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New Television; Ganapati: A Spirit in the Bush
Part of New Television Workshop.
STEREO AUDIO GANAPATI - BY DANIEL REEVES
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- Series
- New Television
- Program
- Ganapati: A Spirit in the Bush
- 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
“Ganapati,” by video artist Daniel Reeves, is a collage-style sequence of images, and examines the issues of cruelty to animals, focusing on the treatment of elephants. Sections were filmed on location in Kenya, India, and Thailand. Much reference is made to the respect paid to elephants by some spiritual practices, where they are considered to be deities. Older moving image footage is incorporated, which shows a circus elephant being killed, and performing elephants in film, television advertisements, and nature shows. A variety of text sources are quoted in the form of voiceovers, including works by Rudyard Kipling, Rainer Maria Rilke, Chief Seattle, Federico Garcia Lorca, and original writings by Daniel Reeves. The work is approximately 45 minutes long.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Elephants
- Animal welfare
- Animals
- Topics
- Film and Television
- Creators
- Reeves, Daniel ()
- Citation
- Chicago: “New Television; Ganapati: A Spirit in the Bush,” GBH Archives, accessed May 8, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F26614CB6149457B82AFF3FD8D6F0362.
- MLA: “New Television; Ganapati: A Spirit in the Bush.” GBH Archives. Web. May 8, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F26614CB6149457B82AFF3FD8D6F0362>.
- APA: New Television; Ganapati: A Spirit in the Bush. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F26614CB6149457B82AFF3FD8D6F0362