Research Catalog

Title

Icarus at the edge of time [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

c2010.

Details

Additional Authors

• Greene, Brian, 1963-
• Alda, Alan, 1936-
• Holmes, Al, 1971-
• Hwang, David Henry, 1957-
• Taylor, Al, 1971-
• Cronson, Mary Sharp.
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (92 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Panel discussion about the creative process and story behind Icarus at the edge of time, interspersed with film experpts. Brian Greene discusses the history of physics with an emphasis on black holes, general relativity, and gravity.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

• Physics
• Black holes (Astronomy)
• Relativity
• Gravitation

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Dance.

Credits (note)

• Based on the book by Brian Greene ; music by Philip Glass ; narrative adapted by Brian Greene and David Henry Hwang ; film created and directed by Al [Taylor] and Al [Holmes].

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 Apr. 25, 2010 (7:30 pm).

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• Mary Sharp Cronson.

Contents

Introduction (ca. 6 min.) / by Mary Sharp Cronson and Alan Alda -- Lecture (ca. 27 min.) / by Brian Greene -- Panel discussion with film excerpts (ca. 57 min.) / moderator, Alan Alda ; panelists, Brian Greene, Al Holmes, David Henry Hwang, Al Taylor.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5657

OCLC

648743138

Title

Icarus at the edge of time [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

c2010.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Based on the book by Brian Greene ; music by Philip Glass ; narrative adapted by Brian Greene and David Henry Hwang ; film created and directed by Al [Taylor] and Al [Holmes].

Performer

Panelists: Alan Alda (moderator), Brian Greene, Al Homes, David Henry Hwang, Al Taylor.

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 Apr. 25, 2010 (7:30 pm).

Local Note

For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].

Source

Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD

Added Author

Greene, Brian, 1963- Speaker

Greene, Brian, 1963- Interviewee

Alda, Alan, 1936- Moderator

Alda, Alan, 1936- narrator.

Holmes, Al, 1971- Interviewee

Hwang, David Henry, 1957- interviewee.

Taylor, Al, 1971- Interviewee

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor NN-PD

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5657