David Blair (filmmaker)
David Blair is a motion picture artist, known for his work in video art.
Career
[edit]His first feature, the 1991 cult hit[1] Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees,[2][3] was funded with public arts grants, and a co-production with ZDF, German Television. After European broadcast, a 16mm print opened theatrically to excellent reviews at the Public Theater in New York, and then copies of that print played cinemas in 26 U.S. cities, further copying themselves for later theatrical play in Japan and Australia.[4] Blair performs in the film. On May 23, 1993, a VHS copy of Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees was the first film streamed across the Internet, with the New York Times declaring it a “historic event."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Movie Review -- Review/Film; Atoms to Bees in Alternative Realities - NYTimes.com". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
- ^ David Blair: WAX: Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees - ISEA Symposium Archives
- ^ WAX, OR THE DISCOVERY OF TELEVISION AMONG THE BEES (David Blair, 1991) on Vimeo
- ^ WAX or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees|WIRED
- ^ Markoff, John (1993-05-24). "Cult Film Is a First On Internet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
External links
[edit]- Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees, feature film
- Waxweb, web version of Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees
- The First Movie On The Internet, Volumes A-G, feature film series
- Documentation of The Telepathic Place: Installations of the Telepathic Motion Picture of THE LOST TRIBES