[Frameworks] Julius Eastman & Tony Conrad?

[Chris G]

Thank you Laura for your response! During the Berlinale discussion it seemed that Eastman left Buffalo later than he actually did, so I assumed some overlap even if the departments weren’t so connected with one another. 

Cheers,
Christopher 

> On Mar 22, 2018, at 00:17, Laura McGough <lmcgough at buffalo.edu> wrote:
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> Dear Christopher,
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> Tony arrived in Buffalo in 1976 as Visiting Faculty at UB; Julius Eastman left UB circa 1975.
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> I was part of the video arts community in Buffalo in the last 1980s/early 1990s, working with Tony and many others and serving, for a bit, as the Video Curator at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. As far as I know, few friends from that community interacted with - or even knew - Julius. Neil Zusman is one exception - he has a great story of lending Julius a suit jacket for a court appearance. While it is certainly possible that Julius and Tony knew each other, Tony was immersed in video art production during this era, rather than music  - making his own great video artworks, working collaboratively with various local video collectives and creating on his own public access (Studio of the Streets) and educational access projects (Buffalo Learning Television). I am not sure how much he actually interacted with the folks around UB’s Music Dept during this time (Media Studies and Music were on separate campuses at the time - more than geography seemed to separate them).
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> But…there still might be a story to be told….
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> Best,
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> Laura
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>> On Mar 21, 2018, at 6:41 PM, Chris G <spydir at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hoping someone or some of you here might be able to help with a vague question that's been burning in my head since seeing The Otolith Group's video installation "The Third Part of the Third Measure" and a panel discussion on the work/Eastman at the Berlinale last month. Did Eastman and Tony Conrad ever have any crossover, affinity for, or association with each other at Buffalo?
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>> Cheers,
>> Christopher
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