"If you could have every person on the planet make a Love Tape, then you’d really know what it’s like to be human."
—Wendy Clarke

Given her first video equipment in 1972 by her mother, filmmaker and video artist Shirley Clarke, artist Wendy Clarke recorded herself and made video diary entries which oftentimes centered on themes of love. Expanding her practice to others, Clarke first asked members of her community, and then the public, their feelings about love—and the video project Love Tapes was born.

This event is presented as part of the Wendy Clarke Artist Residency series.
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ADMISSION
- FREE and open to the public.
- Open viewing noon–5:00 p.m. at DARC 108 from Tuesday, May 13—Friday, May 16, 2025
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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- Tue., May 13–Fri. May 16: "Love Tapes" Exhibition
- Wed., May 14: "Workshop" with the artist
- Thu., May 15: "One on One" Screening
- Thu., May 15–Fri, May 16: "Record a Love Tape"
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PARKING
- Parking by UCSC permit or ParkMobile.
- Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC).
- Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
- More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS). 
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ABOUT THE SERIES
Wendy Clarke is in residence at UC Santa Cruz for a week, May 12–16, 2025, to share her work and engage with the campus and wider community. Her visit includes the following: a public exhibition of her ongoing project, "The Love Tapes"; a public screening of selections from her prison video exchange project; "One on One"; a workshop and an opportunity to participate in the ongoing project, "Endless Love Tapes," in which attendees are invited to record a love tape of their own.