Alive from Off Center - 1
1 - Short Video Artworks
Air Date: July 1, 1985
Series premiere includes arts programs featuring works of leading avant-garde artists in video, music, dance, theater and film.
2 - Video Dance
Air Date: July 8, 1985
An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.
3 - Smothering Dreams
Air Date: July 15, 1985
The program presents the 1981 Emmy-Awrd winning video about war, "Smothering Dreams", by video artist and Vietnam War veteran Dan Reeves.
4 - Comedy Video
Air Date: July 22, 1985
An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.
5 - Tongues
Air Date: July 29, 1985
A collaboration by playwright Sam Shepard and actor Joseph Chaikin that deals with the elemental concepts of living, dying and rebirth. Chaikan performs a monologue of many different characters accompanied by percussion instruments.
6 - Summer Dances
Air Date: August 5, 1985
An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.
7 - A Personal History of the American Theatre
Air Date: August 12, 1985
Spalding Gray discusses his experiences working as a professional theater actor while sitting at a desk or table in the same manner as many of his filmed and theatrically released monologues.
8 - Artist's Music Videos
Air Date: August 19, 1985
An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.