Was black [videorecording] / Rachel Rosenthal. [1987]

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Was black [videorecording] / Rachel Rosenthal. [1987]

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Drawing on sources as varied as Russian folk songs and Japanese butoh dance, Rosenthal's performance video is a harrowing evocation of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The title is a loose translation of the Russian words "cherno" and "byl".

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (15 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. original.

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Rosenthal, Rachel, 1926-2015

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Rachel Rosenthal (November 9, 1926 – May 10, 2015) was an interdisciplinary and performance artist, teacher, actress, and animal rights activist based in Los Angeles. She was best known for her full-length performance art pieces which offered unique combinations of theatre, dance, creative slides and live music. She was a leading figure in the L.A. Women's Art Movement in the 1970s and co-founded the Womanspace Gallery, a cooperatively run gallery devoted to work by female artists, in 1973. Sh...