Image Union, episode 0204: Yanomami

Image Union episode featuring "The Laughing Alligator" by Juan Downey. Color video. A video art piece examining Downey's experience living with the Yanomami Indians of the Amazon Rainforest.

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01:06Copy video clip URL “The Laughing Alligator” by Juan Downey. Color video. A video art piece examining Downey’s experience living with the Yanomami Indians of the Amazon Rainforest.

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Main Credits

show produced by Tom Weinberg and Ken Solarz; segment produced by Juan Downey

Date

1980-01-14

Staff and Producer Comments

Tom Weinberg's comments: "Juan was probably the most far-out artist I ever met or worked with. He was from Chile and lived in New York. He had an extensive knowledge of fine and classical arts (he taught at Pratt in Brooklyn) but his own work was genuinely off the wall. Who else would smoke the herbs with the indigenous people, then go out hunting with them? and videotape the whole thing. Is it art or is it just Juan? He will be missed."

Running Time

29 min.

Video Tape Format

U-matic

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Categories

Global Village, Image Union, Roots of Video, Viewers Choice

Producers

Juan Downey, Ken Solarz, Thomas Weinberg

Genre

Art, Diary, Ethnographic

Production Date

1980-1-14

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1 Comment

  1. Rishi says:
    October 26, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    Thanks for the video it really help me undertand

    Reply

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