Digressions on unity [videorecording] / Shalom Gorewitz. [1990]

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Digressions on unity [videorecording] / Shalom Gorewitz. [1990]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123408315

These four short works contemplate faith, love, despair, politics, and poetry. The first piece, A small jubilee, counters religious symbolism with visions of political upheaval and chaos. After the storm uses poetry by James Merrill, chants in praise of Allah, and an ancient Incan text to explore love and desire, both spiritual and physical. The end of television is an elegy to Lee Connor and Arnie Zane, two dancers who died of AIDS, as well as a pointed commentary on television and corporate culture. Finally, in Jerusalem road Gorewitz uses images and sounds of the ancient city to articulate the deep political and religious conflicts in modern Israel.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (24 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 3/4 in. original.

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Gorewitz, Shalom, 1949-

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Zane, Arnie, 1948-1988

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Long Beach museum of art

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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...

Connor, Lee

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Lee Connor was born October 21, 1947, in Derry, New Hampshire. He was a professor of Dance at UNM from 1976 until his death in 1987. At the time of his death he was the coordinator of the Dance Program of the Department of Theatre and Dance. He held a BA in English with a minor in Theatre from the State University of New York at Binghamton and earned his MA in Fine Arts from New York University School for the Arts in 1976. Connor was the founder of Danzantes, a dance company based in Albuquerque...