At the core is the theater and dance collection, which includes performance tapes and the archives of figures like Abe Burrows, Lillian Gish and Joseph Papp.
Piles of performance tapes came in, and the Emersons decided to listen to them while driving between destinations on a European tour.
He never, however, made a studio recording of the Third Symphony, so this live performance, taped in 1967, is an important addition to his discography.
Tantalizingly, her apartment also features a wall of filing cabinets that are filled with performance tapes yet to be mined and archived for the digital age.
In 1983, when Meredith Monk was finishing her video "Turtle Dreams" at WGBH, we were fledgling tape editors editing together the performance tapes, the final music and studio segments.
10 30 P.M. (BET) DON'T TRIP... HE AIN'T THROUGH WITH ME YET! (2006) In a performance taped at the MegaFest gospel and Christian revival event in Atlanta, the comic Steve Harvey gently pokes fun at churchgoers and their customs.
Many other performance tapes will be presented at the Modern, including those of Maxi Cohen, Joan Jonas, Eleanor Antin and several other women representing the abundance of female artists who not only took to the form but also found acceptance and a following.
The earliest days of video art in the mid- to late 60's had a motley mix of video sculptures (Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell), feedback systems (Mr. Gillette, Ira Schneider, Peter Weibel, Valie Export), alternative television and documentaries (Jean-Luc Godard, Skip Blumberg) and conceptual performance tapes (Joan Jonas, Vito Acconci, Bruce Nauman, John Baldessari).
To determine the impact on self-perception, of having residents view their own performance (taped) on mock oral board examinations.
