Wendy Clarke
Wendy Clarke (b.1944) has spent her life working prolifically with the possibilities of the medium of video, including the use of participatory video – both live and recorded – to examine interpersonal relationships. Clarke’s projects and installations have been exhibited on television, in museums, galleries, and public places.
The work has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council of the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, California Arts Council, Arts in Corrections, Camarillo State Hospital, Annenberg Center, Irvine Foundation, and California Youth Authority.
Clarke’s ongoing lifetime project is Love Tapes, portraits of people talking about their personal experiences with love. Clarke lives on her donkey farm in Taos, New Mexico.
‘If every person on the planet could make a love tape, then you’d really know what it’s like to be human’ ~Wendy Clarke
Endless Love Tapes (United Kingdom, 2025) is a pilot project by Wendy Clarke (US) and Kim Coleman (UK). Artist Wendy Clarke’s participatory video project, Love Tapes – which she began in 1977 – is an incredible collection of over 2,500 three-minute videos where people discuss what love means to them.