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This Is Not a Dream

This Is Not a Dream

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 20, 2012

Runtime

1h 58m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

This Is Not a Dream

Director

Gavin Butt

Description

The video revolution of the 1970s offered unprecedented access to the moving image for artists and performers. This Is Not a Dream explores the legacies of this revolution and its continued impact on contemporary art and performance. Charting a path across four decades of avant-garde experiment and radical escapism, This Is Not a Dream traces the influences of Andy Warhol, John Waters and Jack Smith to the perverted frontiers of YouTube and Chatroulette, taking in subverted talk shows and soap operas, streetwalker fashions and glittery magic penises along the way.