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Prometheus Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Prometheus [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Wilson, Robert, 1941-
  • Xenakis, Iannis, 1922-2001.
  • Squarciapino, Franca.
  • Weissbard, A. J.
  • Abuba, Ernest.
  • Gingras, André.
  • Kavallieratos, Marianna.
  • Nishii, Brian.
  • Renz, Arco.
  • Rosso, Elisabetta.
  • Somellera, Ines.
  • Soto, Carlos.
  • Worth, Irene
  • Di Niscemi, Maita.
  • Gussow, Mel.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program contains the prologue, or first knee play, and second act from Robert Wilson's theater piece Prometheus. During a panel discussion between the two performance segments, Wilson and di Niscemi discuss Prometheus' place in Greek mythology, their work adapting the piece from Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and Aristophanes' The Birds, and Iannis Xenakis' music. Wilson also explains the origin of the term "knee play," which refers to the short connecting scenes between acts in his work.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 164
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Video.
Credits (note)
  • Performance excerpts designed and directed by Robert Wilson. Music: Iannis Xenakis. Costumes: Franca Squarciapino. Lighting: A. J. Weissbard and Robert Wilson.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on June 28, 2001.
Funding (note)
  • 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)
  • Robert Wilson's Prometheus premiered in Jan. 2001 at Megaron Mousikēs Athēnōn (Athens Concert Hall), in Athens, Greece.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1168
OCLC
85452536
Title
Prometheus [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 164
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Performance excerpts designed and directed by Robert Wilson. Music: Iannis Xenakis. Costumes: Franca Squarciapino. Lighting: A. J. Weissbard and Robert Wilson.
Performer
Excerpts performed by Ernest Abuba, Andre Gingras, Marianna Kavallieratos, Brian Nishii, Arco Renz, Elisabetta Rosso, Ines Somellera, and Carlos Soto. Performance narration: Irene Worth. Panelists: Robert Wilson, director ; Maita di Niscemi, dramaturg. Moderator: Mel Gussow.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on June 28, 2001.
Funding
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
Robert Wilson's Prometheus premiered in Jan. 2001 at Megaron Mousikēs Athēnōn (Athens Concert Hall), in Athens, Greece.
Added Author
Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.
Wilson, Robert, 1941- set designer.
Xenakis, Iannis, 1922-2001. Composer
Squarciapino, Franca. Costume designer
Weissbard, A. J. Lighting designer
Wilson, Robert, 1941- lighting designer.
Abuba, Ernest. Performer
Gingras, André. Performer
Kavallieratos, Marianna. Performer
Nishii, Brian. Performer
Renz, Arco. Performer
Rosso, Elisabetta. Performer
Somellera, Ines. Performer
Soto, Carlos. Performer
Worth, Irene, narrator.
Wilson, Robert, 1941- interviewee.
Di Niscemi, Maita. Interviewee
Gussow, Mel. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1168
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