Infermental 8 (1988)
Tokyo, Japan, 1988
73 contributions, 15 countries, 5 hours
Editors: Keiko Sei / Alfred Birnbaum
Supervisor: Mike Hentz / Hank Bull
In the Afterglow of TV-Land
For this, the first Japanese edition, we’re chosen to focus on television culture via five themes, comic to critical, literal to metaphonic. Five channels of discourse. Bringing Infermental to Japan, islands far removed from the European and American continents of previous editions, yet very central to the global “info-magnetic” environment, we recognized the need to bridge a broader span than ever before. Not just East to West, but also from art to more popular expressions.
[Alfred Birnbaum]
Content
Twilight of the Godz
The Five Warning Signs of Infomania
The Limbo Hour
Canned Laughter
Broadcast Shadows
Twilight of the Godz | ||||
Artist | Title | Country | Year | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aurand, Ute / | Going Somewhere? | D/IS | 1987 | 03:27 |
Hada, Akiko / Japanese | James Bonk in Matt Blackfinger (excerpt) | GB | 1988 | 03:32 |
Irie, Keichi | Twilight of the Godz – Jingle | J | 1988 | 00:41 |
Kibe, Yohani | Godzildämmerung | J | 1988 | 09:45 |
Ohta, Keiichi | Broadcast Shadows 1 – 4 | J | 1988 | 00:42 |
Oursler, Tony | Spillchamber | J/USA | 1987 | 03:50 |
Roberts, Megan / | Godzilla Hey | USA | 1988 | 02:04 |
Salloum, Jayce | Conditions of Mercy | USA | 1986-87 | 01:57 |
Shaw, Jim | Billy Goes to a Party | USA | 1987 | 19:15 |
Stubbs, Mike | God – The Challenge | GB | 1986 | 01:20 |
Tabata, Kouichi | Where is TV? | J | 1988 | 02:37 |
Urzua, Andres Tapia | Vivaboz | USA | 1987 | 00:43 |
Walker, St. John / | Saboten Boi (Work in Progress) | GB/J | 1988 | 05:50 |
Zaremba, Jutta / | Salamandroiden | D | 1987 | 01:10 |
The Five Warning Signs of Infomania | ||||
Artist | Title | Country | Year | Duration |
Callas, Peter | The Esthetics of Disappearance (excerpt) | AUS/J | 1986 | 02:45 |
Gilles, Coudert | Zebra chez les européens | F | 1987 | 02:29 |
Hughes, Patrick | 666 O’Clock News | CDN | 1987 | 01:40 |
Knut Hoffmeister / | Infomania Survey (Performances, Ausstellungen etc.) | D | 1987 | 16:16 |
Kwasniewski, Pawel | My Japan | PL | 1988 | 04:02 |
Lander, Rik | Deep Red Instant Love | GB | 1988 | 10:00 |
Shimano, Yoshitaka | TV Drama | J | 1987 | 07:00 |
Sutherland, Starr | Contact | USA | 1987 | 03:17 |
Szczerek, Janusz | S.L.A.B. (Sit, Listen, Absorb, Buy) | GB | 1987 | 07:22 |
Takahashi, Genichiro | The Five Warning Signs of Infomania 1 – 5 Jingle | J | 1988 | 00:45 |
The Limbo Hour | ||||
Artist | Title | Country | Year | Duration |
Black, Byron / | Rare Blood / Ati-Ati-Han | USA | 1988-87 | 04:01 |
Bogar, Peter | Nature | NL | 1986 | 01:10 |
Cantsin, Monty / | Alles Klaar | CDN | 1986 | 05:01 |
Dijkman, Bart | Miranda | NL | 1987 | 08:03 |
Giuliano, Steven / | Desperate for Heat | USA | 1987 | 05:52 |
Hayashi, Eitetsu | Blossoms on the Wind | J | 1988 | 03:29 |
Kiyota, Masuaki | Psychic Beat | J | 1988 | 02:14 |
Lack, Lilly | Sheila | USA | 1984 | 09:25 |
Little, Donal | Stains | USA | 1987 | 05:35 |
Maeda, Osamu | The Limbo Hour 1 – 4 Jingle | J | 1988 | 00:44 |
Onoshin | The End | J | 1986 | 01:20 |
Schmidt, Mechtild | Amphitryon (excerpt) | D/USA | 1987 | 05:11 |
Sekimoto, Tetsuo | Love of, of the Sea | J | 1987 | 02:56 |
Venti, Mark | Inside My Drum | USA | 1987 | 01:47 |
Canned Laughter | ||||
Artist | Title | Country | Year | Duration |
Bielicky, Michael | Paik (Nein, ich bin ein Experimentalist) | D | 1986 | 01:51 |
Blume, Claus | Variationen zu einem patriotischen Thema | D | 1987 | 02:30 |
Buckley, Michael / | I Hate Cops | AUS | 1986 | 01:34 |
Creative House AkuAku | Picnic CATV Sampler | J | 1987 | 04:21 |
Dellbrügge, Christiane / | Fruchtbarkeit muß mehr leiden als Unfruchtbarkeit | D | 1987 | 02:15 |
Finley, Jeanne C. | Accidental Confessions | USA | 1987 | 05:05 |
Goldsmith, Eleanor | Mother Came to Visit | USA | 1987 | 00:47 |
Hamilton, Robert | The Correspondence | USA/CDN | 1986 | 07:08 |
Jacobson, Bethany Eden | R.S.V.P. | USA | 1986 | 04:15 |
Magilow, Susan / | Alternating Susans | USA | 1987 | 02:18 |
Mikami, Masaharu | Samurai | J | 1988 | 02:16 |
Müller, Peter Baan | The Car in My Life as a Bird | NL | 1986 | 03:49 |
Newman, Betsy / | Debate of the Dead | USA | 1983 | 05:54 |
Ohtake, Shinro | Canned Laughter 1 – 8 Jingle | J | 1988 | 00:44 |
Visual Brains | Rec Zone | J | 1986 | 03:39 |
Zussman, Neil | State of Air | USA | 1986 | 02:15 |
Broadcast Shadows | ||||
Artist | Title | Country | Year | Duration |
Bachmann, Gábor | East European Alarm | H | 1988 | 08:16 |
Dargel, Peter | Not Yet Erased | D | 1987 | 01:42 |
Davies, Lyell | Bleep | IRL | 1987 | 00:54 |
Hirt, Gunther / | Moskau Moskau | D/SU | 1987 | 06:17 |
Ito, Hiroshi | ipm | J | 1988 | 05:29 |
Kalin, Tom | Crossfire (Work in Progress) | USA | 1988 | 02:16 |
Nosek, Laslo | Star over the Empire State Building | USA/H | 1988 | 01:03 |
Queseda, Virginia | Safe Sex | USA | 1987 | 03:18 |
Rosenfeld, Lotte | TV Oppression | RCH | 1988 | 04:54 |
White, Chel | Machine Song | USA | 1987 | 02:52 |
Wolkenstein, Simon von | Snow | AUS | 1986 | 11:49 |