Thank you Laura for your response! During the Berlinale discussion it seemed that Eastman left Buffalo later than he actually did, so I assumed some overlap even if the departments weren’t so connected with one another.
Cheers, Christopher > On Mar 22, 2018, at 00:17, Laura McGough <lmcgo...@buffalo.edu> wrote: > > Dear Christopher, > > Tony arrived in Buffalo in 1976 as Visiting Faculty at UB; Julius Eastman > left UB circa 1975. > > I was part of the video arts community in Buffalo in the last 1980s/early > 1990s, working with Tony and many others and serving, for a bit, as the Video > Curator at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. As far as I know, few friends > from that community interacted with - or even knew - Julius. Neil Zusman is > one exception - he has a great story of lending Julius a suit jacket for a > court appearance. While it is certainly possible that Julius and Tony knew > each other, Tony was immersed in video art production during this era, rather > than music - making his own great video artworks, working collaboratively > with various local video collectives and creating on his own public access > (Studio of the Streets) and educational access projects (Buffalo Learning > Television). I am not sure how much he actually interacted with the folks > around UB’s Music Dept during this time (Media Studies and Music were on > separate campuses at the time - more than geography seemed to separate them). > > But…there still might be a story to be told…. > > Best, > > Laura > > > > > > > >> On Mar 21, 2018, at 6:41 PM, Chris G <spy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hoping someone or some of you here might be able to help with a vague >> question that's been burning in my head since seeing The Otolith Group's >> video installation "The Third Part of the Third Measure" and a panel >> discussion on the work/Eastman at the Berlinale last month. Did Eastman and >> Tony Conrad ever have any crossover, affinity for, or association with each >> other at Buffalo? >> >> Cheers, >> Christopher >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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