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Knife/tape/rope

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PS 122 Video Archive

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Knife/tape/rope

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Title
Knife/tape/rope
Additional title: Knife/tape/rope (Theater piece : Cooper, DeFazio, Houston-Jones and Walker)
Names
Walker, John B (Conceptor)
Grimsted, Almon (Performer)
Iobst, Anne (Performer)
Cooper, Dennis, 1953- (Conceptor)
Houston-Jones, Ishmael (Conceptor)
DeFazio, John (Conceptor)
Ferri, David (Lighting designer)
Richards, Peter (Videographer)
Performance Space 122 (Event place)
Veselka Festival (Presenter)
Walker, John B (Performer)
Cooper, Dennis, 1953- (Performer)
Collection

PS 122 Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1989
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8302
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4590 (former)
Topics
Performance art
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Statement of responsibility: [presented by] the P.S. 122 annual Veselka Festival ; conceived by Dennis Cooper, John DeFazio, Ishmael Houston-Jones, John B. Walker ; directed by Ishmael Houston-Jones ; written by Dennis Cooper.
Creation/production credits: Choreographed and staged in collaboration with Almon Grimsted, Anne Iobst, and John B. Walker ; soundtrack compiled by Cooper ; sets and visuals, John DeFazio ; technical direction and lighting design, David Ferri.
Performers: John B. Walker (Jim), Almon Grimsted (Pete), Anne Iobst (Jenn), Dennis Cooper (voice of Ron), and Ishmael Houston-Jones (voice of Steve).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on May 5, 1989, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Peter Richards.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Date: Copyright date: 1989
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Umatic) (47 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Performance art work.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F38
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12176322
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d610e6f0-8a8e-0135-7efc-5584b65cf7f4
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1989: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Knife/tape/rope" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/67d06e96-5632-44cf-83ce-0b614aa86ba6

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Knife/tape/rope" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/67d06e96-5632-44cf-83ce-0b614aa86ba6

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). Knife/tape/rope Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/67d06e96-5632-44cf-83ce-0b614aa86ba6

Wikipedia Citation

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