Research Catalog

Title

The spaceman [videorecording] : [--footage] / production, Fifi Corday Productions, Carlotta Schoolman, Michael Shamberg ; [by] Ralph Hilton and Robert Wilson.

Publication

Amsterdam, 1984.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wilson, Robert, 1941-
• Hilton, Ralph, 1946-1984
• Schoolman, Carlotta
• Visser, Tijs
• Nio, Maurice, 1959-
• Childs, Lucinda
• Knowles, Christopher, 1959-
• Didi, Evelyne
• Ruet, Hervé
• Fifi Corday Productions

Description

8 videodiscs (DVD) (352 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subjects

• Video art
• Theatrical productions > Netherlands > Amsterdam > 1981-1990
• Site-specific installations (Art)
• Personal/independent works

Genre/Form

Personal/independent works.

Note

• Donor's inventory numbers: SPA 02A-E, SPA 03A-C.
• The recordings are arranged following the donor's original order and titling (of undetermined significance).
• "Revised, Amsterdam 1984. The first version of The spaceman was a video live performance at The Kitchen, New York, Jan. 1984 [1976]. Ralph Hilton committed suicide, Febr. 1984. Recently Tijs Visser adapted additional material and continued to work." -- Program.
• Title and credits taken from The luminous image: an exhibition of video installations by 22 artists program. Date taken from Byrd Hoffman Foundation records.
• See NCOX 3068 for the original 1976 version of The spaceman.

Access (note)

• Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

• Additional video, Tijs Visser, Maurice Nio.

Event (note)

• Videorecorded from 1975 to 1984 in New York and Amsterdam. The 1984 version was presented in Amsterdam at the Stedelijjk Museum as part of The luminous image: an exhibition of video installations by 22 artists. All recordings associated with the 1984 version are dated September 25, 1984.

Language (note)

• In English and French.

Contents

Disc 1. Tijs Visser footage (SPA 02A) (44 min.) -- Disc 2. Portrait I and II (SPA 02B) (60 min.) -- Disc 3. Portrait IIIB and IVB (SPA 02C) (62 min.) -- Disc 4. Landscape (SPA 02D) (58 min.) -- Disc 5. Still life (SPA 02E) (62 min.) -- Disc 6. Tijs Visser footage. Reel 1 (SPA 03A) (22 min.) -- Disc 7. Tijs Visser footage. Reel 2 (SPA 03B) (22 min.) -- Disc 8. Tijs Visser footage. Reel 3 (SPA 03C) (22 min.).

Call Number

NCOX 3067

OCLC

NYPG05-F11557

Title

The spaceman [videorecording] : [--footage] / production, Fifi Corday Productions, Carlotta Schoolman, Michael Shamberg ; [by] Ralph Hilton and Robert Wilson.

Imprint

Amsterdam, 1984.

Edition

Rev.

Country of Producing Entity

Netherlands

Series

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Event

Videorecorded from 1975 to 1984 in New York and Amsterdam. The 1984 version was presented in Amsterdam at the Stedelijjk Museum as part of The luminous image: an exhibition of video installations by 22 artists. All recordings associated with the 1984 version are dated September 25, 1984.

Credits

Additional video, Tijs Visser, Maurice Nio.

Performer

Video with Lucinda Childs, Ralph Hilton, Christopher Knowles, Lillian, Mrs. Monroe, Evelyn Didi, and Herve Ruet.

Language

In English and French.

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Added Author

Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.

Hilton, Ralph, 1946-1984, director, performer.

Schoolman, Carlotta, producer.

Visser, Tijs, camera.

Nio, Maurice, 1959- camera.

Childs, Lucinda, performer.

Knowles, Christopher, 1959- performer.

Didi, Evelyne, performer.

Ruet, Hervé, performer.

Fifi Corday Productions.

Research Call Number

NCOX 3067