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FILMS BY TONY CONRAD THE FLICKER 1966, 30 minutes, 16mm. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives with funding provided by The National Film Preservation Foundation. Mathematical and rhythmical orchestration of white and black frames. STRAIGHT AND NARROW 1970, 10 minutes, 16mm, b&w, sound. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives with funding provided by The National Film Preservation Foundation. STRAIGHT AND NARROW is a study in subjective color and visual rhythm. Although it is printed on black-and-white film, the hypnotic pacing of the images will cause viewers to experience a programmed gamut of hallucinatory color effects. FILM FEEDBACK 1974, 15 minutes, 16mm, b&w, sound. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives with funding provided by The National Film Preservation Foundation. “Made with a film-feedback team which I directed at Antioch College. Negative image is shot from a small rear-projection screen, the film comes out of the camera continuously (in the dark room) and is immediately processed, dried, and projected on the screen by the team. What are the qualities of film that may be made visible through feedback?” –T.C. Total running time: ca. 60 minutes.
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The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City
Which is more important to New York City's economy, the gleaming corporate office--or the grungy rock club that launches the best new bands? If you said "office," think again. In The Warhol Economy, Elizabeth Currid argues that creative industries like fashion, art, and music drive the economy of New York as much as--if not more than--finance, real estate, and law. And these creative industries are fueled by the social life that whirls around the clubs, galleries, music venues, and fashion shows where creative people meet, network, exchange ideas, pass judgments, and set the trends that shape popular culture.
The implications of Currid's argument are far-reaching, and not just for New York. Urban policymakers, she suggests, have not only seriously underestimated the importance of the cultural economy, but they have failed to recognize that it depends on a vibrant creative social scene. They haven't understood, in other words, the social, cultural, and economic mix that Currid calls the Warhol economy.
Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs from the Early 1900s
Early 20th century disasters like the Titanic and the Great Depression inspired homegrown music. Henry Sapoznik has put together a new CD box set called People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938, with an introduction by Tom Waits.