Some Eye And Ear Operations (1977-78)
1979, 55:00 minutes, B&W/colour, English
TAPECODE 063.02
Some Eye And Ear Operations is a collection of video shorts done between 1977 and 1978, all pertaining to the act of seeing, hearing, or believing. Some of the pieces dwell upon the built in flaws and capabilities of the technology used and the humans utilized for the works (Watch The Birdie, and Mistaken Identity.) Works such as Pissin' In The Snow, a video song, is based on an Ozark mountain tale. Sung by identical twins, Art Punks is a video song describing the antics of some of the conceptual body artists and the work Arrows, an earlier piece is referred back to for the work entitled, A Rose Again, a cubist reworking.
1. Scale Flop
2. Ms. Registration
3. Tic Toc on Broome Street
4. Iris
5. Wash Day Miracle
6. Facial Treatment #2
7. Facial Treatment #4
8. Pissin' in the Snow
9. Watch the Birdie
10. Video Violence
11. Eye Cycle #2
12. Smoking
13. Eye Piece
14. Familiarity Breeds Contempt
15. Hot Air
16. Mistaken Identity
17. Art Punks
18. Rainy Day in the Darkroom
19. Facial Treatment #3
20. Row Row Row
21. Eye Test
22. A Rose… Again
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