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Participation

Plot: This period compilation of documentaries shot with a Portapak camera from the early era of video experimentation offers an immediate view of the independent New York art scene (concerts and theater perfomances on the streets and in the clubs of downtown). It is a sort of summary of Steina and Woody Vasulka's first creative period, a period of fascination with the more bizarre aspects of "new American decadence"
Release Date: Friday, January 1 1970
54 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix would have been no older than 27 in Participation as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Birthday: Fri, Nov 27 1942 –
Died: Fri, Sep 18 1970
Portrait of Ian AndersonIan Anderson. Ian Anderson was 23 in Participation as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Birthday: Sun, Aug 10 1947

Crew

Portrait of Steina VasulkaSteina Vasulka. Steina Vasulka was >> in Participation as 'Director'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Woody VasulkaWoody Vasulka. Woody Vasulka was 33 in Participation as 'Director'
Birthday: Wed, Jan 20 1937 –
Died: Fri, Dec 20 2019