2014 Silent Auction

 

 

The San Francisco Tape Music Center:

1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde

David Bernstein, Ed. UC Press 2008, First edition.

Book is signed by Tony Martin, plus Program Notes and Ad Cards from 2004 "Wow and Flutter" concert

Starting bid: $125

Current bid: $125 - WFM

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DESCRIPTION

A first edition of "The San Francisco Tape Music Center, 1960's Counterculture and the Avant-Garde," UCPress, 2008, inscribed by visual composer Tony Martin. This book includes a DVD, "Wow and Flutter: The San Francisco Tape Music Center, 1961-present," which contains thirteen light-sound compositions. These include collaborative works by Pauline Oliveros, Ramon Sender and Morton Subotnick. These works were recorded live, by the artists, at the retrospective performance (named Wow and Flutter) at EMPAC, New York, in 2004. These performances include:

Pauline Oliveros & Tony Martin, "Circuitry for Percussion and Light"

Morton Subotnick, "Until Spring Revisited"

Tony Martin, "Silent Light"

Morton Subotnick, "Mandolin," with Visual Composition and Performance by Tony Martin

and much more.


This special package, assembled by Martin for the CVM auction, includes the original Announcement Cards for Wow and Flutter, and informative 40 page program, also signed by Martin, from this 2004 concert and event. The book is paperback, 322 pp.

 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Artist's Website: Tony Martin