PUBLIC HEARING ANTHOLOGY

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.3	Public Hearing Reel 1. Beginning of discussion. Jonas Mekas statement ans	Reel 1 of 4. West Village local gov public hearing in 1979, focusing on gov plans to rezone/sell/lease 13th st Food & Maritime Building. Four groups competing: Anthology, Caring Community, Mutual Aid Project, Montessori School. This reel includes intro to hearing, and Jonas Mekas (Anthology) opening statement (00:07:00), followed by questions from audience (to end). Notable figures in audience: Cage, Paik	4/2/1979	00:33:19	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.4	Public Hearing Reel 2. Three other statements, Montessori, Food conter, a	Reel 2 of 4. West Village local gov public hearing in 1979, focusing on gov plans to rezone/sell/lease 13th st Food & Maritime Building. Four groups competing: Anthology, Caring Community, Mutual Aid Project, Montessori School. This reel includes opening statement from Caring Community rep (00:00:35). Followed by opening statement from Mutual Aid Project rep (00:06:29). Followed by opening statement from Montessori School rep (00:12:40). Followed by questions from audience for all reps (00:23:20 - end).	4/2/1979	00:33:29	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.5	Public Hearing Reel 3. Small statements most supporting Anthology	Reel 3 of 4. West Village local gov public hearing in 1979, focusing on gov plans to rezone/sell/lease 13th st Food & Maritime Building. Four groups competing: Anthology, Caring Community, Mutual Aid Project, Montessori School. Questions continue from reel 2. Followed by Larry Rivers statement (00:02:09). Followed by general statements of support from audience for specific project (00:07:37). Ann Volkes statement (00:14:20).	4/2/1979	00:33:19	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.6	Public Hearing Reel 4. Small statements most supporting Anthology	Reel 4 of 4. West Village local gov public hearing in 1979, focusing on gov plans to rezone/sell/lease 13th st Food & Maritime Building. Four groups competing: Anthology, Caring Community, Mutual Aid Project, Montessori School. General statements of support from audience continues from reel 3. Closing comment from board (00:31:40).	4/2/1979	00:33:13	Black and White	Yes	VIEW

NAM JUNE PAIK DOCUMENTARY

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.NJ	Nam June Paik "Blue Sky"* (Mis-labeled. Actual footage: Unkown)	Unknown event in an auditorium. Video starts with the recording of a "telephone" game in audience. Paik on camera is zooming in and out and seems to be playing with camera's reaction to the auditorium lights.	c. 1975	00:04:50	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.27	Casablance 3, last reel	Non-artwork, possible sample planning. Recording of Casablanca and unknown silent film at (00:13:36).	c. 1975	00:33:13	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.237	Nam June Paik, HAAS Lounge - University of Buffalo, November 16, 1972. "B * (Mis-labeled. Actual footage: Unkown)	Begins with recording of a window showing water and highway, location unknown. (00:11:20) switches to nude woman taking a shower until 00:17:00. Jumps to closeup of a hand putting objects on a table (artist unknown, possible video piece planning). (00:23:00) jumps to recording of fireescape and plants. Warning: nudity	11/16/1972	00:29:37	Black and White	No	VIEW
OR.152	TV TV Master	Non-artwork possible sample planning. Recording of various television programs discussing film/cinema, edit seems intentional.	c. 1975	00:21:22	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.162	Nam June Paik and Shigeko Kubota, Flux Sonata	Performance titled Flux Sonata. Nam June Paik puts a record on a record player and sits in an armchair next to it. (00:07:06) NJP removes the record and throws it on the floor the audience appears to be laughing. Repeats this in various ways to end.	c. 1970	00:33:16	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.164	Fluxus concert I. June Paik and Shigeko Kubota	Performance titled Fluxus Concert I. Begins with unpacking of a piano from it's crate. (00:08:20) George Maciunas is handing out ping pong balls and tennis rackets to the audience, Peter Moore is shooting photos. Audience is asked to throw ping-pong balls into pianos interior, making sounds. (00:15:11) A woman is placing 2 tall glasses inside the piano and throwing marbles hitting the cords.	c. 1970	00:33:21	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.173	Nam June Paik	Black & white video effects reel, used in parts of "Suite 212" video chapters.	11/5/1974	00:03:46	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.183	Nam June Channel 5. April 21, Monday	Recording of an episode of Midday Live on channel 5. c.1980. Includes a segment on video art and video synthesizers. (00:18:38) Nam June is interviewed. "You should dominate television." "Television is a miscommunication medium." Shows "Global Groove" video by Nam June Paik. Taking television from low art to high art.	c. 1975	00:30:40	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.240	Art Car by Nam June* (Mis-labeled. Actual footage: Raw footage of car show)	Raw Footage of car show at Tavern on the Green in Central Park. Possibly used in Paik artwork titled Art Car.	c. 1970	00:33:06	Black and White	Yes	VIEW

SHIGEKO KUBOTA ARTWORKS

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.7	Shigeko Installation last shot	Kubota Performing in front of 'Duchamps Grave' video sculpture. Location Unknown. Reel 1 of 3.	c. 1980	00:06:09	Color	No	VIEW
OR.8	Shigeko Installation	Kubota performing/dancing nude in front of 'Duchamps Grave' video sculpture. Location Unknown. Reel 3 of 3.	c. 1980	00:31:39	Color	No	Request for Permission Required
OR.9	Shigeko Installation	Kubota Performing/dancing clothed/undressing/nude/fabric in front of 'Duchamps Grave' video sculpture. Location Unknown. Reel 2 of 3.	c. 1980	00:33:31	Color	No	Request for Permission Required
OR.10	Shigeko Installation	Duchamps Grave' exhbit footage, dark lighting. Possibly filmed at Rene Block Gallery.	c. 1980	00:26:13	Color	No	VIEW
OR.19	Kitchen	Unknown artist performance holding spoon in front of multiple CRT screens. Possibly part of Video Fortune Teller by Kubota.	c. 1975	00:33:13	Black and White	No	VIEW
OR.21	Shigeko Hospital Thur. #8, April 29	Part 8 of Shigeko Kubota Hospital series of 10. Video diary of Kubota in Hospital for surgery.	c. 1980	00:34:07	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.50	Slow Feedback	Multiple segments of footage sampled for Channel 13 experimental video broadcast series Suite 212. (00:01:08) Footage of the Bronx. (00:04:15) Aerial views of Manhattan are shown from a helicopter. (00:07:26) Recording of people ice skating. (00:16:06) The camera captures a cathedral and people in a nearby park, including close-ups of architectural details. (00:20:14) Sequence shows a horse running, a woman weaving, and sheep running.	c. 1970	00:23:21	Black and White	No	VIEW
OR.53	Paris' Strip	Raw footage recorded by Kubota during tour of Europe. Footage used in Europe On 1/2 " a Day video piece. Includes live striptease footage from a Cabaret in France.	c. 1970	00:29:14	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.83	Shigeko My Father's Last, *Important	Raw footage of Shigeko with Father, watching tv. Unedited, used in My Father video piece.	12/31/1972	00:24:42	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.90	Synapse colorized face	Early experimentation with colorizing and editing techniques at Synapse Studio Lab at Syracuse University. Later iterations were used in the Kubota pices titled My Face and Self Portrait.	c. 1970	00:30:19	Color		Request for Permission Required
OR.97	Net '74 Report Shigeko Kubota	Recording of an episode of The Television Laboratory, WNET 13, 1974. Addressing video art. Notable figures: Miller, Paik, Etra, Vasulka,Tambellini, Hayes, Vanderrbeek, Emschwiller. (00:23:30) Becomes audio only.	5/27/1905	00:33:14	Color	Partial	VIEW
OR.135	Lesbian Mothers	Documentary film by Rita Moreira and Norma Pontes titled Lesbian Mothers, 1972. Includes street interviews asking people how they feel about lesbian mothers, as well as interviews with women about the experience of being a lesbian mother. Premiered at the New York Woman's Video Festival, likely where she met Kubota. Warning: Nudity.	1972	00:30:28	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.204	My Father Original Master, Shigeko Kubota. Black and white, 15 min.	Final edit of My Father by Shigeko Kubota. Explores relationship with her father, and experience of his final days and eventual death.	1975	00:16:58	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.235	318 Picturephone Tape II	Raw footage of two-way video happening titled NY-CA Picturephone, 1979. Includes musical dual perfomance with Paik and blind saxaphonist. Notable figures: Kubota, Al Robbins, Joan Logue, Nam June Paik, Bob Walker. Other fluxus memebers. Reel 2 of 2.	1979	00:22:06	Black and White	Yes
OR.262	White forest (in japanese)	Raw footage recorded by Kubota in passenger seat of a moving car, passing through a forest (location unknown) and singing.	8/2/1976	00:33:32	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.277	Niagara 2, Watergate	Multiple segments, possibly for sampling. Begins with recording of movie titled Niagara, 1953. (00:24:08) Switches to recorded footage of Nixon Watergate hearings.	c. 1973	00:51:49
OR.284	Video Poem, Kitchen	Installation footage of Kubota video sculptures at The Kitchen. Includes footage of artworks titled Video Poem and Duchamps Grave.	6/6/1975	00:33:10	Black and White		VIEW
OR.322	Arizona Sky with Rocks in Utah	Raw fooatge recorded in Arizona and Utah, respectively. Loops back and forth between recording of the sky in Arizona, and a cliff in Utah. Samples used in various channels of Kubota video sculpture titled Three Mountains.	c. 1975	01:05:15	Color	No	VIEW
OR.338	My face by Shigeko Kubota. Self-portrait with video poem. Color, no sound	Early edit of Kubota video piece titled Self Portrait.	c. 1970	01:01:58	Color	No	Request for Permission Required
OR.346	Fusion by Shigeko	Multiple segments. Begins with abstracted/colorized sillouette of a women dancing at a Cabaret, possibly in Paris. (00:02:13) The video cuts back and forth between raw footage and colorized edits, now with both men and women dancing in a Cabaret. (00:13:48) Switches to raw footage recorded from inside a car driving toward the arc de triomphe in Paris. (00:16:34) Switches to Alan Ginsberg performance, title unknown. He speaks into a microphone and plays a handheld percussion instrument. (00:20:35) Ginsberg starts singing and playing tabletop accordian. (00:24:12). Warning: Some Nudity	c. 1975	00:24:28	Black and White, some color	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.345	Video Wrestler in Japanese style. By Shigeko Kubota	Video artwork by Kubota title Video Wrestlers. Includes recording of Sumo Wrestler event. (00:08:07) Includes portions of Kubota artwork My Face, as well as Kubota singing in the backround, Amore Amore.	c. 1975	00:19:11	Color	Yes	Request for Permission Required

THREE MOUNTAINS RAW FOOTAGE

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.52	Grand Cayon North to South. Blue sky, Arizona Landscape. Shigeko. Color.	Raw footage shot while driving at Grand Canyon National Park and unknown locations in Arizona. Used in various landscape video pieces by Kubota.	8/6/1976	00:33:24	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.54	Titon Mountains. Bob is driving the car with Shigeko. Color.	Raw footage shot at Grand Teton National Park. Used in various landscape video pieces by Kubota, including 'Three Mountains'.	8/1/1976	00:25:37	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.56	Japanese markings, Taos	Artwork content for 'Three Mountains' channel titled Taos Sunset colorized. Mountains at sunset. You can hear the wind.	8/10/1976	00:33:23	Color	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.253	Grand Canyon	Raw footage landscape shots of the grand canyon. Kubota and unknown man speaking in the background along with tourists. Used in various landscape video pieces by Kubota, including 'Three Mountains'	c. 1975	00:33:19	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.254	Midway Geyser Basin, Yellow Hot River	Raw footage of "Old Faithful" geyster at Yellowstone National Park. Used in various landscape video pieces by Kubota, including 'Three Mountains'	Aug-77	00:33:20	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.261	Washington State/Highway to Chico, Montana.	Raw footage from roadtrip to Montana. Kubota's voice in the background with a male voice. Used in various landscape video pieces by Kubota, including 'Three Mountains'	c. 1975	00:33:20	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.263	Zion Park 2	Raw footage, trip to Zion National Park, Utah. Used in various landscape video pieces by Kubota, including 'Three Mountains'	c. 1975	00:35:51	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.264	Old Faithful	Raw footage taken by Shigeko of Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Used in various landscape video pieces by Kubota, including 'Three Mountains'	c. 1975	00:31:23	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.265	Mammoth Hot Springs, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Pond at Continental Div	Raw footage of hot springs at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Includes images of lily pads on water. Used in various landscape video pieces by Kubota, including 'Three Mountains'	c. 1975	00:33:21	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.267	Red Canyon Utah	Raw footage recorded in Why is Arizona so dry. Shigeko's and another man's voice in the backround. Used in various landscape video pieces by Kubota, including 'Three Mountains'	8/5/1976	00:33:35	Color	Yes	VIEW

DUCHAMPIANA NUDE DESCENDING STAIRCASE

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.153	Nude I, Good. Staircase, Start from staircase	Recording session of raw footage, eventually used in Kubota video sculpture titled 'Nude Descending a Staircase'. Reel 1 of 2. Warning: Nudity.	c. 1975	00:33:14	Color	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.199	Nude 3, reel no.2	Recording session of raw footage, eventually used in Kubota video sculpture titled 'Nude Descending a Staircase'. Reel 2 of 2. Warning: Nudity.	c. 1975	00:11:57	Color	No	Request for Permission Required
OR.335	Nude Descending	Final edit of 'Nude Descending a Staircase' by Kubota.	c.1975	00:25:26	Color	No	Request for Permission Required

NAVAJO SKY

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.121	Miss Navajo and water melon, Ruth Ya, White Horse	Multiple segments. Raw footage recorded at Miss Navajo Pageant, 1973, Chinle, AZ. (00:06:00) the video changes to Cecelia Sandoval and Mary Lucier at different locations on the Navajo reservation. Kubota is recording and talking throughout. They sing and there are shots of the landscape and sky in Arizona. Shigeko talks to a little girl. Someone has a camera with 8mm film. (00:22:40) they are skinning a sheep for dinner. Various parts used in single channel artwork titled 'Video Girls & Video Songs for Navajo Sky'. Warning: Animal slaughter.	1973	00:33:14	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.128	Navajo Videotape by Shigeko Kubota. Tel 226-5007	Multiple segments. Recordings on Navajo reservation in Chinle, AZ. Dance performance for the Miss Navajo pageant. (00:14:18) slaughtering the sheep. At (00:25:00) the video changes to Cecelia Sandoval's mother speaking Navajo. The family is cooking outside. (00:28:57) Gathering water from a water pump and a wagon ride. Various parts used in single channel artwork titled 'Video Girls & Video Songs for Navajo Sky'. Warning: Animal slaughter.	1973	00:33:00	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.129	Ruth Cooking	Recording of cleaning and butchering a sheep on Navajo reservation in Chinle, AZ. (00:10:48) Cecillia Sandoval's grandmother in the sun, scenes from inside the house, women weaving on a Navajo wall loom sitting on the floor. Various parts used in single channel artwork titled 'Video Girls & Video Songs for Navajo Sky'. Warning: Animal slaughter.	1973	00:33:23	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.134	Navajo. Indian White Horse. Sound	Recording inside a house at Navajo reservation, Chinle, AZ. Kubota is moving around with the camera filming womaen weaving, rifles and other objects in the room. Kubota has a monologue about a young navajo girl, Shigeko in Navajo language means "my in-law". Various parts used in single channel artwork titled 'Video Girls & Video Songs for Navajo Sky'.	1973	00:30:07	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.137	Miss Navajo Pageant, dance (Cecilia) on res.	Recording of Cecelia Sandoval performance and speech at the Miss Navajo pageant, 1973, Chinle, AZ. Various parts used in single channel artwork titled 'Video Girls & Video Songs for Navajo Sky'.	1973	00:33:33	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.168	Navajo Sheep Head. Editing 2	Multiple segments. Recording on Navajo reservation in Chinle, AZ, of children playing with the head of the sheep after butchering for dinner. (00:02:19) Cecelia Sandoval's Grandmother eating the mutton soup. (00:04:50) Miss Navajo pageant dance. (00:07:30) Young Navajo girl talking to Kubota. (00:10:08) Catching the sheep to slaughter. Various parts used in single channel artwork titled 'Video Girls & Video Songs for Navajo Sky'. Warning: Animal slaughter.	1973	00:18:25	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.170	Mutton Soup	Multiple segments. Recording of various locations on Navajo reservation in Chinle, AZ. Riding horses and getting water from water pump on reservation. (00:15:04) Young Navajo girl talking to Shigeko. (00:19:20) cecelia's grandmother eating mutton soup. Various parts used in single channel artwork titled 'Video Girls & Video Songs for Navajo Sky'.	1973	00:33:36	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.174	Editing #3, 6 mintes very good. Edit #4 5/6/75 4:30 BW	Raw footage used in Video Girls and Video Songs for Navajo Sky. Slaughtering a sheep on reservation. Cecelia Sandovals mother talking. Warning: This content includes references to animal slaughter	-	0:12:35	Black and white	Yes	VIEW
OR.177	Ruth with Sheep	Multiple segments. Recording on Navojo reservation in Chinle, AZ. Begins with the slaughtering and cleaning of a sheep. There is a shot of the skin against the sun and more of the meat. 11:07 Cecelia's grandaother sitting outside in the sun. Women inside a house weaving. Warning: Animal slaughter.	1973	00:33:17	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.195	Edited part if Sheep Killing. Ruth Cooking, children playing with sheep head	Multiple segments. Raw footage of the killing of the sheep in the Navajo reservation, Chinle, AZ. (00:12:30) Shigeko talking with an unknown man with a British accent. He assists Kubota with her pronunciation, drinking and singing ensues. Warning: Animal slaughter.	1973	00:33:20	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.197	Navajo Dance	Recording of Kubota performing Navajo dance in front of her 'Duchamps Grave' video sculpture at 110 Mercer St., NY, NY. Warning: Nudity.	c. 1975	00:09:55	Color	No	Request for Permission Required
OR.234	Video Girls and Video Songs for Navajo Sky	Final edit of original video artwork by Kubota, titled 'Video Girls and Video Songs for Navajo Sky'.	1973	00:33:35	Color	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.307	Video Girls and Video Songs for Navajo Sky	Multiple segments. Partially edited and colorized segments from Navajo reservation footage. Various parts used in single channel artwork titled 'Video Girls & Video Songs for Navajo Sky'. (00:01:02) Switches to recording of performance piece by Herman Nitsh at the Kitchen, NYC. Warning: Animal slaughter and nudity.	1974	01:04:54	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.144	White House	Multiple segments. Recorded at Navajo reservation in Chinle, AZ. Kubota having a conversation with young Navajo girl, followed by sheep cleaning. Warning: Animal Slaughter.	1973	00:26:06	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.143	TV Dinner Liz Phillips, Steve Lawrence; * (Mis-labeled. Actual footage: Miss Navajo Pagent)	Begins with Miss Navajo, Chinle, AZ, 1973. Cecelia Sandoval is standing on the stage, Speeches and performances.	1973	00:32:55	Black & White	Yes	VIEW

OTHER ARTISTS

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.11	Elaine Summers Anthology Film Archives	Multiple segments. Begins with recording of Elaine Summers choreographing performance, including Kubota. Behind the scenes at Anthology for unspecified performance and/or raw footage for video. (00:16:10) Cuts to seemingly unrelated performance raw footage, Shigeko nude. Warning: Nudity	4/6/1977	00:33:34	Color	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.32	Andy Mann	Recording of Andy Mann screening event with questions at Anthology Film Archive. Artwork being discussed is not included.	c. 1975	00:11:50	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.35	Margie Dancing 2	Reel 1 of 3. Colorized and edited recording of 'Margie Dancing' at Visual Studies Workshop at Rochester NY, unknown title. Warning: Nudity	4/30/1976	00:32:52	Color	No	Request for Permission Required
OR.36	Margie Dancing 3. Rec @ V.S.W. Roch.	Reel 2 of 3. Colorized and edited recording of 'Margie Dancing' at Visual Studies Workshop at Rochester NY, unknown title. Warning: Nudity	4/30/1976	00:32:56	Color	No	Request for Permission Required
OR.49	Margie Dancing 1, Rec. 2 V.S.W Roch.	Reel 3 of 3. Colorized and edited recroding of 'Margie Dancing' at Visual Studies Workshop at Rochester NY, unknown title. Warning: Nudity	4/30/1976	00:33:31	Color	No	Request for Permission Required
OR.47	Nitsh No.2, Kitchen 1973, Shigeko	Recording at The Kitchen of a performance piece by Herman Nitsch, title unknown. Starts with Jonas Mekas introduction, John Cage music plays in the background throughout, title unknown. (00:16:37) Trumpets and other instruments being played while surrounding a dead lamb hanging in the center of the room. People interact with the dead lamb in various ways. A woman is laying naked under the lamb's body and blood is dripping. Warning: Nudity, graphic content	5/26/1905	00:33:40	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.59	Larry Rivers 2	Recording of a Larry Rivers screening and talk at Anthology Film Archive. Presents a piece titled "My Mother, Shirley" (video not shown on recording). Reel 2 of 2.	10/9/1976	00:33:21	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.252	Larry Rivers	Recoding of Larry Rivers preparing for screening at Anthology Film Archive. Includes a long conversation with Kubota (the event curator) about various video art topics. Discussion includes: The difference between creating a video and creating a painting, the process and amount of time it takes to complete a video artwork, and third parties helping in the creation of a video artwork. Notable figures: Al Robbins, Bob Harris. Reel 1 of 2.	10/8/1976	00:31:23	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.70	Some Voices, Some Visions: Women Video Tape Artists by Mary Ellen Brown.	Recording of program by Mary Ellen Brown titled "Some Voices, Some Visions: Women Video Tape Artists", New York, 1975. Includes Interviews with Susan Milano, Shigeko Kubota, Hermine Freed, Marcia Rock, Steina Vasulka.	5/28/1905	00:33:06	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.74	Ginsberg by Nam June Paik and Paul Challacombe	Recording of custom synthesizer effects testing/experimenting. Allen Ginsberg's face is the test subject. Includes discussion between Ginsberg and Paik throughout testing/experimenting. (00:26:01) Switches to recording of Ginsberg performance. Playing aboriginal australian song sticks and talking into a microphone.	c. 1970	00:32:22	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.79	Woody Steina Vesulka Dec/8	Shigeko behind the camera and introducing Steina and Woody Vesulka to the Anthology film archives.	c. 1975	00:27:20	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.94	Douglas Davis Talk Out. Nam June Paik, 463 West St. New York, NY	Multiple segments. Douglas Davis answering phones as part of a telethon. Two silhouettes of men with headsets have video playing in their sillouettes of a man on the sidewalk with a light in his hand and a TV at his feet. Charlotte Moorman talks on the phone about the difference about working in film and working in video for visual artists. (00:07:49) Entire screen is man on the sidewalk with the television and he's circling the light around. Text reads "Information is matter that matters." "Television is the eye in process." -Douglas Davis. The shot of the man circling the light plays in the TV at his feet and the camera zooms in. On WNET. Douglas Davis does a monologue at the end explaining that the program was a test. Appears to be an experimental television show.	c. 1975	00:20:47	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.118	Earl Howard drawing "Blind Man's Bluff. Color original	Recording of zooming in and out on drawings by Earl Howard. At the end, Kubota is filming and talking and a man is drawing with crayon. Unknown artwork/project.	4/21/1976	00:27:06	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.218	S. Clarke by S. Kubota, "Oct 24th Videobration" 1973, Birthday Cake, but	Shirley Clarke's birthday celebration at the Chelsea Hotel. Notable attendees: Al Robbins, Shigeko Kubota, Nam June Paik and other artists. Clarke talks about a potential story idea and shares a few stories of her childhood. 1 of 3.	10/24/1973	00:34:41	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.165	Shirley Clarke (2) Orginal	Continuation of Clarke birthday celebration performance. Reel 2 of 3.	10/2/1973	00:33:11	Black and White	No	VIEW
OR.185	Vertical Edit for Oct 24 Videobration by Shirley Clarke	Multiple segments. Begins with vertical recording of Shirley Clarks birthday gathering displayed on a CRT monitor. Voices of people speaking can be heard in the background. At 11:00, a hand appears on the monitor and a dialogue takes place between a woman and a man regarding the editing and an image. The video on the CRT changes to a clip featuring Nam June Paik in an outdoor scene, moving or interacting with the video image. At (00:15:00) an overlayed drawing of a portrait. Then letters with 'October Happy Video'. (00:26:20) Recording of advertisements. Reel 3 of 3.	Oct-73	00:33:33	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.209	Super Sunday, Keith Sonnir	A discussion at Anthology Film Archives. The footage shows the filming of a television with aligned light bulbs, followed by shots of AV equipment and the overall setup. During this sequence, a discussion takes place between the person filming and a professor from the NYU graduate film program regarding the NYU film school. Keith Sonnir is possibly the professor.	1/18/1976	00:31:29	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.215	Bremen (Fluxus concert rehearsal)	Multiple segments. Street shots of the Bronx in NYC. E. Kingsbridge Road., E 184th Street. 3rd Avenue. (00:4:15 ) Aerial shots of NYC. Twin towers and the statue of liberty are visible. (00:06:44) Ice skating footage (sped up and edited) with music. (00:10:30) Ice skating in slow motion with different music. (00:15:30) Footage for video artwork titled 'Suite 212' (Cathedral of John the Divine) with music. (19:13:00) Shots of Navajo Nation; horses and weaving, rodeo bull riding, sheep slaughtering. (00:27:02) Footage from Suite 212 (abstract UN). (00:24:00) Wrestling footage (edited with music). (00:25:20) John Cage talking to the camera; "Going to the doctor has always struck me as a somewhat formal occasion". (00:26:00) Legs tap dancing with effects to "Take me out to the ball game". (00:26:50) Female dancing. (00:26:59) Tribal dance dressed in traditional cultural clothing (black and white). Segments used in various video artworks, likely an intermediary editing reel.	c.1975	00:28:43	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.242	Bob 3, plastic, morning after	Non-art. Recording of Japanese television programs circa 1975. Possibly for sampling.	c. 1975	00:13:07	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.326	Janice Tanaka Opening - Media Artist	Multiple segments. Street shots of the Bronx in NYC. E. Kings bridge Road., E 184th Street. 3rd Avenue. (00:4:15 ) Aerial shots of NYC. Twin towers and the statue of liberty are visible. (00:06:44) Ice skating footage (sped up and edited) with music. (00:10:30) Ice skating in slow motion with different music. (00:15:30) Footage for video artwork titled 'Suite 212' (Cathedral of John the Divine) with music. (19:13:00) Shots of Navajo Nation; horses and weaving, rodeo bull riding, sheep slaughtering. (00:27:02) Footage from Suite 212 (abstract UN). (00:24:00) Wrestling footage (edited with music). (00:25:20) John Cage talking to the camera; "Going to the doctor has always struck me as a somewhat formal occasion". (00:26:00) Legs tap dancing with effects to "Take me out to the ball game". (00:26:50) Female dancing. (00:26:59) Tribal dance dressed in traditional cultural clothing (black and white). Segments used in various video artworks, likely an intermediary editing reel.	c. 1970	00:30:35	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.339	Belly Dance 1, 3 camera Jennifer	Unknown woman belly dancing for a solo performance. Video is edited. Possibly for sampling.	c. 1975	00:15:36	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.341	Stan Vanderbeek	Stan Vanderbeek artwork presentation, titled Meditations, presented at Anthology Film Archives. Artwork not included in recording, only Vanderbeek discussing piece before and after screening. Notable figures: Maciunas, Paik, Kubota.	c.1975	00:22:29	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.16	Shigeko Kubota	Unknown performance piece. A recording of a man installing a camera on a CRT monitor that will later be used as part of a performance. At (00:02:25) a video begins playing on the CRT. A female figure walks around the monitor and becomes visible through the moving image on the screen. At (00:07:40) a performance involving three individuals appears; Each performer is fully covered in sheets that obscure their heads and bodies as they interact with one another through movement and singing. At (00:16:04) the camera zooms in on a CRT monitor while bird sounds are heard in the background. At (00:21:45) an unknown couple appears on stage as part of the performance. At (00:24:02) a woman speaks through the television set in a performance in which the audience views the actors through the TV screen.	1975	00:33:13	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.317	317	Seemingly recorded off television. (00:45:00) Unknown village and fields, (00:05:30) unknown acrobatics show, (00:10:36) people commenting, (00:11:25) inside a car, (00:17:12) children watching a performance , (00:33:28) train dinning room. Possibly used for sampling.	c. 1970	00:39:37	Color		VIEW
OR.98	Village	WNET 13 NEW YORK series TV-LAB recd. 5/1/74 air A + B Rolls, tittle: SUITE 212 take no 4. Classical music, classical cars colorized with effects, cabaret shots, grocery store window, people in their windows. (00:17:51) TV-LAB recd. 5/14/74 air A+ B Rolls, SUITE 212, take no 7, Colorized and edited with music, shots of the village.	1974	00:23:37	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.352	Staten Island. Selly Village. John	Multiple segments. Fluxus video series "Suite 212", TV lab, program no.1 aired on WNET 13, Titled "Selling of New York", starts with Paik and Charlotte Mormon TV cello performance. (00:08:47) Program no.2, 5/30/74 Greenwich Village, filmed and edited by Nam June Paik & Jud Yalkut. (00:14:13) Program no.3, 5th Avenue, 5/27/74. (00:18:07) Program no.4, Chinese Noodle. (00:22:12) Staten Island,	5/27/1905	00:28:48	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.135	Lesbian Mothers	Documentary film by Rita Moreira and Norma Pontes titled Lesbian Mothers, 1972. Includes street interviews asking people how they feel about lesbian mothers, as well as interviews with women about the experience of being a lesbian mother. Premiered at the New York Woman's Video Festival, likely where she met Kubota. Warning: Nudity.	1972	00:30:28	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required

JOHN CAGE

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.45	John Cage, San Francisco, Bremen	Partial John Cage eulogy to Marcel Duchamp in San Francisco. (00:05:06) Switches to John Cage performance in Bremen.	c.1970	00:30:45	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.84	John Cage speaks, San Francisco. 4	Full John Cage Eulogy to Marcel Duchamp. Talks about a letter from Kubota regarding collaboration on a book about a performance piece titled 'Reunion', 1968, to memorialize Duchamp.	c.1970	00:33:11	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.107	John Cage Catch 44, B-roll	John Cage and the cast of 'Catch 44', by Cage and Paik, discussing the making of the video piece. John Cage talks about composing. Video changes at (0015:48) to segments from 'Catch 44'. Video changes again at (00:17:29) to a street scenes in Harvard Square/Harvard (this part has no sound).	c. 1970	00:23:45	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.139	John Cage Cheap Imitation, San Francisco	Recording of John Cage performing his piece titled 'Cheap Imitation' in San Francisco. (00:25:01) Cuts to room of people and reel to reel tape deck.	c. 1970	00:21:49	Black and white	Yes	VIEW
OR.156	John Cage Bremen 3, Shigeko	John Cage performing with a synthesizer. (00:19:30) Performance completes and Cage interacts with audience. Kubota filming and talking with Cage after the show.	1972	00:30:09	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.167	John Cage, Toronto. Shigeko	Mid-editing reel used while creating 'Video Chess' homage to Cage and Duchamp. Image and audio sampling reel. Mostly snow.	c.1970	00:23:32	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.189	John Cage Brain Waves	Recording of Cage and Paik experimenting with an ECG or EGG machine strapped to Cage' head, translating brain waves into sound. Prolonged discussions between Paik and Cage. (00:18:50) Switched to Cage and Paik talking with unknown people at an outdoor festival, possibly San Genaro.	1970	00:21:10	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.344	John Cage, Chance Operation. Richard, Shigeko	Multiple segments. John Cage and a crew of people (including Nam June, Peter Moore and Shigeko Kubota) outside of an apartment in New York City. John cage is looking at a map of NYC. John Cage is trying to figure out a place to perform his silent piece from 981. This appears to be tha "chance operation." John Cage's idea of "indeterminism." John Cage in a car as the group drives around NYC. Driving through Union Square. He talks about his Eulogy for John Cage. Shigeko is in the car on the floor. Cage is explaining to his crew what he wants for this project. At each location, Cage wants the recording machine turned on and turned off. It looks FDR. Shigeko is holding the microphone. Talking about the traffic jam.		00:33:10	Black and White	Yes	VIEW

VIDEO EXPERIMENTS

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.33	Wedding #1 Orginal	Kubota's nurse' wedding footage, likley recorded by Kubota.	c. 1975	0:27:15	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.31	Shigeko Nurse Wedding	Shigeko's nurse wedding ceremony. Footage from the reception.	c. 1975	0:21:45	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.29	Reading Poetry	Shigeko home from the Hospital after surgery, laying in bed recovering, Al Robbins reading poetry and Bob Harris sitting across the room.		0:10:20	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.93	Recycle Junk, 1st 5 min used only	Person covered with black fabric playing clarinet or similar instrument. Unknown artist/artwork.	c. 1975	0:05:18	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.119	Could be 12/18/77, Reel #3	Video Talk Show panel at Anthology Film Archive with David Ross, Barbara London and John Handhardt . Commentary on the birth of video. Organized by Kubota during her time as Video Curator at Anthology.	12/18/1977	0:33:28	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.175	Title TV	Multiple segments. Begins with recording of Paik operating his earliest robot on a sidewalk, titled Robot K-456, 1964. Includes interactions with pedestrians. (00:05:30) Switches to recordings of various television programs, possibly for sampling.	c. 1970	0:24:37	Black and White	No and Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.182	Still Alive	Original footage - uncut. Cecelia Sandovals grandmother eating and talking with Shigeko and Cecelia, in both English and Navajo. (00:9:59) Switches to sheep slaughtering. Complete version.Warning: Animal slaughtering.	c. 1970	0:33:58	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.348	1/19/1900	Non-art. Recording from television of a Marilyn Monroe movie, likely for sampling.	c. 1970	0:31:45	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.301	The Misfits	Non-art. Recording from television of Marilyn Monroe movie The Misfits, likely for sampling.	c. 1970	1:04:05	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.229	Tape I "Rewind"	Filming the set up of Video phone between New York – Los Angeles. Joan Logue, Robert Harris, Mits Kataoka, Howard, Robbins, Wendy Clarke, Debora Jelin, and William Wegman and his dog Man Ray.	1979	0:33:20	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.255	Pink Flower	Raw footage recording of a flower garden at unkown location. Used in various Kubota 'Flower' video channels.	7/27/1976	0:33:33	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.181	Watergate by Shigeko	Recording from television of various anchoirs and stories. News clips about Nixon, Julia Child, White house, Watergate scandal. Used for sampling.	c. 1970	0:28:18	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.266	Dying Red Flower	Inside Nam June and Shigeko's studio, experimenting with video effects. (00:11:00) Switches to close up of dying red flower in black and white (raw footage shot to possibly be used in a later artwork). . (00:04:19) wavy video of the back of the TV.	c. 1970	0:33:22	Color	Sound	VIEW

VIDEO IN THE WINDOW

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.61	Video in the Window 12:25am to 1:05am	Recording of Shigeko's 'Video In A Window' installation concept at Gray Gallery. Interactive installation with passerby's on street. Reel 1/5	c. 1970	0:33:16	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.62	Video in the Window 7:20pm to 7:50pm #157	Continued Recording of Shigeko's 'Video In A Window' installation concept at Gray Gallery. Interactive installation with passerby's on street. Reel 2/5	c. 1970	0:33:23	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.73	Video in the Window 1:45pm-2:15pm May 8 #142	Continued Recording of Shigeko's 'Video In A Window' installation concept at Gray Gallery. Interactive installation with passerby's on street. Reel 3/5	c. 1970	0:33:24	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.77	Video in the Window, 8:45pm to 9:15 #159	Continued Recording of Shigeko's 'Video In A Window' installation concept at Gray Gallery. Interactive installation with passerby's on street. Reel 4/5	c. 1970	0:33:34	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.286	Video in the Window. Last one. 1:00 am-1:30am	Continued Recording of Shigeko's 'Video In A Window' installation concept at Gray Gallery. Interactive installation with passerby's on street. Reel 5/5	c. 1970	0:33:20	Black and White	Yes	VIEW

EVENTS

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
OR.122	ABC News 1970	News segment about video art. Includes interviews with Nam June Paik and Charlotte Moorman. (00:09:40) switches to raw footage of Paris recorded by Kubota. Used in her video piece titled 'Europe on 1/2" a Day'.	1970	0:33:14	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.72	Begins with Street Festival	Recording of San Gennaro Festival, litte Italy, NYC, walthrough, 1972. George Maciunas and Bob Harris on Camera with Paik.	5/25/1905	0:33:14	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.86	Nam June's Birthday '75	Recording of Paik writing at home studio.	c. 1970	0:33:09	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.103	Nam June's Birthday	Recording of Paik and Kubota eating dumplings and other food at home during Paiks Birthday.	7/20/1974	0:33:00	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.150	A Roll	Non-art. Prerecorded movie. Recording of "Casablanca.", 1942. Election Night Movie		0:33:12	Black and White	Yes	Request for Permission Required
OR.154	CBS On the Road (Music), B'WA'/ Central Hotel	Non-art. Recording of various News and TV broadcasts. Seemingly changing channels throughout, likely planned for sampling.	c. 1970	0:27:26	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.158	Video Party for David Ross, Deputy Director Television Film, Long Beach M	Shigeko standing on stage with David Ross, making an intro to David's work.(00:02:02) David talks about video art. (00:07:30) there is a screening of a short video with Nixon. (00:09:60) david continues talking about video and television in callifornia and New York. Billy Adler's film would be screened at (00:13:52). Camera stops and video continues with David talking about California and New York styles. (00:14:25) there is another screening that we don't see. (00:19:30) a break. (00:24:39) Shigeko introduces another video artist and they screen his work featuring news coverage in Vancuver ( his work is not featured in the video ) The camera pans around the audience. (00:30:12) discussion about camera technics.	c. 1975	0:33:23	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.184	Arranged Concert	4 Chapters of Suite 212(from a longer series). Programs 6,7,8, 9 for TV-Lab on WNET-13. Expoerimental television show. Video piece by Nam June Paik and Fed Barzyk wgbh. Copyright 1974. "UN" abstract. Hands touching each other, touching ear. Video has been manipulated with a synthesizer. (00:7:40) switches to "Suite 212 by Nam June Paik." Channel 13 "St. John the Divine cathedral". Edited. Nam June Paik piece in collaboration with Jud Yalkut. Colors manipulated. Shots of people in the courtyard of the Catheral of St. John the Divine. Lively music plays in the background. (00:12:33) switches to Little Italy "La Traviata." Shots of restaurants, street scenes and man making cottin candy. Looks like it's from the Feast San Gennaro. (00:18:52) "Lower East Side." Street scenes and rock music plays. (00:23:40) changes to a tribute to grandparents in the east village. 2 dancers dressed in traditional eastern european outfits do a traditional dance with photos in the background. (00:25:28) music stops and photos are shown.	6/17/1974	0:26:13	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.241	Copy. Camera 3, A Video Event part II. Color. Copied from 383	CBS Video Event with Merce Cunningham and Dance Company. Edited. Merce Cunningham is dancing and is doing a voice over explaining his dancing. (00:05:30) chnages to a screen split in 3 quarants showing Cunningham dancers dancing. (00:08:45) gets rid of the slip screen and shows dancers doing a duet choreographed by Merce that leads into a group dance . The raw footage that was used for "Merce by Merce by Paik." Soundtrack by Takehisa Kosugi. (00:20:20) changes to talking head of Merce. "Dancers don't enjoy the exercise. They enjoy the dancing". (00:33:31) changes to close ups on what appears to be Native American Art. "A miniture reconstruction of Indian Life in Upper Manhattan." Site at Inwood Park.	1/12/1976	0:39:36	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.248	Computer Festival. Linda Bengalis, Les Levine, Bill Etras w/ Louise.	Unknown man standing on a stage talking to an audience. There's an Q&A happening with the audience. Talking about television and cameras. Speaker switches at (00:12:42). Held at the City University graduate center in New York.	Nov-75	0:24:28	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.260	St. John's Little Italy	Episode 7 and 8 from 'suite 212'. Saint John the Divine, and Little Italy. Edited.		0:12:28	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.289	Venice Last Day	Original footage from Shigeko on a motor boat cruise along Venice's canals. (00:21:32) filming people and building in a plaza. Used in Riverrun video installation.		0:33:14	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.294	Venice Biennale, doesn't specify canal	Original footage from Shigeko's trip to Italy for the Venice Bienial 1972. Shots from the city and from the exhibition.	1972	0:33:00	Black and White	Yes	VIEW
OR.306	Xmas '76	Mercer street Loft, firends group, NJP, (00:08:00) Mary Lucier is taking out a turkey from the oven Shigeko's voice in the backround, (00:00:31) Bob Harris . (00:00:33) Shigeko's hands and gestures , mixed with her face. the video continues with more close ups of the friends group. Home movie, some video experimentation for sampling.	1976	00:33:24:00	Color	Yes	VIEW
OR.318	Montreal 1. China1	Shots of boats in the water off the coast of montreal. (00:1:03) changes to sound and shots of fields in China. Footage shot on a train going past rice fields. (00:03:38) men spinning a bunch of plates on a table (no sound). Multiple perfroamcnes in a kind of variety show. (00:05:40) changes to outdoor street shots. (00:08:55) switches to sound and street shots. (00:17:00) surgery. Warning: Images of surgery		0:34:00	Color	Yes	VIEW

RIVER RUN

REFERENCE NUMBER	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	DURATION	COLOR / B&W	AUDIO	LINK TO REQUEST ACCESS
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DUCHAMP

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