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[October 15 2014] : art

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Catalog (1961)

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Catalog (1961) by John Whitney

This video showcases the 1961 reel from motion graphics pioneer John Whitney. Whitney created the effects using a home-built analogue computer famously made use of parts from an anti-aircraft gun sight. His techniques famously inspired Douglas Trumbull to use the slit scan technique on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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[October 11 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takeover/ Rive Gauche Perfume by Yves Saint Laurent commercial (1979) by YSL

“There she goes, independent woman” — Rive Gauche perfume designed just for… — “…the girl who’s so contemporary. She’s having too much fun to...
[October 7 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy – King Tutta by Noel Fielding and Nigel Coan

For Day 2 of his TV Takeover artist Doug Aitken choose’s Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, a psychedelic fusion of live action and animation, with...
[October 14 2014] : art

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Silence (1968) by Jules Engel

Jules Engel is a pioneer in the field of animation as a visual art form. Born in Budapest in 1909, Engel grew up outside...
[October 17 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takoever / Robert Morris Bodyspacemotionthings at Tate Modern by TateShots

Interactive art was a new concept when the exhibition Bodyspacemotionthings first went on show at the Tate in 1971. Created by the American artist...
[October 16 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Doped Youth (2005) by Adam Blakey and Ozzie Wright

An eAn extract from Doped Youth directed and produced by surfers Adam Blakey and Ozzie Wright. Shot on location in Australia, this film features...
[October 15 2014] : art

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Catalog (1961) by John Whitney

This video showcases the 1961 reel from motion graphics pioneer John Whitney. Whitney created the effects using a home-built analogue computer famously made use...
[October 8 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Butthole Surfers / 80s Interview in Bed (Part I) by Butthole Surfers

The American rock band Butthole Surfers, formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981, have a well-reported appetite for...
[October 12 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / 7Up “Bubbles” commercial (1974) by Robert Abel and Associates

The ground-breaking 60-second commercial created for 7up in 1974 by Robert Abel & Associates, which brought an exciting new visual language to television. Unlike...
[October 6 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Married to the Eiffel Tower (2008) by Agnieszka Piotrowska

Married to the Eiffel Tower is a fascinating documentary written and directed by Polish-born director Agnieszka Piotrowska in 2008. An observation documentary about three...
[October 10 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band by Khun Narin

Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band’s membership is always in rotation and spans several generations, from high school kids to men well into their 60s....
[October 13 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takeover – Allan Kaprow / How to Make a Happening by Mass Art Inc.

Allan Kaprow is the Atlantic City, New Jersey-born, New York University and Columbia-educated painter and performance artist who created (and named) Happenings. In his...
[October 9 2014] : Television

Doug Aitken TV Takeover / Charles Bronson Mandom Perfume Commercial (1976) by Mandom

For Day 4 of his TV Takeover artist Doug Aitken selects the Japanese commercial for toiletry brand Mandom starring Charles Bronson, of “Death Wish”...

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