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Artist's Showcase; Primordial Soup
09/17/1976
This also contains Jo Sandman’s “A Color Piece for Television”

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- Series
- Artist's Showcase
- Program
- Primordial Soup
- Series Description
Anthology series of experimental, avant garde video productions. Program titles: "DANCE FOR CAMERA - SHOW I: DISTRICT I and PALE COOL, PALE WARM;" "DANCE FOR CAMERA - SHOW II: TZADDICK;" "DANCE FOR CAMERA - SHOW III: GEORGE'S HOUSE;" "SELECTED WORKS - 1974 - 1975;" "THE GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR;" "SET OF COINCIDENCE;" "ALL ACROSS BOSTON;" " UNTITLED PERFORMANCE BY ROBERT GOLDMAN;" "QUIDDATAS;" "TELEPORTRAITS;" "FOUR SIDED TAPES;" "AMY LOWELL;" "PRIMORDIAL SOUP;" "HOWARD;" "THIRD TAPE;" "PAST FANTASIES;" "SEMI BUFFET;" "EAST ENDED TAPE;" "A COLOR PIECE FOR TV;" "CONTEXTS AND ONE AND MANY;" "THREE TRANSITIONS;" "CITY SCAPE;" "OUT OF TIME;" "NO TITLE." Series release date: 1975
- Program Description
In this image-processed work, vibrant color is contrasted with black and white. Twig- and branch-like images appear to dance, slowly turning. Three-dimensionality is implied by the movement of “objects” in space. The work is approximately ten minutes in length.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Topics
- Film and Television
- Citation
- Chicago: “Artist's Showcase; Primordial Soup,” 09/17/1976, GBH Archives, accessed March 2, 2021, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_961BD232E9A0474E919C5F1BCB912B6B.
- MLA: “Artist's Showcase; Primordial Soup.” 09/17/1976. GBH Archives. Web. March 2, 2021. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_961BD232E9A0474E919C5F1BCB912B6B>.
- APA: Artist's Showcase; Primordial Soup. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_961BD232E9A0474E919C5F1BCB912B6B