Test-Tube Television: Imagination Gets Free Rein at WNET's Workshop
American Film Institute, Mar. 1979, v. 4, no. 5, pp. 32-34, 47
Weiner tells the history of the New York City PBS television station (WNET) and its experimental workshop, The Television Laboratory. At the Laboratory, television is pried from its cinematic roots and artists are invited to channel their artistic drives into television programming. Artists such as Nam June Paik and their artistic production during their time with The Television Laboratory are discussed in detail.
ITEM 1979.070 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Global Groove – Nam June Paik
Scapemates – Ed Emshwiller
Allan Kaprow
John Cage
Charlotte Moorman
The Space Between the Teeth – Bill Viola
Four Songs – Bill Viola
Exchange in Three Parts – Kit Fitzgerald
Exchange in Three Parts – John Sanborn
Entropy – Kit Fitzgerald
Entropy – John Sanborn
Sea Level – Anita Thacher
Making Television Dance – Don Mischer
The Breakfast Table – Anitia Thacher
The Police Tapes – Alan Raymond
The Police Tapes – Susan Raymond
Bad Boys – Alan Raymond
Bad Boys – Susan Raymond