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Robertson, Clive, 1946- Video art
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Explaining art

Item is a set of two videos that documents a multi-media performance. In the performance, Clive Robertson dresses as Joseph Beuys while reading the news.

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Explaining pictures to dead air

Item is a video recording of the tele-performance Explaining Pictures to Dead Air by Clive Robertson. The performance was a live cablecast specifically created for the Fifth Network/Cinquiéme Réseau conference held in Toronto, Ontario from September 7-10, 1978. The title is a reference to a performance piece How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare presented by the German artist Joseph Beuys on November 26, 1965 at the Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf. Robertson's performance was written specifically for the Fifth Network conference and asked the question: Would network news be any different if it was read by Joseph Beuys? The performance ends with a pre-recorded conversation between Robertson and Beuys on the topic of artists using television.

Robertson, Clive, 1946-

Lunar Re-Appraisal

Item consists of a video recording by Clive Robertson entitled "Lunar Re-Appraisal". The work describes the fictional story of a woman astro-scientist who was meant to travel to the moon in 1969 using factual information about the NASA manned space program.

Robertson, Clive, 1946-