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[Peer Group Pressure – Art 1980 Chicago – 1st Rough Edit]

Chicago, CLIR, Roots of Video

A documentary about the art fair Art 1980, held in May 1980 at the Navy Pier in Chicago.
Art Auction 1971 #1

CLIR, Roots of Video

Footage of an auction of artworks by some of the most renowned and influential artists of the early 1970s. Featuring a performance by Allen Ginsberg.
Art Auction 1971 #2

CLIR, Roots of Video

00:01 A performance of Kenward Elmslie’s poem “Girl Machine.” 05:39 Allen Ginsberg displays materials of his that will be put up for auction. 06:55 The emcee auctions off unidentified works. 9:05 Allen Ginsberg performs a song/composition. 10:37 The emcee auctions off the manuscript that Ginsberg just performed. 12:38 The very end of a reading by Jerry Rubin. 13:27 Auctions of unidentified works and a painting by Christo, sculptures by Carl Andre and Alan Shields. 17:27 A reading by Jerry Rubin. […]
Ants at Automation House #6

CLIR, Roots of Video

Conversations with artist Alan Sonfist and scientist/collaborator Howard Topoff and other attendees of Sonfist’s installation “Army Ants: Structures & Patterns.”
Opening of Exhibition 10 at the Houston Contemporary Art Museum

Ant Farm, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video

This tape contains footage from the opening of the Houston Contemporary Art Museum in 1972. Produced by Ant Farm, the piece is a half-hour scrapbook of the events taking place during the opening gala, including Ant Farm’s creation of a time capsule. The videomakers speak with attendees and artists about their involvement in the event.
Image Union, episode 0020

Image Union, Roots of Video, Tom Palazzolo

Compilation Image Union episode featuring “Miss East Side Chicago Beauty Contest” by Tom Palazzolo, “Steven and Joel” by Ken Solarz, and “Insights” by Nick Despota.
Image Union, episode 0519

Image Union

Episode of Image Union featuring “A Hunger Artist” by John Strysik. B&W film. An adaptation of a Franz Kafka story about a man who fasts for long periods of time for the enjoyment of gawking sideshow audiences.
[The 90’s raw: Art Emergency]

Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

Raw footage for The 90’s. This tape features an Art Emergency protest in Tribeca.