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Levels of nothingness Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Levels of nothingness [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / artist, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer ; [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Lozano-Hemmer, Rafael.
  • Rossellini, Isabella.
  • Massumi, Brian.
  • Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (PAL) (33 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
An interactive performance-installation, inspired by Kandinsky's Yellow sound, where colors are derived from the human voice. A computerized microphone analyzes a live voice and controls a full rig of robotic lights to create a color show using the language and clichés of spectacular Rock-and-Roll concert lighting. -- program notes.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subject
  • Performance art
  • Interactive art
  • Lighting > Special effects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Note
  • Demonstration includes the lighting effects catagories: Levels of nothingness, everything, naming, and singular.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 16, 2009 (8:00 pm).
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Source (note)
  • Mary Sharp Cronson.
Contents
Introduction (ca. 5 min.) / by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer -- Levels of nothingness (ca. 15 min.) / concept, direction, visuals by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer ; libretto, Brian Massumi, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer ; programming, Conroy Badger, Stephan Schulz, Karine Charbonneau ; speech and dialect coach, Sam Chwat ; performer, Isabella Rossellini -- Demonstration (ca. 8 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5312
OCLC
471762851
Title
Levels of nothingness [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / artist, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer ; [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
c2009.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
System Details
DVD.
Performer
Performer, Isabella Rossellini.
Event
Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 16, 2009 (8:00 pm).
Local Note
For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].
Source
Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD
Added Author
Lozano-Hemmer, Rafael. Speaker
Lozano-Hemmer, Rafael. Artist
Lozano-Hemmer, Rafael. Director
Lozano-Hemmer, Rafael. Conceptor
Rossellini, Isabella. Performer
Massumi, Brian. Author
Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor NN-PD
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5312
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