Tony Conrad was one the great American artists of his time, yet to the world at large he remains criminally under appreciated. Since the early 1960s, Conrad's films and compositions have been the stuff of legend for artists and musicians everywhere.
He performed in and recorded the soundtrack to Jack Smithโs legendary Flaming Creatures; he laid bare the paradigms of cinema with The Flicker, a film composed of only black and white frames; his powerful and startling drone compositions still have the music establishment scratching their heads; his early work with La monte Young and John Cale played a role in the formation of The Velvet Underground; as an early adopter of activist public access television he democratized the emerging medium of portable video for ordinary citizens.
His vast, fifty year inter-disciplinary repertoire inspired and confounded generations of artists, collaborators and fans. In his later years he continued to perform and make work that pushed the boundaries of reason for which he has finally begun to receive worldwide attention.
Utilizing intimate footage of Tony and his collaborators shot over the last twenty-two years, as well as his own archive of recordings and films, Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present mirrors Conradโs own playfully radical approach to art making. The non-linear structure allows Conrad to wildly free associate his streams of consciousness, revealing an honest and humane way of navigating a remarkable, creative life.
"JOYOUS, EXHILARATING, AND TRANSFORMATIVE, Tyler Hubbyโs documentary Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present is essential viewing for anyone involved in the history of music and visual art."
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"An extraordinary and timely documentary"
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"Director Tyler Hubby has made a canonical work of cinema that not only chronicles but embodies in its very form, scope, and aesthetic Conradโs own style and personality -- smart, funny, gruff, twinkling."
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๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฅ - ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐
๐'๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ
๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก - ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฌ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ
๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก - ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ
๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก - ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ณ
๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก - ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ณ
๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฅ - ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ณ
Film running time: 1h 36min
Director: Tyler Hubby
Editor: Tyler Hubby
Writer: Tyler Hubby
Producer: Tyler Hubby
Producer: Christine Beebe
Producer: Paul Williams
Co-Producer: Gabriela Tollman
Camera: Fortunato Procopio, Damian Calvo
Associate Producers: Scott Gracheff, Lisa Janssen, Suzana Ognjanovic, Anna Scieme
Voice Over Narration: Corby Gallegos
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๐๐'๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐๐จ๐๐ช๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ: ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ; ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฌ.
Tony Conrad was one the great American artists of his time, yet to the world at large he remains criminally under appreciated. Since the early 1960s, Conrad's films and compositions have been the stuff of legend for artists and musicians everywhere. He performed in and recorded the soundtrack to...