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Viola Bill
Bill Viola is a major figure in video art. His installations and videotapes, which have received international recognition, are distinguished by a confluence of allegorical resonance and virtuosic control of technology. Viola explores video's temporal...
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Pinchneck @ Bruce Nauman. 1968
PINCHNECK, 1968 1968, 2 min, color, silent, 16 mm film In several of his films Nauman manipulates his flesh (see Pulling Mouth and Thighing). Here he pinches his neck as well as his cheeks and mouth. Related are a series of contemporaneous infrared photos...
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Wrap Around The World @ Nam June Paik. 1988
WRAP AROUND THE WORLD, 1988 1988, 47 min, color, sound This spectacular satellite link-up, coordinated by Paik, connected the United States, Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan and numerous other countries. David Bowie performs with La, La,...
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Two Channel Music Tape: Spring/Fall @ P. Garrin & N. J. Paik. 1986
TWO CHANNEL MUSIC TAPE: SPRING/FALL, 1986 by Paul Garrin and Nam June Paik 1986, 32:20 min, color, sound, Two Channels This visual tour de force of images and image-processing was created by Paik and Garrin to be viewed as two simultaneous channels of...
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Flesh To White To Black To Flesh @ Bruce Nauman. 1969
FLESH TO WHITE TO BLACK TO FLESH, 1969 37' , NTSC, son, noir et blanc Collection Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) Flesh to White to Black to Flesh est une histoire de passages, de dédoublements et redoublements du corps de l'artiste. Dans un premier...
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Nantes Triptych @ Bill Viola. 1992
NANTES TRIPTYCH, 1992 Nantes Triptych, 1992 Video/sound installation Edition 1: Fonds national d’art contemporain, Commande publique conçue pour le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Ministère de la Culture, Paris, France. A central image of a man floating...
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Film Video Works @ Nam June Paik & Jud Yalkut. 1966-69
FILM VIDEO WORKS,1966-1969 by Nam June Paik and Jud Yalkut 1966-69, 5:36 min, b&w and color, sound Missa of Zen 1966-69, 2:28 min, b&w and color Electronic Moon 1966-69, 3:08 min, b&w and color, sound These two historical collaborations between Nam June...
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Stamping In The Studio @ Bruce Nauman. 1968
STAMPING IN THE STUDIO, 1968 Stamping in the studio, comme un certain nombre d'oeuvres de Bruce Nauman, fait une proposition métaphorique et mathématique qui place l'artiste ainsi que le regard du spectateur au centre de cercles concentriques, de spirales...
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Home @ Steina & Woody Vasulka. 1973
HOME 1973, 16:47 min, color, sound Home is an early experiment in which the Vasulkas transform ordinary household objects through analog imaging devices. With humor and a sense of spontaneous discovery, they animate everyday objects through the application...
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Majorca Fantasia @ Nam June Paik. 1989
MAJORCA - fantasia, 1989 by Nam June Paik in collaboration with Paul Garrin and Amy Greenfield 1989, 4:52 min, color MAJORCA-fantasia is a densely textured collage of often discordant, often beautiful visual and aural elements. To an exquisite musical...
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Violin #1 @ Bruce Nauman. 1967-68
VIOLIN FILM #1 (PLAYING THE VIOLIN AS FAST AS I CAN) 1967-68, 10:54 min., b&w, sound, 16 mm film Violin Film #1 (Playing the Violin as Fast as I Can), is one of several 1967-68 films featuring Nauman's violin-playing, in which the production of sound...
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Dance or Exercice @ Bruce Nauman. 1967-68
DANCE OR EXERCISE, 1967-68 Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square (Square Dance) 1967-68, 10 min, b&w, sound, 16 mm film For this film, Nauman made a square of masking tape on the studio floor, with each side marked at its halfway point. To the...
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A Tale Of Two Cities @ Nam June Paik & Paul Garrin. 1992
A TALE OF TWO CITIES A Tale of Two Cities by Nam June Paik and Paul Garrin 1992, 60 sec, color, sound Television on speed, Paik and Garrin's A Tale of Two Cities is a potpourri of pop personalities, avant-garde antics and international cultural kitsch,...
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Revolving Upside Down @ Bruce Nauman. 1968
REVOLVING UPSIDE DOWN, 1968 L’espace est retourné, inversé, et c'est dans cette perte d'équilibre que Bruce Nauman tourne autour de lui-même sur un seul pied, en quête de son centre de gravité. Et si le vide est sous lui, ce n'est pas pour autant un creux...
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Manipulating Fluorescent Tube @ Bruce Nauman. 1968
MANIPULATING FLUORESCENT TUBE, 1968 Cette vidéo montre les actions d'une performance, que Bruce Nauman avait réalisée quelques années auparavant en 1965, dans laquelle il manipulait (et jouait avec) un tube de néon de 8 pieds de long 1 afin de créer différentes...
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Bouncing Two Balls @ Bruce Nauman. 1967-68
BOUNCING TWO BALLS, 1967-68 Bouncing Two Balls Between the Floor and Ceiling with Changing Rhythms 1967-68, 10 min, b&w, sound, 16 mm film In this film Nauman bounces two balls in the center of a square marked by tape on the studio floor. He throws them...
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MediaShuttle @ Nam June Paik. 1978
MEDIA SHUTTLE, 1978 Nam June Paik pose à nouveau l'idée d'une télévision mondiale, mais, à la différence du point de vue développé dans Global Groove, il l'inscrit cette fois dans le contexte de la guerre froide. La bande est introduite par cette interrogation...
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Elke Allowing The Floor To Rise @ Bruce Nauman. 1973
ELKE ALLOWING THE FLOOR TO RISE, 1973 Pour cette vidéo et sa contrepartie, enregistrée au même moment, Tony Sinking into the Floor, Face Up and Face Down, Bruce Nauman avait conçu une série d'exercices mentaux qu'il avait fait exécuter par des acteurs...
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Violin Tuned D.E.A.D. @ Bruce Nauman. 1968
VIOLIN TUNE D.E.A.D., Dans un espace clos, son studio, qui pourrait être le monde entier comme fond de décor, Bruce Nauman fixé au sol-mur à l'horizontale fait vibrer les accords de la M.O.R.T sur un violon. Réverbérations qui parcourent les méandres...
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Bouncing Balls @ Bruce Nauman. 1969
BOUNCING BALLS, 1969 1969, 9 min, b&w, silent, 16 mm film In this film, Nauman bounces his testicles with one hand. Shot in extreme close-up, the work is perhaps an ironic reference to an earlier film Bouncing Two Balls Between the Floor and Ceiling with...
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Tony Sinking Into The Floor @ Bruce Nauman. 1974
TONY SINKING INTO THE FLOOR, FACE UP AND FACE DOWN, 1974 Dans cette vidéo qui accompagne Elke Allowing the Floor to Rise Up over Her, Face Up, Bruce Nauman demande à un acteur d'imaginer son corps s'enfoncer dans le sol. Les images sont celles d'un homme,...
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Brandenburg Gate @ Nam June Paik. 1992
BRANDENDURG GATE, 1992 Le travail "Brandenburger Gate" est, parmi les installations de plusieurs moniteurs de Paik, celle qui constitue son plus grand opus. Le premier exemple de ces installations où la plupart du temps, les écrans de télévision sont...
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Jonas Joan
Biography An acclaimed multi-media performance artist, Joan Jonas is also a major figure in video art. From her seminal performance-based exercises of the 1970s to her later televisual narratives, Jonas' elusive theatrical portrayal of female identity...
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Turn On @ Vito Acconci. 1974
TURN ON, 1974 Turn-On 21:56 1974 Acconci again confronts both the viewer's and his own expectations of his performance, saying, "I've waited for the perfect time, for the perfect piece, I'm tired of waiting... but no, you want me to have something readyfor...
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Ten Packed Minutes @ Vito Acconci. 1977
TEN PACKED MINUTES, 1977 1977, 12:47 min, Audio CD Ten Packed Minutes is an eclectic audio collage of music, text, found sounds, and excerpts from the recordings of Leon Redbone, Cow Cow Davenport, Eric Dolphy, Karl Berger, and Ornette Coleman. Ten Packed...