Poster of Participation

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
53 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)'.
Fri, Nov 27 1942 –
Fri, Sep 18 1970
Portrait of Ian AndersonIan Anderson
Ian Anderson was
23 in Participation
as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Sun, Aug 10 1947

Crew

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