Programme Two
WAX, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

David Blair, WAX, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees, 1991
David Blair
WAX, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees 1991
© David Blair
Saturday 21 March 2009, 19.00

David Blair's seminal film 'WAX, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees' (David Blair, USA / Germany, 1991, 85 min), was one of the earliest examples of how to use inexpensive, digital production methods - including computer animation by the now well-known media theorist Lev Manovich - to construct a long-form, hallucinatory narrative that tied together the first Gulf war, flight simulators, psychic research and bee-keeping.

Followed by a Q&A with the artist.

Programme duration: 120 min

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended
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Access for wheelchairs and pushchairs  Hearing loop available