Digital Underground, The
- Synopsis
- Programmes of video and computer-generated work.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 87, 73, 60, 76 min.
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- out of distribution
- Documentation
- Accompanying educational/publicity materials.
- Subjects
- Media studies
- Keywords
- electronic art; video art
Credits
- Director
- Brian Springer; Craig Baldwin
Sections
- Title
- Sonic outlaws by Craig Baldwin
- Synopsis
- 1: Using a scattershot mix of interviews and various sourced footage, Craig Baldwin's documentary provides an introduction to the activities of a cross-section of US 'media hackers' whose sophisticated re-working of intercepted or otherwise sampled materi
- Title
- Fuzzy logic
- Synopsis
- 2: Shorts reflecting recent electronic image work, with a fast-paced futuristic look deriving as much from the club scene as from the iconography of the computer game. Features pieces from Butler Brothers, Tony Hill, George Barber, and Thomas Napper and M
- Title
- Long live the new flesh
- Synopsis
- 3: Digital image and techno-performance work which reveals the extent to which the body is being eclipsed by the influence of new technology. While some pieces toy with the fantasy of escaping to a free-floating virtual existence, others portray a cold po
- Title
- Spin by Brian Springer
- Synopsis
- 4: Brian Springer's documentary presents a darkly humorous angle on the 1992 US presidential election, piecing together from intercepted satellite material a testament to the interpenetration of politics and the modern televisual media.
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Film and Video Umbrella
- info@fvu.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.fvu.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7407 7755
- Fax
- 020 7407 7766
- Address
- 8 Vine Yard
London
SE1 1QL
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