http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/calendar/film-programs/winter17/conrad.htmlTony Conrad?Completely in the Present
January 28 at 2:00 PM
East Building Auditorium
Washington premiere
Introduced by Tyler Hubby
Filmmaker, composer, performer, professor, and polymath Tony Conrad (1940?2016) influenced generations of artists from the 1960s onward. Tyler Hubby?s
new portrait of his mentor reveals just how integral Conrad was to the development of minimalism, video art, avant-garde cinema, and education. Recorded
over two decades, the film includes rare footage of installations, performances, and discussions with Conrad himself as well as his collaborators such
as Tony Oursler, Jim O?Rourke, and Brandon W. Joseph (author of Beyond the Dream Syndicate: Tony Conrad and the Arts after Cage). (Tyler Hubby, 2016, 102
minutes) A special performance by Tony Conrad?s Amplified Drone Strings will follow the screening. With thanks to Paige Sarlin.