Commissioned by BBC TV as the unannounced opening work for their special Arena video art programme. First transmitted March 10, 1976. The work was based on a previous piece This is a Video Monitor, which was made on 1/2-inch B/W videotape and used Anna Ridley as the ‘presenter’.
‘Richard Baker [the well known newsreader] describes the essential paradoxes of the real and imagined functions of the TV set on which he appears. …
Flyer for exhibition (Arts Council) 1980. pdf here.
“Merging-Emerging is the first of Donebauer’s tapes to incorporate representational imagery. The title of the work refers to the emerging of the human form, initially unrecognisable but gradually emerging through the quality and nature of the movement, and finally through the slowly shifting focus of the cameras. Donebauer has often used defocused cameras in his work, a technique he found liberating.
‘One day when I was working in the studio at the Royal College, …
‘Entering’ Description of the work. pdf here.
Handwritten description and technical details of Peter Donebauer’s pieces, including ‘Entering’. pdf here.
Description of Peter Donebauer’s work and process, includes description of ‘Entering’. pdf here.
Flow Diagram entitled ‘Figure 2’ for the creation of the work ‘Entering’ pdf here.
National Film Theatre, Programme Notes – ‘The New Avante Garde’. …
