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New Television; New Television, Episode 513; Aviary
Part of New Television Workshop.
Based on a performance by Beth Galston, Ellen Sebring, and Sarah Skaggs. "Aviary" is a melancholic mood piece that deals with themes of constraint and freedom. In this short sequence, images of a bird flying are superimposed over the figure of a lone female floating in a swimming pool. Approximate date: 1988
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- Series
- New Television
- Program
- New Television, Episode 513
- Program Number
513
- Title
Aviary
- Series Description
"New Television" began as a local pilot production of WNET (New York) in 1986. In 1987, WGBH signed on as co-producer, and the shows were aired in Boston and New York. In 1988 and 1989, KCET (Los Angeles) and WETA (D.C.) became producers in association. In 1991, PBS picked up "New Television," and it was broadcast nationally. The following year, the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, replaced WNET, WETA, and KCET as co-producer with WGBH. In 1993, WGBH ceased to be a co-producer for the series, and the "home base" moved to Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) in Hartford, CT.
"New Television" commissioned, produced, and acquired programming. In its early years, "New Television" broadcast works commissioned by The Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund. Increasingly, experimental films as well as video works were broadcast as a part of this series. Many of the later episodes of "New Television" contain works that play with and deconstruct the documentary genre. Series release date: 1986
- Program Description
Episode 513 of “New Television” features “Aviary,” a video dance work by Ellen Sebring.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Birds
- Modern dance
- Dance
- Sebring, Ellen
- Topics
- Film and Television
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “New Television; New Television, Episode 513; Aviary,” GBH Archives, accessed May 1, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A4CB5072FDDD49C19EFD53FBC282F6BA.
- MLA: “New Television; New Television, Episode 513; Aviary.” GBH Archives. Web. May 1, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A4CB5072FDDD49C19EFD53FBC282F6BA>.
- APA: New Television; New Television, Episode 513; Aviary. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A4CB5072FDDD49C19EFD53FBC282F6BA