Release Date

01 Jan, 1983

Runtime

00:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

This work is Woody's first entry into the narrative sphere, whereby the "story" is continually undermined with the aid of various anti-narrative strategies: In each of the eleven segments of this "electronic opera", different effects are used. Fascinated with the remarkable personality of infamous violinist Niccola Paganini and his complicated relationship to Hector Berlioz (played by artists Ernie Gusella and Robert Ashley, respectively), the author meditates over the intricacies of artistic geniality as connected not only with fame but also with the necessity of painful survival under the pressures of the art market.

Original Title

The Commission

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Actors

Robert Ashley

Ernest Gusella

Cosimo Corsano

Ben Harris

Andrea Harris

David Ossman

Crew

Steina Vasulka

Peter Kirby

Ernest Gusella

Robert Ashley

Jeff Schier

Woody Vasulka