Ken Kobland
Rumstick Road (2014)
A video reconstruction of the 1977 Wooster Group production Rumstick Road, an experimental theater performance created by Spalding Gray and Elizabeth LeCompte after the suicide of Gray's mother. Archival recordings are combined with photographs, slides, and other ... (more)
A video reconstruction of the 1977 Wooster Group production Rumstick Road, an experimental theater performance created by Spalding Gray and Elizabeth LeCompte after the suicide of Gray's mother. Archival recordings are combined with photographs, slides, and other ... (more)
Landscape and Desire (1981)
...a "mordantly nostalgic" sojourn across America. A landscape of mute streets, empty rooms and serene fields; the remains of a civilization which has momentarily disappeared. (more)
...a "mordantly nostalgic" sojourn across America. A landscape of mute streets, empty rooms and serene fields; the remains of a civilization which has momentarily disappeared. (more)
Frame (1977)
Provincetown, Cape Cod. A reconstructed 'landscape' ... inspired by a drive down 6A. The norm when driving of watching the landscape approaching and receding, and the side-show of dioramas. (more)
Provincetown, Cape Cod. A reconstructed 'landscape' ... inspired by a drive down 6A. The norm when driving of watching the landscape approaching and receding, and the side-show of dioramas. (more)
Vestibule (In 3 Episodes) (1978)
...a meditation on a familiar New York city space in which memories, fantasies and the maniacial interwine. (more)
...a meditation on a familiar New York city space in which memories, fantasies and the maniacial interwine. (more)
Near and Far / Now and Then (1979)
2-Parts: One, a residency at the MacDowell Colony in Petersboro, New Hampshire with the seasons passing ... Two, an experiment with green-screen chroma-key and a play between 2-D and 3-D space. (more)
2-Parts: One, a residency at the MacDowell Colony in Petersboro, New Hampshire with the seasons passing ... Two, an experiment with green-screen chroma-key and a play between 2-D and 3-D space. (more)
Brace Up!
(1993)
The Wooster Group's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt and directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, with performances from Kate Valk, Peyton Smith, Scott Shepherd, Ari Fliakos, Anna Kohler, Beatrice Roth, Ron Vawter, and Willem Dafoe. ... (more)
The Wooster Group's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt and directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, with performances from Kate Valk, Peyton Smith, Scott Shepherd, Ari Fliakos, Anna Kohler, Beatrice Roth, Ron Vawter, and Willem Dafoe. ... (more)
Library (1977)
Library is a one shot take looking down at the lobby of the New York University Library at Washington Square in New York City. Shot in 1977, re-edited 2019. (more)
Library is a one shot take looking down at the lobby of the New York University Library at Washington Square in New York City. Shot in 1977, re-edited 2019. (more)
Dallas-Texas (1991)
The fluctuation between indexical/symbolic images along with everyday small talk and gestures is at the center of this episode. The location is Dealey Plaza where JFK was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963. (more)
The fluctuation between indexical/symbolic images along with everyday small talk and gestures is at the center of this episode. The location is Dealey Plaza where JFK was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963. (more)
Flaubert Dreams of Travel But the Illness of His Mother Prevents It. (1986)
Drawing from Flaubert's The Temptation of Saint Anthony, his letters, travel journals, and biography, this video layers fantasy, sexual obsession, morbidity, Romanticism, and boredom alongside the ghostliness of empty hotel rooms, aural atmosphere, and an homage to ... (more)
Drawing from Flaubert's The Temptation of Saint Anthony, his letters, travel journals, and biography, this video layers fantasy, sexual obsession, morbidity, Romanticism, and boredom alongside the ghostliness of empty hotel rooms, aural atmosphere, and an homage to ... (more)