Tony Conrad Video Works 1981-89

Tony Conrad investigates the conditions of video production and presentation in a series of tapes which deconstruct or re-appropriate the techniques of TV. Exploiting the reflexive nature of the medium, he critiques the electronic image and notions of history, theory and authority with an irreverent sense of humour. Postmodernism was never this much fun! hat far Away Look 1988 Teddy tells Jokes 1980 Long-Shot/Run-Dead (excerpt) 1986 In Line 1985 Lookers (excerpt) 1984 Movie show (excerpt) 1985