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Additional authors

1. Decouflé, Philippe.
2. Bensard, Patrick.
3. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
4. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (85 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program contains excerpts from Decouflé's film work, including filmed segments of multimedia performances as well as stand-alone experimental films and television commercials. The films Caramba, Codex, and Le P'tit Bal are among those excerpted. Decouflé discusses such influences as Hollywood musicals and the works of early 20th-century cinema pioneer Georges Méliès, and his collaboration with commercial artist and director Jean-Paul Goude. The program also includes two short Méliès films.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 161

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938
2. Educational/cultural works
3. Decouflé, Philippe
4. Experimental films
5. Television advertising
6. Multimedia (Art)
7. Video
8. Goude, Jean-Paul, 1940-

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Educational/cultural works.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1165

Credits (note)

1. Filmmaker: Philippe Decouflé́.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 29, 2001.

Funding (note)

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography (note)

1. Philippe Decouflé is a French choreographer and dancer whose work has often incorporated or been exclusively based in film or video. He also staged the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. This program was presented as part of France Move, a 2001 citywide festival celebrating French Dance.

Title

1. The universe of Philippe Decouflé on film [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 2001.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 161
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. Filmmaker: Philippe Decouflé́.

Performer

1. Interviewee: Philippe Decouflé. Interviewer: Patrick Bensard.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 29, 2001.

Funding

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography

1. Philippe Decouflé is a French choreographer and dancer whose work has often incorporated or been exclusively based in film or video. He also staged the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. This program was presented as part of France Move, a 2001 citywide festival celebrating French Dance.

Added author

1. Decouflé, Philippe. Interviewee
2. Bensard, Patrick. Interviewer
3. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
4. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1165