Critical Writing Index

Explaining Pictures To Dead Air: The Robertson/Beuys Admixture

by Peggy Gale

Parachute, Spring 1979, no. 14, pp. 4-8

This article provides a detailed description, and interpretation, of the Tele-performance Explaining Pictures to Dead Air by Clive Robertson, a live cablecast specifically created for the Fifth Network/Cinquiéme Réseau, in the context of Robertson's other work.

ITEM 1979.004 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Explaining Pictures To DeadClive Robertson

AirClive Robertson

In Video Traction, Act 1Clive Robertson

In Video Traction, Act 2