ARTPIX and E.A.T. Present 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering
Cage Variations VII

In 1966 ten New York artists and thirty engineers and scientists from Bell Telephone laboratories collaborated on a series of innovative dance, music and theater performances. Variations VII, performed at 9 Evenings, was the next-to-last in John Cage’s series of indeterminate works—begun in 1958—which made increasing use of electronic equipment and systems. This DVD documents the only complete performance of Variations VII and also presents a previously unreleased stereo audio recording of the full 85 minutes of the performance. It also includes one short essay by the producer.

Produced by Billy Klüver and Julie Martin for E.A.T. and directed by Barbro Schultz Lundestam.

CONTEMPORARY ART/ PERFORMANCE
2008, 41 minutes on DVD, 85-minute audio track
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ARTPIX 1

ARTPIX 1 presents projects by four international artists chosen by Thomas Lawson, head of visual arts at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, and Dan Cameron, chief curator at the New Museum in New York. The work of these four artists: a multimedia artist from Brazil; an Australian living in Los Angeles; an American composer and installation artist; and a Turkish installation artist, is a testament to the fragmented yet parallel narratives of art across the world community.

CD-ROM
1998
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ARTPIX 4 Diverse Dialogues

From 1994-1998, DiverseWorks, an alternative art space in Houston, Texas, presented "DiverseDialogues," a performance and exhibition program that brought nationally recognized artists to Houston for extended residencies. Seventeen new exhibitions and performances in visual arts, dance, experimental music, performance art and literature are documented and remind us of the importance of the artist's voice and innovative creative process.

CONTEMPORARY ART
DVD, 1 disc
2003
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ARTPIX Notebooks: Robert Whitman

Robert Whitman created some of the earliest and most important performance works of the 1960s. In his performances, the poetic and surprising melange of film, lights, sound, performers and props create a dense visual drama. Included is original footage of the performances and short documentaries, featuring interviews with Trisha Brown, Jim Dine, Claus Oldenburg and others of his peers.

DANCE
DVD, 1 disc
2003
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ARTPIX 3: Aotearoa, New Zealand

ARTPIX 3/Aotearoa New Zealand presents four curatorial projects that introduce the art and artists of New Zealand and deal with the politics and traditions of the cultures that share the island: the indigenous Maori and the descendants of European immigrants.

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1999
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Trisha Brown: Early Works, 1966-1979

One of the most acclaimed choreographers of contemporary dance, Trisha Brown first came to notice with the rest of the New York art avant-garde in the 60's. She pushed the limits of what was then considered appropriate choreography, breaking the old taboos and creating new gestures, forms, and other avenues for innovation in movement. The first Early Works DVD contains 18 videos of dances and excerpts from other performances, and the second DVD an interview between Brown and Klaus Kertess, an art writer and one of Brown's artistic peers.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE
2005, 4 hours on DVD
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ARTPIX 2

ARTPIX 2 features two group exhibitions. Ultralounge: The Return of Social Space, curated by Dave Hickey, is an exhibition of artists from Los Angeles and Las Vegas first presented at DiverseWorks in Houston, Texas. Colorfields: Now and Then, David Pagel's virtual exhibition comparing the works of two generations of "color-field" painters, combines the historical with thhe contemporary in a way the would be difficult to create in reality.

CD-ROM
1999
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ARTPIX Notebooks: Billy Sullivan Photographs

Billy Sullivan, a born and bred New York artist, has been photographing his family, friends and fellow New York artists for the last 30 years. The Notebooks series, like the sketchbook or the diary of an artist, lays bare the inspirations, thoughts and creative processes of an artist's work. On this CD/DVD-Rom is a compilation of photographs, sketches, texts and sounds from Sullivan's life and work. Includes an essay by Peter Schjeldahl of The New Yorker and an audio interview by Mark Magill of Bomb magazine.

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2002
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ARTPIX Notebooks:
WILLIAM WEGMAN: Video Works 1970-1999

A definitive 2-DVD compilation of over 150 videos made by the artist William Wegman and re-mastered by him exclusively for ARTPIX in 2006. From the earliest black and white reel-to-reel tapes to the most recent digital color videos this collection has not been previously assembled and available on disc. It is an exhaustive archive of the innovative and influential, and often hilarious, performances of the artist both with and without his Weimeraner friend, Man Ray. Inspired by the oblique humor of the 1950s radio program Bob and Ray as much as by the atmosphere of experimentation in the art of the 1960s, Wegman created a crossover form of visual art that had almost no precedent and that received favorable critical notice from a wide audience of art lovers. Wegman and ARTPIX have re-introduced some of the earliest clips that have not been available, as well as produced definitive versions of other segments through restoration of the original tapes. Included are Spit Sandwich (1970), Reels 1-7 (1970-77), Gray Hairs (1976) and Reels 8 and 9 (1997-99). Memorable sequences included are “Dog Duet”, “Milk/Floor”, “Massage Chair” and “Stomach Song.” Included with the discs is a reprint of Kim Levin’s essay from 1982 for an exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, entitled Wegman’s Video: Funny Instead of Formal, along with a definitive chronology of the complete videos.

CONTEMPORARY ART
2006, 3 hours and 56 minutes on 2 DVDs
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ARTPIX and E.A.T. Present 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG: Open Score

In 1966 ten New York artists and thirty engineers and scientists from Bell Telephone Laboratories collaborated on a series of innovative dance, music and theater performances, 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, held at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City. The artists include John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Öyvind Fahlström, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, David Tudor and Robert Whitman.

Archival material has been assembled into ten films, each of which reconstructs the artist’s original work and uses interviews with the artists, engineers and performers to illuminate the artistic, technical and historical aspects of the work. Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg is the first film to be released in a series that will bring to life a historic moment in contemporary art history.

Produced by Billy Klüver and Julie Martin for E.A.T. and directed by Barbro Schultz Lundestam. Titles and titles sound created by Robert Rauschenberg.

CONTEMPORARY ART/PERFORMANCE
2007, 33 minutes on DVD
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Merce Cunningham: Split Sides

Iconic modernist choreographer Merce Cunningham’s Split Sides captures a radical use of his chance procedures. As the title implies, the piece is divided into two parts. Each 20-minute section features one of two options for the different creative elements of the piece: set design, costumes, lighting, music, and choreography. The order in which each element appears during a given performance is determined by an onstage dice roll before the show, captured on screen for the live audience. There are thus 32 possible combinations for any Split Sides performance. In addition to Merce Cunningham’s two choreographic segments, the work features two set designs (one by Robert Heishman and one by Catherine Yass), two sets of costumes (by James Hall), and two lighting plots (by James F. Ingalls). Original scores, composed specifically for this collaboration by the British alternative rock group Radiohead and the Icelandic experimentalist group Sigur Rós, provide the choices of music. This two-disc DVD set gives viewers the opportunity to alternate soundtracks, presenting 4 of the 32 possible variations of the work. Noted filmmaker Charles Atlas masterfully captures the dance with Cunningham close at his side. The choreographer calls the films Split Sides 45 and Split Sides 46, because they capture the 45th and 46th performances of this epic collaboration.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE
2009, set of 2 DVDs, running time of each disc: 2 hours, 6 minutes
Viewer may choose between scores by Radiohead and Sigur Ros, or use a silent setting
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David Tudor: Bandoneon ! (a combine)

David Tudor: Bandoneon ! (a combine) In 1966 ten artists and thirty engineers and scientists from Bell Telephone Laboratories collaborated on a series of innovative dance, music and theater performances, 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City. The artists included John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Öyvind Fahlström, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, David Tudor and Robert Whitman. Archival material has been assembled into ten films, each of which reconstructs the artist's original work and uses interviews with the artists, engineers and performers in documentaries that illuminate the artistic, technical and historical aspects of the work.

Bandoneon ! (a combine) is David Tudor’s first full concert work as a composer. Tudor played the bandoneon as the input into a complex sound and visual modification system that moved sound from speaker to speaker and controlled lights and video images, creating a work that animated the entire Armory space. This DVD documents the performance with film and vintage photographs, as well as interviews with the performers, engineers and Tudor's fellow composers. Bandoneon ! is the third film in the 9 Evenings series; it was produced by Billy Klüver and Julie Martin of E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology) and directed by Julie Martin.

CONTEMPORARY ART/PERFORMANCE
2010, 39 minutes on DVD
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Simone Forti: An Evening of Dance Constructions

In the spring of 1961 choreographer Simone Forti presented a program titled Five Dance Constructions and Some Other Things in a concert series organized by her friend, composer La Monte Young, at the New York loft studio of Yoko Ono. These radically new dances created circumstances for the performers’ direct, non-stylistic actions. Each of the pieces was performed in a different place in the loft, with the audience moving from location to location to view them. Some of the pieces required elementary structures—a hanging rope, rectangular wooden boxes—which were placed throughout the loft like a sculptural installation.

In 2004 the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles invited Forti to re-create these dance constructions in conjunction with the exhibition A Minimalist Future? Art as Object 1958 – 1986. This DVD documents that evening and includes Huddle, Slant Board, Platforms, See Saw, Roller Boxes and Accompaniment for La Monte's 2 sounds and La Monte's 2 sounds. The soundtrack of La Monte Young's 2 Sounds has been re-mastered and the composer's notes accompany the video. The footage also includes a question and answer session with Forti at the conclusion of the performances.

CONTEMPORARY ART/DANCE
2009, 88 minutes on DVD
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