Sound research 1, 1989-09-15: video day

Item data

Title

Sound research 1, 1989-09-15: video day

Collection

Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection

Names

Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts (Creator)
Culver, Andrew, 1953- (Performer)
Moore, Thomas, 1960- (Performer)
Tone, Yasunao (Narrator)
Bucker, Thomas (Narrator)
Held, Barbara, 1951- (Performer)
Meschter, Dave (Programmer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1989-09-15

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LVH 2554

Subjects

Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts
Electronic music
Musique concrète
Monologues with music
Flute and electronic music
Prepared piano music
Haiku
Music -- Computer programs
Haiku -- Computer programs
Music rehearsals

Genres

Music

Notes

Numbering: Donor's inventory number: V2-890915.
Content: Part of "1989 Sound research" program.
Content: Video is erratic and dark.
Content: Titles at beginning of title screen: "A Culver video day" ; "Yellow Springs Insitute" ; 9/15/89"--Video 1.
Content: Titles at beginning of title screen: "Yellow Springs Institute" ; "Y. Tone video day" ; "9.15.89"--Video 2.
Content: Titles at beginning of title screen: "Y. Tone video day" ; "Yellow Springs Institute" ; "9.15.89" ; "Haiku." --Video 3.
Content: Title by cataloger.
Performers: Video 1: Andrew Culver and Thomas Moore, performers. Video 2: Barbara Held, flute ; Thomas Buckner and Yasunao Tone, reciters.
Venue: Recorded Yellow Springs Institute, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania 1989 Sept. 15.
Acquisition: Gift; Yellow Springs Institute Board of Directors ; 2004.

Physical Description

Extent: 3 videocassettes (VHS) (123 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

The first two videos depict a video day. On Video 1, documentary footage show Culver's preparation of his piece "Quasicrystals" in Video 1, featuring found objects either hanging or tethered on wires, and the piece moves and makes music by floor vibrations (striking metal tile on floor with different metal rods) by Culver and Moore, the music recorded (?) by a computer program. Video 2 shows rehearsal and set-up of Yasunao Tone's work, "What is left of Rembrandt that is thrown in small regular squares and thrown in the toliet", featuring a Flute-to-Haiku conversion computer program by David Meschter (performed by flutist Barbara Held) and a computer-manipulated piano (computer program with wired sensory board, wires and switches), which is activated when the reciter (Thomas Buckner and Yasunao Tone) speaks into two mini-microphones. On Video 3, the Haiku computer program is featured.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16517547
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG05-A10085
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 509a8040-313d-0132-f250-3c075448cc4b

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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