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Interdisciplinary laboratory 1991

Title
Interdisciplinary laboratory 1991 [videorecording].
Publication
1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Roth, Beatrice, 1919-
  • Kondek, Christopher
  • Williams, Brooks.
  • Hartley, Jan.
  • Jackson, Homer.
  • Hemphill, Essex.
  • Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts.
Found In
nnpc Yellow Springs Institute records (RLIN)NYPG05-A10085
Description
5 videodiscs (NTSC) (259 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Old: new work combines live performance of text with video and recorded sound. Empty arms is a multi-media work including video, recorded sound and live performance, creating a series of vignettes that explore racial themes in the film Imitation of life. Empty arms consists of ten sections: I. Maid, matriarch or mammy; II. Panavision dreams; III. Witness: ABT; IV. Evidence: once; V. Soft targets; VI. Panavision dreams; VII. Witness: Mr. So and So; VIII. Evidence: two; IX. Panavision dreams; X. Spirits in the dark.
Series Statement
Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
Alternative Title
  • Old: new work.
  • Empty arms.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Video.
Note
  • Donor's inventory numbers: V2-910720-1 through V2-910720-5.
Credits (note)
  • Old: new work. Video design: Christopher Kondek. Sound design: Brooks Williams. Art director: Jan Hartley.
  • Empty arms. Audio materials excerpted from a 1973 interview with Barbara Ann Teer, from the Folkways album Black drama. Musical selections: Tender as a rose, performed by Abbie Lincoln; Let's build a rhythm, performed by Ella Jenkins; Nothing but the blues, performed by Lightning Hopkins.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at Yellow Springs Institute, Chester, Pa., on July 20, 1991.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Yellow Springs Institute records; for papers see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2004-007.
Contents
Disc 1. Old: new work / written and performed by Beatrice Roth (71 min.) -- Disc 2. Old: new work (60 min.) -- Disc 3. Empty arms / conceived and performed by Homer Jackson and Essex Hemphill (52 min.) -- Disc 4. Empty arms (58 min.) -- Disc 5. Empty arms [rehearsal] (18 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1325
OCLC
NYPG06-F374
Title
Interdisciplinary laboratory 1991 [videorecording].
Imprint
1991.
Series
Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
Credits
Old: new work. Video design: Christopher Kondek. Sound design: Brooks Williams. Art director: Jan Hartley.
Empty arms. Audio materials excerpted from a 1973 interview with Barbara Ann Teer, from the Folkways album Black drama. Musical selections: Tender as a rose, performed by Abbie Lincoln; Let's build a rhythm, performed by Ella Jenkins; Nothing but the blues, performed by Lightning Hopkins.
Event
Recorded at Yellow Springs Institute, Chester, Pa., on July 20, 1991.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Yellow Springs Institute records; for papers see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2004-007.
Local Note
House program available through the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.
Added Author
Roth, Beatrice, 1919- Performer
Kondek, Christopher, video designer.
Williams, Brooks. Designer
Hartley, Jan. Designer
Jackson, Homer. Performer
Hemphill, Essex. Performer
Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts.
Added Title
Old: new work.
Empty arms.
Found In:
nnpc Yellow Springs Institute records (RLIN)NYPG05-A10085
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1325
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