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Damnation of Faust: Will-o'-the-wisp (a deceitful goal)
- Title
- Damnation of Faust: Will-o'-the-wisp (a deceitful goal) [videorecording] / Dara Birnbaum in association with the Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund.
- Publication
- New York : Electronic Arts Intermix, 1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | VHS | By appointment only | VTH 503 D | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Birnbaum, Dara.
- Description
- 1 videocassettte (6 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- "The second part of Birnbaum's Damnation of Faust trilogy centers on the development of Margarete, the female character of the Faust legend. It portrays a woman in the absence of a man. The work weaves fragments of dialogue, visuals and sounds to evoke a construct of deception and abandonment. Birnbaum examines the duality of the inner self and the outer world. The heroine looks out from an upper-floor room at the activities transpiring on the street below. Inner and outer worlds are separated by a window, a structure favourable to reverie and memory. The portrait combines state-of-the-art video technology with elements inspired by 19th-century Japanese composition. "Diagonal rain wipes" and "transitional fan wipes" reinforce the narration.
- Subject
- Credits (note)
- Producer, director, Dara Birnbaum.
- Title
- Damnation of Faust: Will-o'-the-wisp (a deceitful goal) [videorecording] / Dara Birnbaum in association with the Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund.
- Imprint
- New York : Electronic Arts Intermix, 1985.
- Credits
- Producer, director, Dara Birnbaum.
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- Added Author
- Birnbaum, Dara.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 503 D