993.
Kirshner, Judith Russi. “Dara Birnbaum,” Forum International, 1993.
Kravagna, Christian. “Dara Birnbaum: Talking Back to the Media,” Eikon, 1993.
Mathews, Stanley. “The Body Politic,” Dialogue, January/February 1993.
Smith, Roberta: “In Installation Art, a Bit of the Spoiled Brat,” The New York Times, 3 January 1993.
Wolff, Thomas A. “Zurück zum Inhalt,” Kulturspiegel, 27 January 1993.
1992
Johns, Allison. “Shortcuts for Editing Video Walls,” Millimeter, August 1992.
Kline, Larry: “Dara Birnbaum: The Damnation of Faust 1984-1992,” Cover, November/December 1992.
Knight, Christopher. “A Parting Shot for Chicago’s Armory,” Los Angeles Times, 30 September 1992.
Madoff, Steven Henry. “Documenta IX: More is a Mess,” Artnews, September 1992.
McQuaid, Cate: “Getting into the Act,” Boston Phoenix, 11 December 1992.
McWilliams, Martha. “The Way to Docu-drama,” New Art Examiner, October 1992.
Mekkink, Mieke. “Documenta de Verborgen Geschiedenis,” Ruimte, September 1992.
Raven, Arlene. “Beyond Survival: Old Frontiers/New Visions—Artists Speak Out,” Positions, NY Feminist Art Institute, 1992.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “The Documenta of the Dog,” Art in America, September 1992.
Schwerdtle, Dieter. “Ein Foto-Rundgang durch die Documenta IX,” Kunstforum, Summer 1992.
Sherman, Mary. “‘Active’ Works Attack Sensibilities in ICA Exhibit,” Boston Herald, 18 December 1992.
Temin, Christine. “‘Performing’ Art that’s Accessible,” The Boston Globe, 9 December 1992.
1991
“Art Museum Exhibition Focuses on New Video Work,” The Milwaukee Journal, 28 May 1991.
Artner, James. “Truly Modern Art: Video Artist Stretch Limits of the Medium,” The Milwaukee Journal, 9 June 1991.
Canning, Susan. “Interview with Dara Birnbaum,” Art Papers, 1991.
Cantor, Judy. “Interview: Dara Birnbaum,” Balcon, 1991.
Cilli, Cristina. “Fuochi Fatui Nel Castello,” Noi Donne, 1991.
Cornwell, Regina. “Art in the Agora,” Art in America, 1991.
di Francesca, Pasini. “La Marcia Della Ida,” Il Secola, February 1991.
Guido, Curto. “Rivoli Fills a Castle with Art,” The Journal of Art, April 1991.
Hixson, Kathryn. “Dara Birnbaum,” Flash Art, 1991.
Meyers-Kingsley, Dara. “Beyond Toontown: What’s on TV?” Independent Film & Video Monthly, July 1991.
Paine, Janice T. “No Boob Tubes Here: Museum Surveys Recent American Video,” The Milwaukee Sentinel, 14 June 1991.
“The Pleasure Machine: Recent American Video,” The Milwaukee Journal 24 April 1991.
Tiberio, Margaret. “Not My Twentieth Century,” Visions: Boston Film/Video Foundation, Summer 1991.
1990
Arias, F. “Video Esculturas y Fotografias de Vanguardia,” Hoja del Lunes, 3 March 1990.
Beck, Robert. “An Interview with Dara Birnbaum,” Media Arts, National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, 1990.
Birringer, Johannes: “The Damnation of Culture in Postmodern Video Sculpture,” Tema Celeste, 1990.
Frank, Peter. “Los Angeles,” Contemporanea, 1990.
Gigliotti, Davidson. “The Allure of the Electronic: The Changing Vocabulary of Video and Sculpture,” Afterimage, 1990.
Grunberg, Andy. “Dara Birnbaum,” The New York Times, 2 February 1990.
Hapgood, Susan. “Dara Birnbaum,” Contemporanea, 1990.
Nesbitt, Lois E. “Review,” Artscribe, 1990.
Pohjolo, Illppo. “uusi video ja uusi naiskuva Dara Binbaum haastattelu,” Video USA: Erkki Huhtamo / Karloff Film Ltd., May 1990.
Shottenkirk, Dena. “Reviews,” Artforum, 1990.
1989
Barry, Robert. “Wonder,” Artforum International, Summer 1989.
Daniels, Dieter. “Dara Birnbaum: Video-Wand Im Öffentlichen Raum, Atlanta, USA,” Kunstforum International, 1989.
Foreman, Bill. “The Big Payback,” Isthmus, 27 October 1989.
Fox, Catherine. “Video Vexation,” The Atlanta Constitution, 21 May 1989.
Hagen, Charles. “The Fabulous Chameleon,” Artnews, Summer 1989.
Mifflin, Margot. “New Media, New Art,” Elle, May 1989.
Raven, Arlene. “Beyond Survival: Old Frontiers/New Visions–Artists Speak Out,” Positions: New York Feminist Art Institute, 1989.
“Telewall at Rio Complex Taps Into Designer’s Life,” The Atlanta Constitution, 16 September 1989.
“Video-Wand im öffentlichen Raum Atlanta, USA,” Kunstforum International, 1989.
Zippay, Lori: “Collapse/Expansion: Parallel Realities of the Televisual,” Ballerini, Julia. Sequence (Con)sequence: (Sub)versions of Photography in the 80’s. New York, New York: Aperture / Annandale-on-Hudson, New York: Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, 1989.
1988
“Eight Days A Week,” The San Francisco Bay Guardian, 7 December 1988.
Gorney, S. Paul. “Dara Birnbaum,” Juliet Art Magazine, 1988.
Kirby, Kenneth. “1988 American Film Institute Video Festival,” American Film Institute, 1988.
Miller, Donald. “Video Artists Explore U.S. Landscapes in Show,” Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 6 May 1988.
Morgan, Robert. “Review of Rough Edits,” High Performance, 1988.
Nash, Michael. “Antennae: A Critical Guide to New Works,” Weekly, October 1988.
1987
Fallman, Christer. “Fadermord pa detantentiska?” Correspondenten, 15 November 1987.
Fox, Catherine: “NY Artist to Create ‘Videowall’ for Midtown Development,” The Constitution Journal, 5 May 1987.
Liebermann, Rhonda. “The Art of Television Reception in the Age of Endo-Colonization,” Copyright, 1987.
Lind, Ingela. “Egotianonym forkladnad,” Dagensnylieter, 11 November 1987.
Liss, Andrea. “History Reconceptualized,” Artweek, 10 January 1987.
London, Barbara. “Dara Birnbaum,” The American Film Institute, 1987 Award for Independent Film and Video Artists, 1987.
“Non In Codice,” Spazio Umano / Human Space, December 1987.
Nylen, Leif: “Postmodernt ingenmandsland,” Dagensnylieter, 20 December 1987.
Ohrberg, Ann. “Implosion pa Moderna Museet,” Norrtälje Tidning, 25 November 1987.
“Skuggoiett postmodernt Arkadien,” Dagensnylieter, 11 November1987.
Tallmer, Jerry. “Wonder Woman of Avant-Garde,” The New York Post, 22 January 1987: 30.
Wallace, John. “Innovation is a Primary Color on the Video Artist’s Palette,” The New York Times, 19 April 1987.
1986
Kelly, Lorraine. “Reigning Cats,” Afterimage, March 1986.
Pohlen, Annelie. “Irritation der Gewohnheit,” Nürnberger Zeitung, April 1986.
Trappschuh, Elke. “Künstlerinnen gebrauchen neue Medien in Düsseldorf: Von der Realität provoziert,” Handelsblatt, 11 April 1986.
Velthoven, William. “To Talk Back or To Talk With: Gesprek met Dara Birnbaum,” Mediamatic, 1986.
1985
Duguet, Anne-Marie. “The Luminous Image: Video Installation,” Camera Obscura, 1985.
Groot, Paul. “The Luminous Image: Review,” Artforum, 1985.
Hatton, Brian. “Between Here and Nowhere,” Flash Art, 1985.
Mignot, Dorine. “The Luminous Image,” Kunstforum International, 1985.
Owens, Craig. “Dara Birnbaum: Phatasmagorie des Media,” Plus, 1985.
Reidy, Robin. “Pop-Pop Video: Dara Birnbaum Alters Familiar Images with Advanced Technology,” American Film, 1985.
Russell, John. “Art: Whitney Presents Its Annual Exhibition,” The New York Times, 22 March 1985.
Russell, John. “The Biggest and the Best in Pittsburgh,” The New York Times, 17 November 1985.
Smith, Roberta. “Beyond Gender,” The Village Voice, 22 January 1985.
Sturken, Marita. “Feminist Video: Reiterating the Difference,” Afterimage, 1985.
Wentscher, Herbert. “Wir schalten um: Let’s Go For the Real Public,” Kunstforum International, 1985.
White, Mimi. “Resimulation: Video Art and Narrativity,” Wide Angle, 1985.
Wooster, Ann Sargent. “Manhattan Shortcuts,” Afterimage, Summer 1985.
York, Christine. “Video: A Melting Pot of Mediums,” Open City, 15 November – 15 February 1985.
Zauner, Ingrid. “Ohnmacht? Frauenmacht!” Film Logbuch, 1985.
1984
Aldighieri, Merrill. “Video Active: Test Department—Dara Birnbaum and the Stations,” Rock Video, December 1984.
Fargier, Jean-Paul. “Video: Dara Birnbaum à L’American Center: Raccord des Regards,” Cahiers du Cinema, 1984.
Feczo, Mary Anna. “Fast Scan,” NY Talk, 10 April 1984.
Hagen, Charles. “Dara Birnbaum: Anthology Film Archives Video Program at Millennium Film Workshop,” Artforum, 1984.
Horne, Larry. “On Video and Its Viewers,” On Film, 1984.
Reidy, Robin. “Video Effects Art/Art Effects Video: Dara Birnbaum’s Damnation of Faust: Evocation,” Art Com, 1984.
Rice, Shelley. “Dutch Treat: Amsterdam’s Luminous Image,” The Independent Film and Video Monthly, December 1984.
Stahr, Yvonne. “Dara Birnbaum: An Interview,” Art Papers, March/April 1984.
Tee, Ernie. “Dara Birnbaum,” Openbaar Kunstbezit, 1984.
Zeichner, Arlene. “Clublike Video,” The Independent, 1984.
1983
Ancona, Victor and Michael Greenhouse. “Visual Music,” Videography, 1983.
Beals, Katherine. “The Video Exhibition Merges Art and Technology,” The Herald Statesman, 26 February 1983.
Dercon, Chris. “Dara Birnbaum: Wonder Woman,” Schöne Vis à Vis, 1983.
Jubela, Joan. “Video Art and the Marketplace,” Heresies, 1983.
Loeffler, Carl. “TV: The Popular Front Form!” Art Com, 1983.
Wooster, Ann Sargeant. “Slow Scan, Video Video,” The East Village Eye, 1983.
1982
Beals, Kathie. “Turning into Video Art,” Gannett Today, 26 February 1982.
Buchloh, Benjamin. “Allegorical Procedures: Appropriation and Montage in Contemporary Art,” Artforum, September 1982.
Coopman, Johan. “Dara Birnbaum,” Andere Sinema, 1982.
Elwes, Katherine. “New York Video,” Performance Magazine, 1982.
Fargier, Jean-Paul. “La Video Contre la Television: Un Exemple Dara Birnbaum,” Nordeste, 1982.
Hartney, Mick. “Videotapes by American Artists: ICA New York,” Art Monthly, 1982.
“Hudson Museum skeds first of 3 video shows,” Daily News, 23 February 1982.
Moffarts, Eric de. “Video Art: Une Memoire Pour la Television. Une Interview de Dara Birnbaum,” Videodoc, 1982.
Owens, Craig: “Phantasmagoria of the Media,” Art in America, May 1982.
Schouten, Lydia. “Dara Birnbaum,” Modern Denken, 1982.
Tindemans, Klaas. “Verband Video - TV niet meer verbergen,” De Standaard, 29 October 1982.
Zeichner, Arlene. “The World of New York Video,” The Literary Review, 1982.
1981
Brooks, Rosetta. “TV Transformations: An Examination of the Videotapes of New York Artist Dara Birnbaum,” ZG, 1981.
Ginsberg, Merle. “NY Video: State of the Art,” Soho News, 1981.
Monk, Philip. “Television by Artists,” Canadian Forum, 1981.
1980
Fargier, Jean-Paul. “La Collection du Musée d’Art Moderne de New York,” Le Monde, 6 November 1980.
Gintz, Claude. “Une Saison à New York,” Artistes, 1980.
Grundberg, Andy. “Photography,” The Soho Weekly News, 6 August 1980.
Hoberman, J. “Three Women,” The Village Voice, 5 May 1980.
Langsfeld, Wolfgang. “New York Video,” Süddeutsche Zeitung, 20 May 1980.
Larson, Kay. “Art,” The Village Voice, 1 October 1980.
Lawson, Thomas. “Reviews,” Artforum, 1980.
London, Barbara. “Independent Video: The First Fifteen Years,” Artforum, 1980.
London, Barbara and Zippay, Lorraine: “A Chronology of Video Activity in the United States,” Artforum, 1980.
Marton, Pierre. “Video Cote Ouest, USA,” Cahiers du Cinema, 1980.
McDarrah, Fred. “Voice Choices Photo,” The Village Voice, 6 August 1980.
Morgan, Robert. “Transmission Aesthetics: Public Interaction and Private Awareness,” The New York Arts Journal, 1980.
Rice, Shelley. “Reviews,” Artforum, 1980.
Wooster, Ann Sargeant. “Voice Choices Video,” The Village Voice, 28 January 1980.
1979
Hoberman, Jim. “Voice Choices Film,” The Village Voice, 7 May 1979.
1978
Dodge, William. “Perspectives: Within the Frame,” The Dalhousie Gazette, 5 October 1978.
Hoberman, Jim. “Voice Choices Film,” The Village Voice, 23 January 1978.
1977
Frank, Peter. “Dara Birnbaum (Artists Space),” ARTnews, October 1977.
Woodard, Stephanie. “Concepts in Performance: Views and Interviews: Dara Birnbaum,” The Soho Weekly News, 6 January 1977.
Other Writings and Projects by the Artist
1999
Birnbaum, Dara. “Elemental Forces Elemental Dispositions: Fire/Water,” October 90, 1999: 109-135.
1996
Birnbaum, Dara. “Dara Birnbaum/Dan Graham Collaboration.” Springer, 1996.
Birnbaum, Dara. “Media’s Continuous and Discontinuous Forms.” Inszenierte Imagination: Beiträge zu einer historischen Anthropologie der Medien. Müller-Funk, Wolfgang and Hans Ulrich Reck. Springer: Vienna, Austria ; New York, New York, 1996.
Birnbaum, Dara. “Electronic Incision: Four Gates for St. Pölten.” BauArt 4, 1996: 10-19.
Birnbaum, Dara. “Media’s Affection: Public Space.” Aris 2: MEDIArchitecture. Department of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1995.
BauArt Verein für die Förderung von Architektur (ed.): Raum denken. Thinking space, issue 4, Wien: BauArt Verein für die Förderung von Architektur, 1996.
1995
Birnbaum, Dara and Scott Lyall. “Finding Anyplace in Cyberspace.” Davidson, Cynthia C. Anyplace. MIT Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995: 160-171.
1993
Birnbaum, Dara. “A Statement of Manifestation for the Conference: Radical Chic.” Bauer, Ute Meta. Radical Chic 26-28 November 1993. Künstlerhaus: Stuttgart, Germany, 1993: 57-61.
1992
Birnbaum, Dara. “Overlapping Signs.” Peters, Nancy J. and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. War After War. City Lights Publishers: San Francisco, 1992.
Birnbaum, Dara. “Trans-Voices.” Whitney Museum of American Art 66 / New American Film and Video Series, 1992.
Every TV Needs a Revolution. Birnbaum, Dara. Imschoot Uitgevers: Gent, Belgium, 1992.
1991
Birnbaum, Dara. “The Rio Experience: Video’s New Architecture Meets Corporate Sponsorship.” Hall, Doug and Sally Jo Fifer. Illuminating Video: An Essential Guide to Video Art. Aperture: New York, New York, 1991: 189.
Birnbaum, Dara. “Yearbook.” König, Kasper and Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Der öffentliche Blick: Jahresring 38. Verlag Silke Schreiber: Munich, Germany, 1991: 108-113.
1990
Birnbaum, Dara. “Out of the Blue” Russell. Discourses: Conversations in Postmodern Art and Culture. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York/ MIT Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990: 192-195.
1989
Birnbaum, Dara. “The Wondering of Context.” Real Life Magazine 1989: 16-17.
Masochism. Deleuze, Gilles. Zone Books: New York, New York, 1989. [Cover art and graphic design by Dara Birnbaum].
1988
Birnbaum, Dara. “Out of the Blue: A Project for Artforum by Dara Birnbaum.” Artforum 1988: 117-119.
Birnbaum, Dara. “Photo Essay.” City Lights Review, 1988: 16-20.
1987
Birnbaum, Dara. “Wonder, Wonder Woman.” Telos, March/May, 1987: 159-161.
1986
Birnbaum, Dara. “Playground (The Damnation of Faust).” Zone, 1986: 70-79.
1985
Birnbaum, Dara. “Every Color TV Needs a Revolution.” Kruger Barbara TV Guides: A Collection of Thoughts About Television. Kuklapolitan Press: New York, New York, 1985: 24.
1984
Birnbaum, Dara. “Special Artist Portfolio.” Send, 1984: 46-47.