In After Laughter, VanDerBeek constructs a rapid-fire montage depicting the evolution of the human race and the haunting specter of its destruction.
Reeling in TV Time experiments with imaging capabilities using computer graphics.
Self-Poured Traits is a tongue-in-cheek self-examination set to the poetry of Kenneth Rexroth.
In Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie, VanDerBeek and artist Sonia Sheridan assemble a pastiche of images of Ronald Reagan, metamorphosed through digital computer graphics.
Description
Selected Works III exemplifies VanDerBeek's pyrotechnic manipulations of film and video in the early 1980s. In After Laughter, he constructs a rapid montage depicting human evolution and the haunting specter of destruction. In Reeling in TV Time he experiments with imaging capabilities and early computer graphics. Self Poured Traits is a tongue-in-cheek self-examination set to the poetry of Kenneth Rexroth. In Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie, VanDerBeek and artist Sonia Sheridan assemble a pastiche of images of Ronald Reagan, metamorphosed through digital computer graphics.
After Laughter: Produced at Kentucky Educational Television, KET.
Self-Poured Traits: Poetry: Kenneth Rexroth. Produced at Kentucky Educational Television, KCET.
Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie: In collaboration with Sonia Sheridan.
