Tony Conrad
Anthony Schmalz "Tony" Conrad was an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both structural film and drone music. He performed and collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of his career, most prominently La Monte Young's 1960s New York experimental music group Theatre of Eternal Music.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.0732 |
| Birthday | 1940-07-03 |
| Place of Birth | Concord, New Hampshire, USA |
| Also Known As | Anthony Conrad, Anthony Schmalz "Tony" Conrad, Anthony Schmalz Conrad, |
2021
The Velvet Underground
6.787/115
Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes...
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The Velvet Underground
1982
Palace of Error
0/0
“A theory discourse among three participants, enacted in silhouette.” –Tony Conrad
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Palace of Error
1985
Home Movies 1971-81
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Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
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Home Movies 1971-81
1977
Tiding over till Tomorrow
0/0
Originally debuted in 1977, where it took the form of a dual slide projection with live piano accompaniment by the artist. In the 2012 installation ve...
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Tiding over till Tomorrow
2008
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
5.7/3
The latest in Marie Losier's ongoing series of film portraits of avant-garde directors (George and Mike Kuchar, Guy Maddin, Richard Foreman), DreaMini...
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Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
2012
Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen
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Tony Conrad interviewed on the streets of NYC.
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Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen
2016
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
7.6/9
Feature documentary on the pioneering life and work of iconoclastic filmmaker/musician/composer/artist Tony Conrad.
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Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
2007
365 Day Project
10/1
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for...
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365 Day Project
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
6.6/9
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's perform...
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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
1997
Birth of a Nation
7/4
Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996. Fast...
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Birth of a Nation
1965
Normal Love
7.182/11
A follow-up to now legendary film Flaming Creatures. This vivid, full-color homage to B-movies is a dizzying display of camp that clearly affirms Smit...
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Normal Love
1985
In Line
0/0
A trisection of the spectators’ power over their own image language: word, trance, and command are installed as valences of the artist’s license, reve...
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In Line
1980
Teddy Tells Jokes
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This exquisite single shot is a complement to Combat Status Go. Here the viewer is positioned casually, even though every other element in the film ex...
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Teddy Tells Jokes
1967
Joan of Arc
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The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applied to the War in Vietnam. The film is experimental...
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Joan of Arc
1968
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
6/13
At the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of Unconscious Magnetism.
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The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
2017
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
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In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground, experimental film, and performan...
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Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
1981
Accordion
0/0
“A man, an accordion, a ladder, and a video camera. It’s as simple as that.” - Andrew Lampert
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Accordion
1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
7.2/30
Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family, friends,...
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
2000
Grandma Baba and Little Boris
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Tradition, mystical revelation, the passing on of family secrets--all that is lost in translation. In this magical fairytale Grandma Baba struggles wi...
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Grandma Baba and Little Boris
2002
Music in the Afternoon
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Fellow violinist and artist Tony Conrad, in collaboration with software engineer Tom Demeyer, made for Steina the instrument seen in this title. Conra...
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Music in the Afternoon
2012
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
6.8/18
An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Grist...
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The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
1993
The Genius
7/2
A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons, who...
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The Genius
2002
Scanty Claus
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Mrs. Claus complains because Santa is away.
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Scanty Claus
2003
Grading Tips for Teachers
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Tony Conrad provides useful & alternative grading tips for teachers. Made in Buffalo, NY.
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