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Episodes • 1985

1. Short Video Artworks
28 minSeries premiere includes arts programs featuring works of leading avant-garde artists in video, music, dance, theater and film.
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2. Video Dance
28 minAn avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.
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3. Smothering Dreams
28 minThe program presents the 1981 Emmy-Awrd winning video about war, "Smothering Dreams", by video artist and Vietnam War veteran Dan Reeves.
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4. Comedy Video
28 minAn avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.
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5. Tongues
28 minA collaboration by playwright Sam Shepard and actor Joseph Chaikin that deals with the elemental concepts of living, dying and rebirth. Chaikan performs a monologue of many different characters accompanied by percussion instruments.
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6. Summer Dances
28 minAn avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.
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7. A Personal History of the American Theatre
28 minSpalding Gray discusses his experiences working as a professional theater actor while sitting at a desk or table in the same manner as many of his filmed and theatrically released monologues.
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8. Artist's Music Videos
28 minAn avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.
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