Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Los Angeles–based artist Diana Thater, born OTD, has been a force in video and installation art since the early 1990s. In "Delphine," (1999) which takes as its primary subject wild dolphins interacting with humans, the artist worked for the very first time with untrained animals in their natural habitat.
"Delphine," (1999), projects film and video footage of dolphins from many angles simulating the animals' underwater environment, including the ways they perceive it through sonar and sight.
Thater is committed to showing how her work is made. Delphine was shot using both digital video and film, and edited without trying to hide the difference between the two. The result is a fluid mix of the crispness of video and the texture and depth of film.
Happy Birthday, Diana Thater.
Watch the full video at youtube.com/moca
Learn more at moca.org
Los Angeles–based artist Diana Thater, born OTD, has been a force in video and installation art since the early 1990s. In "Delphine," (1999) which takes as its primary subject wild dolphins interacting with humans, the artist worked for the very first time with untrained animals in their natural habitat.
"Delphine," (1999), projects film and video footage of dolphins from many angles simulating the animals' underwater environment, including the ways they perceive it through sonar and sight.
Thater is committed to showing how her work is made. Delphine was shot using both digital video and film, and edited without trying to hide the difference between the two. The result is a fluid mix of the crispness of video and the texture and depth of film.
Happy Birthday, Diana Thater.
Watch the full video at youtube.com/moca
Learn more at moca.org
