Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Dresher, Paul.
2. Rothenberg, Ned.
3. Winant, William.
4. Abel, David (Violinist)
5. Steinberg, Julie.
6. Swan, Annalyn.
7. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
8. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 4 videodiscs (NTSC) (186 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Opposites attract is a collaboration between Paul Dresher and Ned Rothenberg, presented as a work in progress in this program. These discs contain two programs recorded on the same day at the Guggenheim Museum. Disc 1 contains an afternoon program featuring Paul Dresher. It begins with a performance of Double ikat; following the performance Dresher speaks about the piece, originally composed for Loose the thread, a ballet choreographed by Brenda Way based on the lives of the Bloomsbury Group. Dresher discusses how Double ikat departs from his usual style; the influence of eastern music and East Asian weaving on the piece; his use of improvisation; and his music for electric guitar. Disc 2 contains a rehearsal for Opposites attract. On the evening program on Disc 3, Dresher and Ned Rothenberg speak about how their collaboration came about and how it reflects their divergent musical backgrounds. Dresher discusses his relationship to California-based minimalist composers; Rothenberg speaks about the various instruments he plays and how he achieves different sonic effects through performance techniques; and about his collaboration with Japanese pianist Yuji Takahashi. Dresher and Rothenberg discuss and demonstrate the tape loop technology used in Opposites attract. A full performance of the work follows, beginning on disc 3 and concluding on disc 4.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 30

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Alternative title

1. Double ikat.

Subject

1. Avant-garde (Music)
2. Electronic music
3. Artistic collaboration

Genre/Form

1. Music.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1. Double ikat / composed by Paul Dresher; performed by William Winant, David Abel and Julie Steinberg (28 min.) -- Interview with Paul Dresher (22 min.)
2. Disc 2. Opposites attract [rehearsal] (62 min.)
3. Disc 3. Discussion / Paul Dresher and Ned Rothenberg with Annalyn Swan (30 min.) -- Opposites attract [performance] (17 min.)
4. Disc 4. Opposites attract [performance, cont'd] (27 min.)

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1030

Note

1. Copied from unedited camera originals; there are short breaks between segments of the recording.
2. Time code on screen.

Credits (note)

1. Moderator: Annalyn Swan. Speakers: Paul Dresher, Ned Rothenberg.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Nov. 17, 1989.

Funding (note)

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

Title

1. Opposites attract [videorecording] : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; music by Paul Dresher and Ned Rothenberg.

Imprint

1. 1989.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 30
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. Moderator: Annalyn Swan. Speakers: Paul Dresher, Ned Rothenberg.

Performer

1. Opposites attract. Performed by Paul Dresher (electric guitar), Ned Rothenberg (reeds), Samm Bennett (reeds), Jay Cloidt (sound processing), Richard Eisenstein (keyboards), Mark Helias (bass).

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Nov. 17, 1989.

Funding

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

Added author

1. Dresher, Paul. Composer
2. Dresher, Paul. Instrumentalist
3. Dresher, Paul. Interviewee
4. Rothenberg, Ned. Composer
5. Rothenberg, Ned. Instrumentalist
6. Rothenberg, Ned. Interviewee
7. Winant, William. Instrumentalist
8. Abel, David (Violinist)
9. Steinberg, Julie. Instrumentalist
10. Swan, Annalyn. Moderator
11. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
12. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Added title

1. Double ikat.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1030