Film Work 1975-2011 Ken Kobland

Ken Kobland has been working in various aspects of film and video since 1971, creating productions in collaboration with performing artists such as Philip Glass, the Wooster Group, Elizabeth LeCompte, and Spalding Gray. His work explores a variety of themes and issues, often embracing a photographic aesthetic within the context of video. Beautifully edited, his work merges diaristic and documentary categories, presenting an art of video that approximates photo-journalism. 

This 7-DVD box set contains the following titles from the artist:

Disc 1

Moscow X, 1994, 57:00

Buildings and Grounds, 2003, 44:00

Disc 2

STUPA (Burial Mound), 1992, 60:50

Piece for Spald (audio only), 2004, 9:40

Flushed-at-Once, 2002, 00:54

Disc 3

Berlin: Tourist Journal, 1988, 19:00

The Toy Sun, 2011, 33:00

End Credits, 1994, 7:00

Disc 4

Flaubert Dreams of Travel, 1986, 20:00

Ideas of Order in Cinque Terre, 2005, 31:30

Disc 5

Foto-Roman, 1990, 26:30

ARISE! Walk Dog / Eat Donut, 1999, 30:00

Landscape and Desire, 1980, 37:00

Disc 6

Frame, 1975, 10:00

The Shanghaied Text, 1996, 21:00

Near and Far / Now and Then, 1979, 19:00

Disc 7

Vestibule (in 3 episodes), 1978 21:30

The Communists are Comfortable, 1984, 54:40