Stan Vanderbeek.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bloomsbury Press.

Series:

Computer Generation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Filmmaking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.

Other Title:

Bloomsbury Video Library.

Place of Publication:

Kent, CT.: Creative Arts Television. 2011.

Summary:

Stan VanDerBeek, pioneering experimental filmmaker, is seen here at work with friend and computer expert Wade Shaw at the sophisticated "new" (1972) computer at the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies. His main thesis is the inevitable interaction of computers with artistic creativity. "What can an artist do with a machine?", he asks, "amplify the artist's thought. And at last the artist is in the electronic matrix, no longer confined to his studio." This documentary was produced at a time when room-sized university computers were weekly revealing breakthroughs -- all of which are taken for granted today by even the simplest desktops. VanDerBeek felt this revolution was coming; on this program he conveys his passion for creating a generation that would be ready. The program includes excerpt from several of VanDerBeek's films. .

Credits:

Director, John Musilli ; producer, John Musilli.

ISBN:

9781350910997

OCLC:

1356503823

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.