Windfalls, or, New thoughts on thinking [videorecording] / Matthew Geller. [1982]

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Windfalls, or, New thoughts on thinking [videorecording] / Matthew Geller. [1982]

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This fragmented, nonlinear narrative examines the subjective nature of memory and the role that storytelling plays in daily life. Windfalls reveals elements of artifice and chance inherent in verbal communication through four first-person tales interwoven in a seemingly random manner: a man in search of a new television set, a saxophonist recounting a jam session, a computer programmer discussing codes, and Geller drawing elaborate diagrams on a blackboard.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. original.

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Geller, Matthew, 1954-

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The Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA) was among the first to focus on video as an artistic medium, spurring similar efforts throughout the United States. Beginning in 1974 the museum began collecting and exhibiting video art, later also actively encouraging the development of video art by co-producing projects and offering editing facilities to artists in its Video Annex. The museum's innovative approaches to the display of video art included several experiments with broadcast and cable television...