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Series: New Television
Program: New Television
Date: 1985-01-01
Duration: 00:00:54
Subject: Interpersonal relations
People: Birnbaum, Dara
Copyright Holder: Dara Birnbaum
Clip Description
This short piece, the second installment of Dara Birnbaum's "Damnation of Faust" trilogy, features a woman, Caatje Cusse, seated by a window, talking about her now defunct relationship with an unidentified man. Images of children playing on the street and leaves blowing in slow motion are interspersed. The credits indicate that it was shot in the South Village in New York and that it is dedicated to both the history of that place and a trip to France. Music by Mike Nolan and Paul Jacobs accompanies this segment.
"Damnation of Faust: Will-O'-the-Wisp" was created by video artist Dara Birnbaum in 1985 for the Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund. It was shown with the entire "Damnation of Faust" trilogy, as part of episode 106 (1991) of "New Television." It may also have been broadcast on "Alive From Off Center." Produced and directed by Dara Birnbaum.
Series Description
The New Television Workshop originated at WGBH, a public broadcasting station in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1974 to support the creation and development of experimental video art. This experimental programming included dance, drama, music, performance and visual arts on video and film. As early as 1968, WGBH was committed to the development of video art through residency programs, with artists such as Nam June Paik, and the "Rockefeller Artists-in-Television" project. Many of these early works (pre-1974) were broadcast both locally and nationally.
As an umbrella for arts related programming, the Workshop included "Artist's Showcase, " "Frames of Reference, " "Dance for Camera, " "Poetry Breaks," and "New Television," as well as acquired arts programming. Individual works were created for "Visions," a series produced by WNET (New York), and "Alive From Off Center," a series produced by KTCA (St. Paul - Minneapolis). The Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund was co-founded by the Workshop and Boston's Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) in the 1980's, to commission works by video artists. In 1993 the Workshop ceased production at WGBH.
See also: http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/NTW/FA/TITLES/Damnation129.HTML
