30 Second Spots Joan Logue in collaboration with the artists. 1982, color, sound Inverting the form, style and time frame of commercial television advertising, Logue has produced a unique series of dynamic video portraits of avant-garde artists, writers, musicians and performers. In 30 Second Spots: New York, which Logue terms “commercials for artists,” each of the succinct vignettes conveys the artistic essence of her subject with clarity, wit, and an…
John Cage
John Cage
UbuWeb heeft een ongelooflijk archief over avant-garde. Natuurlijk is Cage rijkelijk vertegenwoordigd. This rare documentary, simply called “John Cage”, was made in 1966 for the German TV station NDR and is one of the earliest films devoted entirely to the work of Cage and his collaborators. It was made on the occasion of the Cage and Cunningham European tour in that year, and instead of fully explaining the music…