Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts

09/05/2011

Terry Flaxton - On Video (1985-1987)






5 part documentary on Video Art made by Terry Flaxton between the years of 1985 and 1987 featuring many important Video Artists of the time.

25/01/2010

Rod Lord - Babel Fish (1981)





Rod Lord's information graphics from the BBC television series of "The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" by Douglas Adams.

12/11/2009

Scoop - Peter Gabriel (1982)

Peter Gabriel discusses sampling, the future of music, the Fairlight CMI and the influence of world music.

BBC 2 Music Arcade - BBC Radiophonic Workshop





BBC 2 daytime schools television from the 1980s. Parts three and four feature the Radiophonic Workshop, part four demonstrating the then new Fairlight Synthesizer.

26/10/2009

BBC - Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany (2009)

Kraftwerk extracts from the BBC television documentary "Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany".

22/10/2009

20/10/2009

TVE S.A. Television Espanola - El Arte Del Video (1989)

This hidden youtube clip seems to have gone under the usual radars. Although produced by a division of Radiotelevision Española, "El Arte Del Video" is an English language documentary from 1989 focusing on the world of late 80s video art. This ranges from Nam June Paik's early television modifications through to some linndrum based MTV-esque video workouts. This clip features interviews with Nam June Paik, Steven Beck, Woody Vasulka and Zbig Rybczynski plus footage from Gary Hill, Ed Emswiller, Max Almy and many more. Thankfully uploaded by JefferyPlaide.

19/10/2009

BBC - Synth Britannia (2009)





Featuring Cabaret Voltaire, John Foxx, The Human League, Heaven 17, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, OMD, Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey, Ultravox, Giorgio Moroder, Joy Division, Soft Cell, The Normal, New Order, Depeche Mode, Yazoo and more.. A few more clips of this 90 minute BBC Four documentary have found their way onto youtube.
 
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