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Sunday, Feb 22, 1981
4:00 PM
The Work of Klaus vom Bruch
Modern Times--An Autobiographical Analysis
This work takes the form of a video collage, composed of fragments extracted from nearly 500 television commercials recorded from German broadcasts.
• By Klaus vom Bruch. (1978, 15 mins, color, tape courtesy of the artist)
The Reason We Males Adore the Technique So Much
A videotaped statement combining the title text with footage of the first nuclear weapon testing in New Mexico in 1945.
• By Klaus vom Bruch. (1979, 14 mins, color, tape courtesy of the artist)
The Propeller Tape
In this work, a dozen young soldiers try to get the engine of a B-17 propeller started. This footage is collaged with a war documentary filmed on Saipan in 1945.
• By Klaus vom Bruch. (1979, 30 mins, color, tape courtesy of the artist)
Speak and Spell
A short video study of a language learning aid with a synthetic voice and some bad batteries in it.
• By Klaus vom Bruch. (1979, 8 mins, color, tape courtesy of the artist)
The Softy Tape
A collage tape in which a toilet paper ad is combined with footage of a Condor Legion pilot flying over Spain in 1936.
• By Klaus vom Bruch. (1979-80, 20 mins, color, tape courtesy of the artist)
The Duracell Tape--The Toughies and the Nice
The TV commercial for the battery is combined with footage of an American pilot over Japan in 1945.
• By Klaus vom Bruch. (1980, 10 mins, color, tape courtesy of the artist)
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