Avant-Garde Tube or how I learned to love that inane unthing thing

Ever wanted a resource for artist interviews of the last 60 years? A Martha Rosler video from 1975? How about some Beuys or Chris Burden? perhaps you're needing a Dieter Roth fix or a reading by Henry Miller? Well you can find it and much more at UBUWEB. Seriously, this is a treasure trove of archived materials. Tons of MP3's of major historical figures, films, videos....

I wish I could embed a sample but do check out UBUWEB and you'll wonder aloud - where was this when I writing my thesis!

From the site:

UbuWeb: The YouTube of the Avant-Garde UbuWeb has converted all of its rare and out-of-print film & video holdings to on-demand streaming formats à la YouTube, which means that you can view everything right in your browser without platform-specific software or insanely huge downloads. We offer over 300 films & videos from artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Vito Acconci, Pipilotti Rist, Jean Genet, The Cinema of Transgression, Richard Foreman, Terayama Shuji, Paul McCarthy Jack Smith, Carolee Schneeman, John Lennon and hundreds more -- of course all free of charge. Presented in conjunction with our partners at Greylodge.

Heres a short list of the video and film archive:

Vito Acconci Marina Abramoviç Igor and Gleb Aleinikov Alejandra & Aeron Erik Anderson Skip Arnold Robert Ashley Beth B Francis Bacon Derek Bailey John Baldessari Banksy Piero Bargellini Francis Bacon Otmar Bauer Samuel Beckett David Behrman Charles Bernstein Joseph Beuys Christian Boltanski Jorge Luis Borges Walerian Borowczyk Stan Brakhage George Brecht James Broughton Luis Buñuel Chris Burden Robert Breer Gunter Brus Chris Burden William S. Burroughs John Cage Alexander Calder John Cale Peter Campus Louis-Ferdinand Céline Abigail Child Segundo de Chomón Henri Chopin Cinema of Transgression Robert Clampett Rene Clair Carlfriedrich Claus Jean Cocteau Émile Cohl Anton Corbijn Jospeh Cornell Pierre Coulibeuf Merce Cunningham Guy Debord Wim Delvoye Maya Deren Jean-Marie Drot Marcel Duchamp Germaine Dulac Dziga Vertov Group Viking Eggeling Tracy Emin Ed Emshwiller Jean Epstein Harun Farocki

Flux Films Richard Foreman Péter Forgács Terry Fox Hollis Frampton Tessa Hughes-Freeland Ernie Gehr Jean Genet German Dada Alberto Giacometti Allen Ginsberg Gilbert & George Paul Glabicki Philip Glass Godard & Miéville Jack Goldstein Peter Greenaway Groupe Medvedkine Laszlo Hege Her Noise Helmut Herbst Piero Heliczer Gary Hill Henry Hills Abbie Hoffman Takahiko Iimura Isidore Isou Joris Ivens M Henry Jones Larry Jordan Mauricio Kagel Pitor Kamler Anish Kapoor Richard Kern Raashan Roland Kirk Dimitri Kirsanov Yves Klein Alexander Kluge Paul and Marlene Kos Kurt Kren George Kuchar Jerzy Kucia Jacques Lacan Andrew Lampert George Landow Fernand Leger John Lennon Alfred Leslie György Ligeti Alvin Lucier Willard Maas George Maciunas Gregory Markopoulos Toshio Matsumoto Paul McCarthy Jonas Mekas Marie Mencken

László Moholy-Nagy Meredith Monk Irene Moon Jon Moritsugu Robert Morris Frank & Caroline Mouris Otto Muehl Gordon Mumma Music with Roots in the Aether Bruce Nauman Werner Nekes Phil Niblock Hermann Nitsch Pauline Oliveros Yoko Ono Nam June Paik Charlemagne Palestine Kembra Pfahler Robert Rauschenberg Man Ray Hans Richter Ron Rice Terry Riley David Rimmer Pipilotti Rist Donald Ritchie Peter Rose Kay Rosen Jeri Cain Rossi Walter Ruttmann Aram Saroyan Carolee Schneeman Werner Schroeter Richard Serra Situationist International Jack Smith Kiki Smith Robert Smithson Ladislaw Starewicz Ralph Steiner Jerry Tartaglia Shuji Terayama Stan Vanderbeek Agnes Varda Ben Vautier Edgard Varêse & Le Corbusier Dziga Vertov Rene Vienet Bill Viola Robert Watts William Wegman Orson Welles Peter Whitehead Rachel Whiteread Lloyd Michael Williams David Wojnarowicz Tadanori Yokoo Zubi Zuva

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