Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Chong, Ping
2. Chong, Ping
3. Blu
4. Lee, Phil, sound designer
5. Kaufman, Howard, sound designer
6. Moss, Anguss
7. Janetti, Tony
8. Suydam, Didi
9. Sanford, Tobey
10. Carpenter, Mel
11. Ligozio, Tracy
12. Giacomo, Dennis
13. List, Rob
14. Pablo, Willie
15. Blevins, Tone
16. Smith, L., performer
17. Babb, Roger
18. Duffy, Michael
19. La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, producer
20. Fiji Theatre Company. pro
21. Ping Chong & Company

Found in

1. Ping Chong archive.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This play combines various visual and aural elements. The mundane and the momentous are given equal prominence - a woman carrying a heavy suitcase through a departure lounge and man walking for the first time on the moon. The collage shifts back and forth from cave man to spaceman, with odd stops along the way. There are recurrent motifs - the sound of ships' bells, the roar of a crowd, inscriptions on tombstones. Eventually the play settles in a politically disrupted Far Eastern country, a Cambodia of the mind where tourists idle while violence erupts. There are projections, both still and cinematic, dance-like movement, sounds, and actors in live performance, on film and in silhouette as in shadow puppetry.

Alternative title

1. Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials.

Subject

1. Experimental theater -- United States.

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Plays.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6142

Language

1. English

Note

1. Duration: Disc 1: 39 min. ; disc 2: 44 min.
2. Title and date from the archival materials and Ping Chong & Company website.

Access (note)

1. Permission required for use.

Credits (note)

1. Lighting by Blu ; sound design by Phil Lee and Howard Kaufman ; Anguss Moss, technical director ; Tony Janetti, audio/visual director ; photography by Tobey Sanford and Didi Suydam ; film by Ping Chong and Mr. Janetti ; Mel Carpenter, costume consultant ; Tracy Ligozio, costume assistant ; Dennis Giacomo, stage manager.

Indexed in (note)

1. Credits are taken from a review in New York Times

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at La Mama E. T. C. and The Fiji Theater Company, Jan. 1985.

Funding (note)

1. The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.

System details (note)

1. DVD, transferred from DVCam.

Source (note)

1. Ping Chong & Company;

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials.

Performer

1. Cast: Rob List (Emissary, Cave Man and Beachcomber ) ; Willie Pablo (Senor Santiago and Pap) ; Tone Blevins (Vela Berenice, Miss Bea and Nun) ; L. Smith (Senorita Santiago, Hannah Pearl, Nun and Judith Elsen) ; R. W. Babb (McQuade, Cave Man, Franklin and Mercenary) ; Michael Duffy (Ruis) ; Ping Chong (a stranger).

Indexed in:

1. Credits are taken from a review in New York Times, Jan. 24, 1985.

Added author

1. Chong, Ping, director.
2. Chong, Ping. Creator
3. Chong, Ping, performer.
4. Blu. Lighting designer
5. Lee, Phil, sound designer.
6. Kaufman, Howard, sound designer.
7. Moss, Anguss. Technical director
8. Janetti, Tony. Director
9. Suydam, Didi. Photographer
10. Sanford, Tobey. Photographer
11. Carpenter, Mel. Costume designer
12. Ligozio, Tracy. Costume designer
13. Giacomo, Dennis. Stage manager
14. List, Rob. Performer
15. Pablo, Willie. Performer
16. Blevins, Tone. Performer
17. Smith, L., performer.
18. Babb, Roger. Performer
19. Duffy, Michael. Performer
20. La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, producer.
21. Fiji Theatre Company. Producer
22. Ping Chong & Company.