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Robert Wilson & Jo Kondo Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Robert Wilson & Jo Kondo [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Wilson, Robert.
  • Kondō, Jō, 1947-
  • Wuorinen, Charles.
  • Gentile, Illenk.
  • Karya, Abdi.
  • Anderson, William, 1962-
  • Frautschi, Jennifer.
  • Mills, Jesse.
  • Nessinger, Mary.
  • O'Connor, Tara Helen.
  • O'Neill, Richard (Violist)
  • Purvis, William.
  • Sherry, Fred.
  • Feinberg, Alan.
  • Zuber, Gregory.
  • Murray, Les A., 1938-2019.
  • Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Jo Kondo discusses how he selected the poems of Louis Zukofsky, the history of this work, and his initial composition process beginning with improvisation. Robert Wilson and Kondo discuss their three collaborations beginning in 1982. Wilson describes the differences in dealing with short and long time frames for works, his relationship to Kondo's music which involved responding to the music or moving in parallel to the music.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
Note
  • Credits from The New York Times music review entitled, When works are staged as well as played, published on Nov. 20, 2007.
Credits (note)
  • Lighting design, Torkel Skjaerven ; video documentation, Pauline de Grunne Cohen and Demetrius Wren.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y. on Nov. 18, 2007.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Source (note)
  • Mary Sharp Cronson.
Contents
Introduction (ca. 1 min.) / by Mary Sharp Cronson -- Panel discussion (ca. 13 min.) / panelists, Robert Wilson and Jo Kondo ; moderator, Charles Wuorinen -- Four short poems of Louis Zukofsky (ca. 7 min.) -- High window (ca. 9 min.) -- Lotus dam (ca. 4 min.) / poem, Les Murray -- Pendulums (ca. 9 min.) -- Beginning, middle and end (ca. 12 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5898
OCLC
707512219
Title
Robert Wilson & Jo Kondo [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
c2007.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
System Details
DVD.
Credits
Lighting design, Torkel Skjaerven ; video documentation, Pauline de Grunne Cohen and Demetrius Wren.
Performer
Moderator, Charles Wuorinen.
Panelist, Robert Wilson (stage director) and Jo Kondo (composer).
Performed by Illenk Gentile and Abdi Karya.
Music performed by William Anderson (electric guitar), Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Jesse Mills (violin), Mary Nessinger (Mezzo soprano), Tara O'Connor (flute), Richard O'Neill (viola), Fred Sherry (cello), Alan Feinberg (piano), Gregory Zuber (percussion), and William Purvis (conductor).
Speaker, Mary Sharp Cronson.
Event
Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y. on Nov. 18, 2007.
Local Note
For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].
Source
Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD
Added Author
Wilson, Robert. Director
Kondō, Jō, 1947- Composer
Wuorinen, Charles. Moderator
Gentile, Illenk. Performer
Karya, Abdi. Performer
Anderson, William, 1962- Instrumentalist
Frautschi, Jennifer. Instrumentalist
Mills, Jesse. Instrumentalist
Nessinger, Mary. Singer
O'Connor, Tara Helen. Instrumentalist
O'Neill, Richard (Violist)
Purvis, William. Conductor
Sherry, Fred. Instrumentalist
Feinberg, Alan. Instrumentalist
Zuber, Gregory. Instrumentalist
Murray, Les A., 1938-2019. Author
Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978. Author
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Speaker
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor NN-PD
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5898
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