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American gothic

Title: American gothic [videorecording] / created by Ping Chong, in collaboration with Michael Rohd and Jeffrey Wiseman ; directed by Ping Chong ; produced by Ping Chong and Company.
Publication: 1999.

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Found In

Ping Chong archive.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (85 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Focusing on the negative, irresponsible aspects of our media-blitzed culture, this collaboration presents a dark but honest portrayal of the evils bred by a materialistic, image-conscious society. Violence, greed, skewed family values -- these are the truths that glaringly characterize this series of loosely tied sketches. Symbolically these sketches are wrapped up in the media trappings they aim to denounce. Using TVs, lighting, slides, and other visual components, the show offers a multimedia barrage of symbols, slogans, and wordplay that combine to create a sort of anti-commercial for our media-worshiping society.

Uniform Title

American gothic (Theater work : Chong)

Alternative Title

Truth & beauty
Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials

Subjects

Genre/Form

Filmed performances.
Video.

Note

"A world premiere of Ping Chong's American gothic" -- Program.
Later re-staged and re-named Truth & beauty.

Credits (note)

Randy Ward, scenographer and lighting designer ; Felice Proctor, costume designer ; Bill Barksdale, technical designer ; Dawn Young, stage manager ; Dana Reiland, projections ; David Wedin, sound designer.

Performer (note)

Performed by Jeffrey Wiseman and Michael Rohd.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at the Virginia Tech School of the Arts and Theatre, Arts-University Theatre, Blacksburg, Va., Sept. 1999.

Funding (note)

The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.

Source (note)

Ping Chong & Company;

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of: the Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6256

OCLC

761910305

Title

American gothic [videorecording] / created by Ping Chong, in collaboration with Michael Rohd and Jeffrey Wiseman ; directed by Ping Chong ; produced by Ping Chong and Company.

Imprint

1999.

Cast

Performed by Jeffrey Wiseman and Michael Rohd.

Credits

Randy Ward, scenographer and lighting designer ; Felice Proctor, costume designer ; Bill Barksdale, technical designer ; Dawn Young, stage manager ; Dana Reiland, projections ; David Wedin, sound designer.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Virginia Tech School of the Arts and Theatre, Arts-University Theatre, Blacksburg, Va., Sept. 1999.

Funding

The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: the Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials.

Source

Gift; Ping Chong & Company; 2009. NN-PD

Added Author

Chong, Ping, director.

Chong, Ping. Truth & beauty.

Chong, Ping, producer.

Wiseman, Jeffrey. Author

Wiseman, Jeffrey. Performer

Rohd, Michael. Author

Rohd, Michael. Performer

Ward, Randy. Set designer

Ward, Randy. Lighting designer

Proctor, Felice. Costume designer

Barksdale, Bill. Set designer

Young, Dawn. Stage manager

Reiland, Dana.

Wedin, David. Sound designer

Ping Chong & Company. Producer

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. School of the Arts and Theatre.

Ping Chong & Company. Donor

Added Title

American gothic (Theater work : Chong)

Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials

Found In:

Ping Chong archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6256

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