Trained as a classical musician, avant-gardist Charlotte Moorman (who died in 1992) shed tradition, along with attire, to become the notorious Topless Cellist. In countless performances with, among others, Otto Piene, Jim McWilliams, and Yoko Ono, she discarded the expressive restraints of classical art to create a spirited field of artful play. Best known for her collaborations with Nam June Paik and his TV cello, Moorman also plucked and pounded chocolate cello, ice cello, and Joseph Bueys's wrapped cello. With Paik's biopic Topless Cellist (Paik, Howard Weinberg, 1995, 29 mins) as the centerpiece, we offer a rare glimpse of Moorman's life, using rediscovered newsreels, performance footage, and television appearances. Theo Eshetu's Art Is Easy (1997, 10 mins) discloses Moorman in Paris in 1989, performing Paik's "Variation on Saint-Saë;ns" accompanied on piano by Keith Haring. Excerpts from mid-sixties television appearances on the Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson shows circa 1967 (35 mins) have Moorman in the uncomfortable role of artist/curiosity. She performs pieces by John Cage while sharing the stage with such kindred spirits as Nipsey Russell and Jerry Lewis. Also included: An unusual 1965 film of Paik and Moorman in Germany, and a 1963 newsreel titled Avant-Garde Music-A New Composition, featuring Moorman and Cage.-Steve Seid Akire is cellist in the San Francisco-based experimental pop band, Here Are the Facts You Requested.