Tony Conrad

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USA/Deutschland 2011

Deutschlandradio Kultur and Forum Expanded present a carte blanche for a cross media sound art experiment. There are no formal constraints other than the total length of the program. Five artists coming from the realms of audio-, video-, media arts and film will produce experimental sound projections for the ether.

Tony Conrad, born 1940 in Concord, New Hampshire. Since the 1960s the video artist, filmmaker, musician, composer and writer has been among the most influential avant-garde artists. He first gained attention in avant-garde film circles in 1963 for the soundtrack to Jack Smith’s film Flaming Creatures (1963) and then for directing The Flicker (1966), which explored the analogical relationship between harmonic structures in music and flickering light. His works have been shown in numerous exhibitions, including Documenta 5, 6 and IX, at MOMA and PS1 in New York City. In 2009 Tony Conrad was a participating artist in the project LIVE FILM! JACK SMITH! Five Flaming Days in a Rented World at the Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art and the HAU/Hebbel am Ufer. He teaches video at the Department of Media Study at the University of Buffalo.

16.02. 17:30 Arsenal 1

18.02. 00:05 Deutschlandradio Kultur (89.6 UKW), http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/klangkunst/1367636/