EAI is pleased to announce the availability of three important bodies of video and film works by major artists: Vito Acconci’s rare early Super-8 performance films from the 1960s and ‘70s; Tony Oursler’s Synesthesia project, which features interviews with legendary downtown musicians and artists; and a series of works on Andy Warhol by pioneering filmmakers, as well as films by Ken Jacobs, Michael Snow, and Stan VanDerBeek.

Vito Acconci Early Super-8 Films 1969 to 1972		Tony Oursler Synesthesia: Interviews on Rock & Art		“Visions of Warhol” and films by Jacobs, Snow & VanDerBeek
These twelve early Super-8 films by Vito Acconci date from 1969 to 1972, and include some of Acconciís earliest conceptual film performances, many of which have not been seen in over three decades. Included in this material is rare documentation of Acconciís seminal 1972 performance/ installation Seedbed. A number of these films are currently on view in the exhibition Vito Acconci: Diary of a Body 1969-1973 at Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York. More Information		Tony Oursler's Synesthesia project features interviews with twelve legendary figures in the downtown music, performance and art scenes: John Cale, Thurston Moore, Dan Graham, Genesis P-Orridge, Kim Gordon, Glenn Branca, Laurie Anderson, Tony Conrad, David Byrne, Lydia Lunch, Alan Vega, and Arto Lindsay. Originally included in Oursler and Mike Kelley's multimedia installation The Poetics Project, these works include influential figures in the experimental rock and art underground, from pre-punk innovators to post-punk icons. More Information		EAI collaborates with Re:Voir to present a series of important experimental films on video. Visions of Warhol (1963-90) features scenes from the life of Andy Warhol by pioneer filmmakers Jonas Mekas, Willard Maas, Marie Menken, and Ronald Nameth. Other films in this series includeVisibles (1959-72) by expanded cinema visionary Stan VanDerBeek, Presents (1981) by filmmaker/artist Michael Snow, and Tom Tom the Piperís Son (1969-02) by avant-garde film pioneer Ken Jacobs. More Information

For more information on these and other new works by artists including Peggy Ahwesh, Phyllis Baldino, Seoungho Cho, Cheryl Donegan, Tom Kalin, Kristin Lucas, Eder Santos, Shelly Silver, and many others, please visit the New Artists, New Titles section of the EAI Online Catalogue. ABOUT EAI Founded in 1971, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) is one of the worldís leading nonprofit resources for video art and interactive media. As a pioneer and advocate of the media arts and artists, EAI's core program is the international distribution of a major collection of new and historical media works by artists. EAIís leadership position in the media arts extends to our preservation program, viewing access, educational services, online resources, exhibitions and events. The Online Catalogue provides a comprehensive resource on the 175 artists and 3,000 works in the EAI collection, including artists' biographies, descriptions of works, QuickTime excerpts, research materials, Web projects, and online ordering. www.eai.org