Grumbles

Grumbles

"Video by Bill Etra, early to mid 1970s, perhaps at the WNET TV Lab?"

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Narcissicon

Narcissicon

A narrative self-discovery theme done in real time in Art Nouveau style.

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Lady of the Lake

Lady of the Lake

Made by Bill and Louise Etra with the Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer in 1974. "A short piece of Gothic horror."

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Avalon

Avalon

Avalon is a real-time animation made to demonstrate the possibilities of Bill Etra's prototype digital video synthesizer that he, at the time...

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How to Scramble The Cosmic Egg's

How to Scramble The Cosmic Egg's

"A substantial late work by Bill Etra". A "fast version" also exists.

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Heartbeat

Heartbeat

An early work by Bill & Louise Etra, with Peter Crown. Made with biotelemetry equipment and video synthesizer at the TV Lab, WNET, NYC.

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Ms. Muffet

Ms. Muffet

Computer/ video interface piece by Bill and Louise Etra with Dr. Lou Katz.

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Tales from Beneath the Sheets

Tales from Beneath the Sheets

Reclined underneath a bedsheet, Louise Etra reads an excerpt from chapter 3 of Legman's "Oragenitalism: Oral Techniques of Gential Excitation"...

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Laser Quantum L

Laser Quantum L

An early work by Bill and Louise Etra.

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Abstractions on a Bedsheet

Abstractions on a Bedsheet

Bill Etra's "Abstractions on a Bedsheet" was made with the Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer under PDP11-10 computer control. Bill said that the climax...

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Mars: An Optic Aspic

Mars: An Optic Aspic

Set to Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War, Bill Etra's original performance on 9 B&W monitors was shot in real-time on 16mm color film by Woody...

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