Chant a Capella/ Difficult Music

Chant a Capella
Davidson Gigliotti and Jean Dupuy
1978, 31:07 min, color, sound

This close-up document captures the eclecticism and offbeat vibrancy of the New York performance art and music scene of the late 1970s and early '80s, featuring performances created for video by Don Cherry, Nam June Paik, Charlemagne Palestine, Jackson MacLow and George Maciunas.

Difficult Music
Davidson Gigliotti 
1981, 26:59 min, color, sound

This close-up document captures the eclecticsm and offbeat vibrancy of the New York performance art and music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Difficult Music includes short comedic pieces by Laurie Anderson, Julia Heyward and Michael Smith, among others.

Description

Gigliotti's close-up documents capture the eclecticism and offbeat vibrancy of the New York performance art and music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Chant a Capella includes performances created for video by Don Cherry, Nam June Paik, Charlemagne Palestine, Jackson MacLow and George Maciunas. Difficult Music includes short comedic pieces by Laurie Anderson, Julia Heyward and Michael Smith, among others.

See also

Charlemagne Palestine
Michael Smith