KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Speaking of Music: Bob Snyder, 1985, 2 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
SOM.1985.03.14.BProgram Series
Speaking of MusicProgram Length
124 minPart
2 of 2Dates
| broadcast| 1985-03-14 | created
Description
Charles Amirkhanian interviews electronic music composer and avant-garde video artist, Bob Snyder, on March 14, 1985, as part of the Speaking of Music series. Snyder is a member of the Faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has been working with sound and video synthesis since the 1960s. He has made a number of video pieces that incorporate electronic music and heavily processed video imagery, three of which were shown and heard during this program. Snyder discusses in detail many of the technical challenges he has had to overcome in order to produce his art as well as the historical origins of video art in general. Also heard in this program is an excerpt from a purely musical work in progress, “Sagging Context Orchestra” which was inspired by many of the most unusual jazz solos of the early 20th Century, samples of which are also played. You might not be able to see everything discussed here, but the audio alone makes for a wonderful program of avant-garde electronic music.Genres
Electro-Acoustic / ElectronicMusical Selections
Spectral Brands [a video] (1984) (15:00) / Bob SnyderSubjects
Electronic musicVideo art
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 place
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Related Entities
Amirkhanian, CharlesSnyder, Bob, 1946-