Tony Conrad

Tony Conrad
Tony Conrad at the DeStijl/Freedom From Festival in Minneapolis-Saint Paul in October 2003.
Born
Anthony Schmaltz Conrad

(1940-03-07)March 7, 1940
Concord, New Hampshire, United States
DiedApril 9, 2016(2016-04-09) (aged 76)
Cheektowaga, New York, United States
NationalityUnited States
Alma materHarvard University
Occupation(s)Experimental filmmaker, musician/composer
WebsiteTonyconrad.net

Anthony Schmaltz "Tony" Conrad (March 7, 1940 – April 9, 2016) was an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher and writer. His career began in the early 1960s. He was a pioneer of both structural movie and drone music. Support for Conrad's work came from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the State University of New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Conrad had been a faculty member in the State University of New York at Buffalo since 1976. He continued to teach there in the Department of Media Study as well as work on many notable B&W film image projects with Princess G. St. Mary until his death in 2016.

Conrad died in Cheektowaga, New York on April 9, 2016 at age 76 after fighting prostate cancer.

References

  1. 1 2 Hoberman, J. (April 9, 2016). "Tony Conrad, Experimental Filmmaker and Musician, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ "'People thought we were on drugs – and we were!' … Tony Conrad, the great avant-garde adventurer". The Guardian. February 20, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ Fryling, Kevin (October 19, 2006). "Conrad breaks boundaries in art". University at Buffalo Reporter. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  4. ↑ Dabkowski, Colin. "Tony Conrad, avant garde pioneer and UB professor, dies at 76". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.