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Series: Rockefeller Artists in Television
Program: I Wish I Might
Date: 1971-01-01
Subject: Drama; Fairies; Wishes
Copyright Holder: Copyright holder is unidentified
Clip Description
This episode of "Rockefeller Artists in Television" features "I Wish I Might," a collaborative work of choreographer Joyce Trisler writer Mary Feldhaus-Weber, and composer John Morris.
Mary Feldhaus Weber's "I Wish I Might" Joyce Trisler conceptualized and choreographed, Mary Feldhaus-Weber wrote, and John Morris composed the score for this fantasy dramatic work. Three fairies -- Foxcroft, Seraphina, and Norbert Biener -- respond to the cries of a young boy, Patch. Patch is upset because he was offered a wish by an old woman on a bus and asked to become a tree. As he contemplates this further he realizes that life, as a tree, might not be all he desires, and he is distraught because the time named by the old woman for his wish to come true is quickly approaching. The fairies take him to the "land of wishes," where he tries to find his own wish and exchange it for another. While searching for the wish, he encounters many others, which are represented by elaborate song-and-dance numbers, performed by members of the Boston Ballet. Finally, as he feels himself stiffening up, he frees himself by wishing to just be himself. While a small amount of the work was filmed out of doors, the majority of the action takes place in a WGBH studio, with sets by Francis Mahard. Music is by John Morris. Some music was performed on the Moog synthesizer. Susan Dubiner designed the costumes. Produced and directed by William Cosel.
The "Rockefeller Artists-in-Television" materials were created before the creation of the New Television Workshop. They were processed as part of this Collection because of their relationship to video art and experimental work.
The "Rockefeller Artists-in-Television" residency program was created to support artists working in television. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation from 1967 through 1970, it was replaced by "The WGBH Project for New Television."
Program Description
This episode of "Rockefeller Artists in Television" features "I Wish I Might," a collaborative work of choreographer Joyce Trisler writer Mary Feldhaus-Weber, and composer John Morris.
Mary Feldhaus Weber's "I Wish I Might" Joyce Trisler conceptualized and choreographed, Mary Feldhaus-Weber wrote, and John Morris composed the score for this fantasy dramatic work. Three fairies -- Foxcroft, Seraphina, and Norbert Biener -- respond to the cries of a young boy, Patch. Patch is upset because he was offered a wish by an old woman on a bus and asked to become a tree. As he contemplates this further he realizes that life, as a tree, might not be all he desires, and he is distraught because the time named by the old woman for his wish to come true is quickly approaching. The fairies take him to the "land of wishes," where he tries to find his own wish and exchange it for another. While searching for the wish, he encounters many others, which are represented by elaborate song-and-dance numbers, performed by members of the Boston Ballet. Finally, as he feels himself stiffening up, he frees himself by wishing to just be himself. While a small amount of the work was filmed out of doors, the majority of the action takes place in a WGBH studio, with sets by Francis Mahard. Music is by John Morris. Some music was performed on the Moog synthesizer. Susan Dubiner designed the costumes. Produced and directed by William Cosel.
The "Rockefeller Artists-in-Television" materials were created before the creation of the New Television Workshop. They were processed as part of this Collection because of their relationship to video art and experimental work.
The "Rockefeller Artists-in-Television" residency program was created to support artists working in television. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation from 1967 through 1970, it was replaced by "The WGBH Project for New Television."
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.
