Skip Blumberg
| Skip Blumberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Video art, New Media Art |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Aaron (m. 1988; d. 2015) |
Skip Blumberg is one of the original camcorder-for-broadcast TV producers, and among the first wave of video artists in the 1970s. His early work reflects the era's emphasis on guerrilla tactics and medium-specific graphics, but his more recent work takes on more global issues. His work has screened widely on television and at museums. His video Pick Up Your Feet: The Double Dutch Show (1981) is considered a classic documentary video and was included in the Museum of Television and Radio's exhibition TV Critics' All-time Favorite Shows.[1] His cultural documentaries and performance videos have been broadcast on PBS, National Geographic TV, Showtime, Bravo, Nickelodeon, among others.
He was a part of the early video collective Videofreex.
He is currently producing works for myhero.com[2] and Sesame Street along with various independent productions.[3]
Works
- When I was a Worker Like Lavern, 1976 - An early example of Blumberg's personal documentary approach begins as an informative look at the mail-order distribution process, and ends as a candid observation of management/labor relations.[4]
- For a Moment You Fly, 1978 - A portrait of a unique one ring circus in NYC. This is an informal portrait of a circus that emphasizes "human-sized events" as an alternative to the mainstream circus, suggesting an affinity with Blumberg's own "human-sized" video as an alternative to mainstream television.[5]
- Contests USA, 1980 - A three-part documentary; Summer Ski Jumping, The Ugly Dog Contest, Festival of (Musical) Saws, that explore the "extraordinary" aspects of "ordinary" people.[6]
- Pick Up Your Feet: The Double Dutch Show, 1981 - A look at the young participants of the Double Dutch Championship in New York City.[7]
- Sesame Street - Since 1988, Skip Blumburg has created over 75 segments for the show.
- Nick At Nite ID's, 1991 - Skip Blumburg created 4 ID's for the block using pixelation & rotoscoping.
- Cookie Girl in the Hot Zone, 2001 - A short produced for myhero.com about 12-year-old Jemma Brown, who started to serve cookies to the firefighters 3 days after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.[8]
- Con Creep, 2001 - A portrait of a New York street musician who has maintained financial stability despite the constant presence of the police force.[9]
Awards and honors
- Ohio State University Journalism Award
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Participating Filmmaker - Sundance Institute Dance Video Lab
- Esquire Magazine’s “Best of the Next Generation”
- Museum of TV and Radio’s “TV Critics’ Favorite Shows of All-Time.”
See also
References
- ↑ "Video Data Bank". vdb.org.
- ↑ "The MY HERO Project". myhero.com.
- ↑ http://www.skipblumberg.com/skip.html#bio1
- ↑ "Electronic Arts Intermix". eai.org.
- ↑ "Electronic Arts Intermix". eai.org.
- ↑ "Electronic Arts Intermix". eai.org.
- ↑ "Electronic Arts Intermix". eai.org.
- ↑ http://www.myhero.com/myhero/go/filmfestival/viewfilm.asp?film=cookiegirl&res=high
- ↑ "Electronic Arts Intermix". eai.org.
External links
- Skip Blumberg Homepage
- Pick Up Your Feet: The Double Dutch Show on YouTube
- Skip Blumberg at Electronic Arts Intermix