Sunday, October 16 / 7 pm
Directed by Tyler Hubby
2016, USA, 142 min
This past April the great artist Tony Conrad left the material world. The impact of his departure has resonated through sound, music, film and visual art communities. In 2013 Send + Receive was honored to have Tony as a part of the festival. Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present is a feature documentary about the pioneering life and works of artist, musician and educator Tony Conrad who remained an enigmatic figure for 50 years. The film cuts between his historic challenges to the very foundations of film, music and 500 years of Western thought, deeply personal moments and interviews with well known contemporary artists and musicians who contexturalize Tony’s influence on their work and on art/music movements at large.
The film traces Tony’s incredible history in the now legendary downtown new York underground scene of the 1960s through to the present as he is finally being recognized for his decades sweeping art and film projects. Completed just before his untimely passing the film features footage that has been amassed over the past 22 years! Don’t miss it.
Presented as part of the 18th edition of the send + receive festival.
