Tony Conrad
Anthony Schmalz "Tony" Conrad was an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both structural film and drone music. He performed and collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of his career, most prominently La Monte Young's 1960s New York experimental music group Theatre of Eternal Music.
The Velvet Underground
as Self (voice)Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story....
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as SelfAn epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
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The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
as uncreditedAt the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of...
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Birth of a Nation
as SelfFilmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as SelfIn this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker...
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365 Day Project
as uncreditedThis exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in...
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The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
as uncreditedAn intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and...
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Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
as HimselfFeature documentary on the pioneering life and work of iconoclastic...
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The Genius
as Dirk DirksonA ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower...
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Normal Love
as MummyThe feature length Normal Love is Jack Smith’s follow up to his now legendary film Flaming...
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Home Movies 1971-81
as uncreditedHome movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
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Joan of Arc
as SelfThe story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is...
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In Line
as uncreditedA trisection of the spectators’ power over their own image language: word, trance, and command...
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Teddy Tells Jokes
as uncreditedThis exquisite single shot is a complement to Combat Status Go. Here the viewer is positioned...
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Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
as Himself (archive footage)In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer...
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Grandma Baba and Little Boris
as Old Bandy LegsTradition, mystical revelation, the passing on of family secrets--all that is lost in...
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Music in the Afternoon
as SelfFellow violinist and artist Tony Conrad, in collaboration with software engineer Tom Demeyer,...
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Accordion
as uncredited“A man, an accordion, a ladder, and a video camera. It’s as simple as that.” - Andrew Lampert
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Grading Tips for Teachers
as HimselfTony Conrad provides useful & alternative grading tips for teachers. Made in Buffalo, NY.
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Tiding over till Tomorrow
as uncreditedOriginally debuted in 1977, where it took the form of a dual slide projection with live piano...
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Scanty Claus
as Mrs. ClausMrs. Claus complains because Santa is away.
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