IRA SCHNEIDER
1939 geboren in Manhattan
Education
1964 Univ. Wisconsin, Madison-M.A./Magister-Physiological Psychology Philosophy of Science;
1961 Ludwig Maximilians Uni., München-Art History, Philology, Literature;
1960 Brown Univrsity, Providence, Rhode Island,magna cum laude, phi beta kappa, B.A.-Experimantal Psychology, Comparative Literature;
videotapes: documentary (D) / art (A) / installation (I), all VHS-PAL, color, except where otherwise stated:
2001 "TV as a Creative Medium"(D)from 1969,11min.B/W,"Vision Television"(D)from 1970,35 min.B/W.
2000 "How Bill Viola Does It",(A) 2minutes;
1999 "Schneider Heieratet Seine SONYa",(A) 3minutes;
1998 "Nam June Paik is eating Sushi in South Beach (Miami,Florida),(A) one minute;
1997 "The Frantic Pedantic Semantic Antic" (A) sound color added to original 1965 silent film, 8 min.
1996 "Mr. Fluxus", Memorial to George Maciunas, May 1, 1996, Wiesbaden w. many Fluxians (D) 2hrs.
1995 "Datenraum Deutschland", (I) edits of 16 Bundeslland tapes about past present cultural expression, visitors walk on large (16x12m) map of Germany, 16 tapes play simultaneously
1994 "The 2 Woodstock Festivals of 1994" Saugerties Bethel, N.Y., (D), 1 hr. selection w. Martin Hamlet
1993 "Das Vereinigte Deutschland", sampler of the videos for the 1995 installation, (D), ca. 30 min.
1992 "Video Skulptur", (D) of the 1989 group video show, Kunstverein Köln, ca. 40 installations, 30 min.
1992 "Neil Williamss Wake", (D) F.Stella, J.Schnabel, Viva, Ultraviolet, Taylor Mead etc. attended, 70 min.
1991 "John Campbell" great blues guitarist at Nells, 14th St. N.Y.C., (D), 2 hrs. (NTSC)
1990 "Music from the N.Y. clubs- J. Campbell at Nells, "Mystic Chain" at the BBQ, 4 hrs.
1989 "The World Trade Center", (A) animation, 30 seconds
1989 "People walking through the Berlin Wall", (A) trick, Aug. 1989, shown in Kongresshalle Berlin, 5 min. in "Wipe Cycle", (I) by I.S. F.Gillette, part of "Video Skulptur" group show, Aug.27-Sept. 27, 1989,(NTSC);
1988 "A Day at Copacabana Beach", (A), Rio folk culture at the beach, 12 min.*
1987 "The New York City Parking Game", (A), complicted rules heavy penalties, happy ending, 10 min.
1986 "Either a Honeymoon or a Forced March", (A) manic trip, Paris, Italy, Yugo., Austria, Germany, 1 hr.
1985 "Bigelows Luncheonette Closes Forever",(D) the Village, loses a favorite meeting eating spot, 26min.
1984 "TV as a Creative Medium"(D) the first group videoshow in N.Y. 1969, Howard Wise Gallery, 10min.
1984 "The 11th. Greenwich Village Halloween Parade", (A/D), archetypal all saints day, 36 min.
1984 "A Weekend at the Beach, w.Jean-Luc Godard", (A/D), W. Wenders, H. Müller, etc. 1978, Calif., 7min.
1980 "TIMEZONES", a reality simulation, (I) 24 videos, 30 min. of each time zone, played simultaneously giving the feeling that one could see all over the world at the same time;
1978 "Some Scenes in Southern California", (A), landscapes mellow culture, 13 min., (I) with below;*
1977 "Several Minutes of Several Days in the Hamptons",N.Y. beach culture, 13 min., (I) with above, b/w;*
1976 "Echo" (A/D/I), doc. of visual (Video) echo installation, Syracuse N.Y., 12 min.
1976 "More or Less Related incidents in Recent History",(A/D) mix of 25 yrs. of news,war,culture, 41min*.
1975 "Bit, Chunks, and Pieces", (A) prototype for video disc on American culture,b/w,50min.,(I)Video 75*,(NTSC);
1974 "Manhattan is an Island", map (I), experience all Manahattan in one space, 6 tapes simult., b/w, 1hr.*
1974 "Gregory Bateson", (D), lecture on biology culture, Lehman College, N.Y., b/w, ca. 60 min.
1973 Richard Serra, installing sculpture at the Staedlik Museum, Amsterdam, (D), b/w, ca. 5 min.
1973 "The Boring Years", (A) city country contrasts, with Beryl Korot, b/w, 5 min.*
1973 "The Fourth of July in Saugerties", (A/D) typical American celebration, w. B.Korot, b/w, ca. 5 min.
1970 "Media Primer", (D) relationship of media to American culture, b/w, 30 min.*
1970 "Steve Miller Group, The Who, Mountain, Jefferson Airplane at the Filmore East, b/w, ca. 30min. each (NTSC);
1970 "Buckminster Fuller", (D) rap on the history of civilization ecology, b/w, 35 min., director/editor;
1969 "Abbie Hofmann"(D), rap on the Chicago 8 trial America, b/w, 20 min. producer sound;
1969 "The Rolling Stones free Concert" at Altamont, Ca., (D) subject of "Give Me Shelter", b/w 3 hrs.
1969 "The Woodstock Festival", (D) backstage, crowds, sociolgy, b/w, 60 min.
1969 "Wipe Cycle", (I) with Frank Gillette, two 30 min. edited tapes, 2 video time delays, 1 live camera, mixing the audience into the art work as active participants (NTSC);
1969 "The Ohio Tapes", (D/A) farmers, students, performance, America, with Frank Gillette, b/w, 9 hrs.(NTSC). *above = "Information Collage", style of combining audio visual data
solo video exhibitions,screenings presentations / Installations, lectures, seminars:
2002 ZKM/ Karlsruhe, Backfabrik, Galerie Blickensdorff/Berlin
2000 National Galerie,Prag,Art Akademie Budapest,HDK Berlin
1998 Humboldt Universität,Lecture and video screening;
1998 Neue Berliner Kunstverein,Berlin,Lecture on early Video Art video examples;
1997 Institut Galerie Kaufladen, Berlin, video screening installation;
1997 Anthology Film Archive, N.Y.C., 3 evenings of video screenings;
1996 Shift Galerie, Berlin, screening;
1994 Akademie der Kunst,Saarbrücken,presentations and seminars;
1994 Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität, Greifwald, Schule für Gestaltung, Basel Städel Schule für Kunst, Frankfurt a. Main., screenings Lectures;
1993 Akademie der Künste, Düsseldorf, screening lecture;
1992 Konrad Wolfe Film School, Babelsberg, Germany, presention;
1992 Night Light TV, N.Y.C. cable-tv show, presentation;
1988 Casa da Cor, Sao Paulo, Brazil, lecture presentation;
1988 Museum of Image Sound, Sao Paulo. installation;
1986 Hochschule der Künste, Zürich, Schule für Gestaltung, Basel, Kunst Museum, Bern, Kunst Akademie, Luzern, Centre Culturelle, Geneve, lectures screenings;
1985 Institute for North American Studies, Barcelona, University of Barcelona, lectures screenings;
1983 American Center, Paris, presentation seminar;
1981 University of California, San Diego, screening lecture;
1981 Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.C., "Timezones ,a reality simulation" installation;
1980 Everson Museum, Syracuse, N.Y. "Timezones",24 tapes,one from each zone played simultaneously;
1980 Hochschule der Kunst, Berlin, summer video art production workshop,"Berlin is an Island";
1979 Environmental Communications Some Small Business; Venice, Ca., installation;
1979 Boston Film Video Coop, installation presentation;
1978 Hochschule der Kunst, Berlin presentation;
1978 AVZ GRAZ, Installation lecture;
1978 Anthology Film Archive, N.Y.C., "Echo" installation;
1977 Whitney Musum of American Art, N.Y.C. "Manhatten is an Island" installation;
1976 Synapse, Syracuse University, N.Y.C. "Echo" installation;
1975 The Kitchen, N.Y.C. "Video 75" installation,9 videotapes simultaneously;
1974 The Kitchen, N.Y.C. "Manhatten is an island" installation
1974 Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C. screening;
1974 Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas, screening;
group shows:
1999 2000 Art-Forum, Berlin
1998 Museum of Modern Art,N.Y.,
1997 Art Forum, Messe Berlin, Art Club Berlin;
1994 Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.C. "TV as a Creative Medium", 25th anniversary of the first video group show in N.Y.C. (1969) at the Howard Wise Gallery, with Nam Jun Paik, Frank Gillette Paul Ryan others;
1994 America Haus, Berlin, Fulbright meetings, "Wanderungen durch die deutschen Länder" installation preview
1991 The Kitchen, N.Y.C. Raindance Foundation 20 th. anniversary exhibition; with Beryl Korot, Frank Gillette, Paul Ryan Davidson Gigliotti;
1989 Kongresshalle, Berlin, Video Skulptur, ca 45 installations, "Wipe Cycle" with Frank Gillette;
1989 Kölnischer Kunstverein, Video Skulptur, ca. 45 installations, "Wipe Cycle" with Frank Gillette, also works by Paik, Kubota, Oursler, Shaw, Campus, Levine, Schwartz, Graham, Muntades more;
1985 traveling show, Time, the fourth dimension in Art, at The Barbican Center, London, Museum Moderne Kunst, Wien, Museum Nouvelle, Lyon, Kunsthalle, Mannheim, "Timezones";
1984 Palais de Beaux Art, Brussel, Time, the fourth dimension in Art, "Timezones" ,( tapes from the 24 timezones-see all over the world at the same time) works by Duchamp,Man Ray, Paik, Monet, D. Oppenheim, Rodin others;
1980 Winter Olmpics, Lake Placid, N.Y. "Timezones" works by Paik, Gillette others;
1975 Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.;
1975 Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia;
1974 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago;
1970 Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Mass. "Random Interlace Content Electronics" (works by Videofreex, F. Gillette, Paik, P. Ryan others);
1969 Howard Wise Gallery, N.Y.C., TV as a Creative Medium, "Wipe Cycle" with F. Gillette (works by Paik. Paik/Charlotte Moorman, Paul Ryan, Aldo Tambolini others).
photography:
2003 Galerie Blickensdorff
2001 Studi63 - Berlin "One Man Retrospective", Luna Bar - "Kleine Ausstellung"
2000 Photo Exhibitions Kuckucknest Galerie,Bambibar Nightgallery
1998 Photos in Neuer Berliner Kunstverein collection;
1998 One man show of limited edition photos,photocollages, posters,Kunst/City Galerie,Berlin;
1992 24 "abstract impressionistic" photos in permanent collection, Quarterdeck Inc. RCA bldg., N.Y.C.
1991 10 "abstract impressionistic" photos in permanent collection, Kenneth Laub Real Estate, N.Y.C.
1990 Salmagundy invitational group show, N.Y.C.
1987 Wiener Secession,group show, Vienna;
film: (16 mm)
1968 "I'd Rather be Half Right than Vice President "color, sound, 5 min., St. Lawrence College-prize;
1967 "The Ghost of Wittgenstein" color,sound,10 min.,scipt by prof. Ray Lucas, Foothills College-prize
1966 "Lost in Cuddihy" color,sound, 13min.(60s culture)National Student Assoc.-prize,MOMA archive;
1965 "Peanut Butter on My Roof"(edited by David Brooks)color,sound, 10min.,(voice of Andy Worhol);
1965 "IS" color silent loop, 6min.; "Hip Au Go Go"b/w,sound, 4min.(dance party-Madison, Wisconsin)
1964 "The Frantic Pedantic Semantic Antic",b/w color, silent, 8min., (an absurdist, happening film);
1963 "The Great Suds Your Suds Robbery",b/w, sound 3 min., (comedy)
1962 "The File Cabinet of Dr. Saborin", b/w. silent, 3 min., (mad Scientist).
comic performance/happenings/perpertrations:
1964 "Leafmobile", fallen leaves (october) pasted (klebt) on 55 Chevrolet (except windows chrome), we rode around Madison, Wisconsin, wearing hats with feathers, waving out the windows,
1959 "Exam Stress" friend taking four,3hr.exams in 2 days says he will pass out (unmächtig) after.In a large exam hall, he turns his exam in, returns to his seat falls on the floor, people notice, at once two men in white labcoats with stretcher (Krankenträge) rush in carry him out of the hall, amidst astonishment.
1959 "Study Stress", in library shortly before exams, students study in large room, where books, specially for the exams may be read, but only taken out for 3 hrs. (We secretly place one of my books with 3 hr. sticker on the shelf.) Later, an accomplice takes that book to the check out counter, I rush in rather loud say I must see the book for 5 min. My accomplice says no. We fight over the book / it rips in half, all are astonished. The librarian says we must pay. Each puts his half in a different return slot. As the librarian goes for the 2 book halves, we run out. We hear loud laughter.
1959 "The Random Sonata", Chalk was thrown at a blackboard with music staves on it. Wherever the chalk hit a note was placed. The length of each note was determined by pulling a slip of paper out of a hat. Each slip had a different note length on it, e.g. 1/4, or 1/8, etc. Alvin Curran then played the "Random Sonata" on a piano of the music dept. at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
1958 "Black Paintings", an artist, in white smock beret appears on the Brown University college green. He begins painting a large canvas with a very fine brush only black paint. After a few hours the canvas is totally black. Among those who gathered was Willoughby Sharp who asked the artist why he used such a small brush. The artist answered: "All painters select from the same colors the same forms. It is only the brush stroke which differentiates the ordinary from the great painter". In the weeks following the artist went on to paint, "The Annunciation", "The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian", "Madonna with Child" more, all black.
grants fellowships:
2000-01 Zentrum für Kunst Medientechnology Video restoration Grant
1993 Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, Berlin, Germany;
1978 National Endowment for the Arts;
1977 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship;
1971 - 1976, grants from the Creative Artist Program, N.Y., N.Y. State Council on the Arts National Endowment for the Arts.
Print
2002 Artforum, Mai 02, "Tale of the tape"
2001 Das Magazin, Berlin - "Ufo in Aspik" (August 2001)
2001 Die Welt - "Wenn ich sterbe, möchte ich einen Satellitenanschluß" (30.Juli.2001)
2001 N.Y.Times /Sunday Art Section 1/21/2001.
2000 Berliner Zeitung,Berliner Morgen Post
1997 chapter in "Kunst und Zeit",ScanegVerlag,München,Von H.Paflik-Huber
1976 "Video Art, an Anthology", Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; N.Y., Co-editor with Beryl Korot;
1970-1974 "Radical Software", Raindance Foundation, N.Y., Co-founder, Co-editor with Beryl Korot Michael Shamberg.
teaching:
1994 Akademie der Künste, Saarbrücken seminar;
1980-1992, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, N.Y.C., Associate Professor 1988-1992 Assistant Professor, 1980-1987;
1976-1980, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego;
1980 Visiting Artist, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin;
1974 Video Production, Lehman College, N.Y.