This is Bill Etra's ongoing retrospective gallery. You can find more of his work @www.etra.com signalhead.blip.tv&electromedia.blip.tv (Brandon Emerick)
part of the "Video Wallpaper" series.Bill Etra
Inside Beethoven's 9th v2 was previously shown only once and in an edited version at Lincoln Center in 2004. Here it is presented to the public for the first time in its original form, complete and unedited.Bill Etra
Music by Rhys Chatham. Video by Bill Etra
Rare video from an early performance of The Cockettes in 1969. San Francisco UHF Channel 36. editors note: According to David Weissman the producer of The Cockettes documentary this clip features "John Rothermel and Drew Eshelman, and is most likely from 1972." Before posting this clip I did double check with Bill about the year - upon reflecting he said: "It's definately '69..." It is from San Francisco, from what Bill remembers as UHF Channel 36. Apparently a station where Video West materia...
University Of South Florida, 1 night with PDP-11 computer in the Audio Lab with the Rutt-Etra.
The Demonstration "commercial" for the Rutt-Etra video synthesizer made in real-time. Bill Etra
Tales From Beneath The Sheets was so controversial on it's premiere that it was banned from broadcast...WNET Experimental TV Lab (1970)Bill Etra