ALIVE FROM OFF CENTER: YOUNG VIDEO ARTISTS (TV)
Summary
One in this series of arts programs featuring the work of leading avant-garde artists in video, music, dance, theatre, and film. Hosted by Susan Stamberg, this program features video art by Teddy Dibble, Bruce and Norman Yonemoto, Max Almy, and Ben Bergery. The program begins with Dibble's short, humorous pieces. In "The Nose Knows," he sniffs several microphones, selects one, and mouths the words to an instrumental of "The Girl from Ipanema"; in "A Scar-y Story," he increduously describes a strange condition afflicting his face, as bandages accumulate on it; in "The Sound of Music," he sits alone at a desk, answers a phone, and repeatedly puts the caller on hold; and in two "Q&A" segments, he acts out answers to questions about evolution and how many grapes he can fit in his mouth. In the Yonemotos' "Vault," a florid, melodramatic send-up of television and film clichŽs, a young couple plays out their romance in a mixture of Bergmanesque flashbacks and soap opera parodies. In "Perfect Leader" by Max Almy, a man is manipulated via a computer program into the ideal politician for the modern media age. In the final piece, "From Hippie to Yuppie" by Ben Bergery, a series of paired phrases appear on screen in colorful graffiti, reflecting the life journey of sixties generation. Phrases include "Baby Boomers," "From Lenny Bruce to Laurie Anderson," "From VW Bus to BMW," "From Organic to Gourmet," and others.
(Series title varies; as above, 1985-1991; as "Alive TV," 1992 onward.)
Acquisition and cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: August 18, 1986
- RUNNING TIME: 0:27:35
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:26456
- GENRE: Dance; Video art
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music; Video art
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1985-1996
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- For "Alive From Off Center":
- Melinda Ward … Executive Producer
- John Schott … Producer, Writer
- De Michiel, Helen … Associate Producer
- Gerald Richman … Production (Misc.), Executive in Charge
- David Byrne … Theme Music by
- Susan Stamberg … Host
- For "The Sound of Music" and "A Scar-y Story":
- Steve Baker … Director
- Teddy Dibble … Created by, Performer
- For "The Nose Knows" and
- "Q&A: A Question For Teddy Dibble":
- De Michiel, Helen … Coordinating Producer
- Steve Baker … Director
- Teddy Dibble … Created by , Performer
- For "Vault":
- Kyodai Productions … Production (Misc.)
- Carl E. Loeffler … Executive Producer
- Kim Smith … Executive Producer
- Bruce Yonemoto … Producer, Writer
- Norman Yonemoto … Director, Writer
- Mary Ella Marra … Associate Producer
- James Meek … Associate Producer
- Carl Stone … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Adaptation
- Ed Marsh … "Faded Love Death" by
- Keith Turman … Paintings by
- Kim Claybough … Cast
- Brian Rosewell … Cast
- Chad Cooper … Cast
- Elizabeth Hustoles … Csat
- Catherine Holdman … Cast
- Ray Scott Crawford … Cast
- Ester Lichti … Cast
- Paul Hustoles … Cast
- Diane Gass … Cast
- Mitch Watson … Cast
- William Swierc … Cast
- For "Perfect Leader":
- Max Almy … Videotape by, Lyricist
- Gregory Jones … Music by
- Roy Sablosky … Music by
- Claire Doyle … Computer Graphics
- Craig Hammond … Cast, the Perfect Leader
- Cullyn Anderson … Cast, Woman's Voice
- For "Hippie to Yuppie":
- Ben Bergery … Videotape by