The Kitchen Archives

This black and white poster announces 3-D Binocular Vision/ "14 Street-Out," a "stereo-slide show" by Alfons Schilling, with live sound by Woody Vasulka.

White, Black, Red & Yellow: Shigeko Kubota, Mary Lucier, Cecilia Sandoval, Charlotte Warren: Program Notes (December 16, 1972)

This one-page typed program announces an evening of performances and video screenings at The Kitchen by the women's collective White, Black, Red & Yellow.

Video Moirés and Selected Shorts: An Evening of Howard Hirsch Visuals (March 29, 1973)

This graphic black and white poster announces an "Evening of Howard Hirsch Visuals" at The Kitchen.

Video Concert: Alan Powell, Laurie McDonald, Dennis Hlynsky (March 31, 1973)

This black and white poster presents a "video concert" by Alan Powell, Laurie McDonald and Dennis Hlynsky.

Ron Hays Video Imagery: Impressions of Music & Dreams (May 5, 1973)

This poster announces a screening of tapes by Ron Hays, created using the Paik-Abe video synthesizer.

Juan Downey: Video Transamericas (February 12-14, 1974)

This poster announces a video work on multi-channel systems by Juan Downey, presented together with a dance performance by Carmen Beuchat, Suzi Harris, Missie Zollo and Gregorio Fassler.

John J. O'Connor, "What Hath The Underground Wrought?" New York Times (June 4, 1972)

New York Times television critic John J. O'Connor discusses the Kitchen's 8-monitor installation of The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd by San Francisco collective Video Free America.

John Rockwell, "Multimedia Concert at Kitchen Proves Less Than Success." New York Times (February 20, 1973)

The reviewer is unimpressed by the February 1973 concert at The Kitchen; he discusses Charlotte Moorman's performance, Yoshi Wada's musical performance, and Nam June Paik'sscreening of Japanese commercials

Cooks in the Kitchen II: Early Kitchen Personnel. From left to right: Dimitri Devyatkin, Woody Vasulka, Rhys Chatham and Steina Vasulka. The Kitchen, Mercer Arts Center, 1972.

The Kitchen during the Intermission, Tom Johnson and Rhys Chatham in the Kitchen, Mercer Arts Center, 1972.

This is a poster for a benefit video screening for the Women's Interart Center, held at The Kitchen in March 1973.

This press release announces six performances by the Midnight Opera Company, held at the Kitchen from April 26-28, 1973. The following musicians are participating: Sam Burtis, Larry Chaplan, Buncey Devyatkin, Dimitri Devyatkin, Wayne Dockery, Joe Ferguson, Butch Jones, Michael Tschudin, Steina Vasulka and Chip White. In addition to the music there will be a visual rear screen projection by Pablo Lights and video and electronic images by Shrihdar Bapat, the Cooks, Dimitri Devyatkin, the Vasulkas and Jane and Walter Wright.

In this press release the Midnight Opera Company announces that there will be a live video event with music on May 19.

This alternate-version press release for the 1972 Women's Video Festival presents a list of the participating artists.

This one-page document includes the program and calendar for the first Women's Video Festival, held at The Kitchen from September 14-30, 1972.