Brian Springer (born 1959) is an American

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and

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ist who works primarily in video, sound, and performance.

Career

Springer spent a year searching for footage by intercepting raw network

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feeds not intended for public consumption with the result of his research was ''

Spin Spin or spinning most often refers to: * Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles * Spin quantum number, a number which defines the value of a particle's spin * Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thr ...

''. This 1995 feature-length

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

provides insights into how television is used by the industry and by politicians to mold and distort the American public's view of reality. Springer produced ''Spin'' as a follow-up to ''Feed'' (1992), for which he also provided raw satellite footage.SPIN (Brian Springer, 1995) on Vimeo
/ref> In 2007, Springer released another documentary, ''The Disappointment: Or, The Force of Credulity''.

Personal life

He earned a M.F.A. in art from the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

and his works have been shown at the

Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum, which is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur- ...

in Los Angeles, the

Whitney Museum The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is a Modern art, modern and Contemporary art, contemporary American art museum located in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, Meatpacking District and West Village neighbor ...

in New York City, the

Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an modernism, artistic and cultural centre on The Mall (London), The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps a ...

in London, the

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in Paris, and ZKM in Germany.Brian Springer — V2_Lab for the Unstable Media
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References

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