KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Interview with Gustav Metzger

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interviews

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1972.09.13.c3

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

8 min

Dates

1972-09-13 | broadcast
| 1972-03-29 | created

Description

Charles Amirkhanian talks with conceptual artist Gustav Metzger, the inventor of auto-destructive art, about his environmentally conscious work for automobile exhaust systems, during the opening of a show in London. The Metzger show was a part of the opening ceremonies of Gallery House, an adjunct of the London Goethe Center. The interview was recorded on March 29, 1972.

Genres

Modern Art

Subjects

Art, Modern
Avant-garde (Art)
Conceptual art
Fluxus (group of artists)

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

London (England) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Metzger, Gustav