Saturday 21 March 2009, 19.00
Programme Two
WAX, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees
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David Blair
WAX, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees 1991 © David Blair |
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
£5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended

