Bainbridge, Benton
3 records
Interview with Carol Goss and Walter Wright Interview
Carol Goss and Walter Wright, pioneers of live video performance, were interviewed by Benton Bainbridge at the Not Still Art Festival in Cooperstown, NY on April 25, 1998. Both developed realtime collaborative video at the Experimental Television Center in the early 1970s (Wright was Artist in Residence, second ever, 1972) and described performances such as Axis in Soho with Sun Ra, equipment including the Paik/Abe, David Jones Colorizer, Live! Board, oscillators, Serge modules and Sandin Image Processor, and touring, residencies and workshop practices.
Interview with Walter Wright Interview
Walter Wright moved from architecture into computer graphics around 1966 at the University of Waterloo, where he developed early 3D software and CAD programs and worked with electronic music and a Moog synthesizer; he later worked in New York for companies such as Computer Image Corporation using the Scanimate. He became Associate Director of The Kitchen and organized the weekly Open Screening, acquired a SONY portapak, and in 1972 was the second artist in residence at the Experimental Television Center in Binghamton, NY, where he worked with the Paik/Abe Video Synthesizer, ran demonstrations and workshops, and discussed NYSCA funding and shifts from live performance to museum-based installation.
Live Video Performance Video: Lord Knows Compost, Bulk Foodveyor, Valued Cu$tomer, 77 Hz, The Poool, Stackable Thumb, NNeng Groups
Live video collectives Lord Knows Compost, 77 Hz, The Poool, Stackable Thumb, NNeng and NNeng-M are described with formation dates and personnel; Lord Knows Compost traces activity from a formation sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s and brought a dog to Experimental TV Center to create the multi-camera live video The World is my Toilet, sparking a shift to live video. Lord Knows Compost performed on the US West Coast from 1993–1995; 77 Hz held its initial meeting on January 15, 1991; The Poool formed in 1996 and collaborated with musicians and architects; NNeng (1998) produced the VHS The Vertical Hi-Way and NNeng-M resulted from a 1999 ETC residency.