Robert Whitman created some of the earliest and most important performance works of the 1960s. In his performances, the poetic and often surprising interaction of film, lights, sound, live performers, props, and objects that take on a life of their own create a dense visual, non-narrative dramatic structure. This DVD captures for the viewer important and seminal examples of this ephemeral art form. It makes available for the first time original recordings of three of Whitman\u2019s 1960s performances and documents the creative thinking of an innovative artist \u2013 and the artistic climate of the time. Included is original footage of The American Moon (1960) and Flower (1963), both filmed by Whitman as notes to himself, and short documentaries about the works \u2013 featuring interviews with Trisha Brown, Jim Dine, Simone Forti, Claes Oldenburg, Lucas Samaras, and the artist. A recent performance of Prune Flat (1965) is accompanied by an interview with Whitman on the piece. A bonus video presents Ghost, Whitman\u2019s recent theater work, first performed in September 2002, with notes by Lynne Cooke and Arne Glimcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Director: <\/b>Julie Martin
Studio: <\/b>ArtPix Notebooks (2003)<\/p>\n
Runtime: <\/b>157 minutes\/1 disc
Language: <\/b>English
Format:<\/b> DVD, NTSC, Region 0 (All)
ISBN13: <\/b>978 0 9668010 4 0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1052,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[135,166,152],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2997","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-english-en","7":"product_cat-dvds-en","8":"product_cat-performance-en","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n