James Byrne
Dance Works (view listing under Collaborations to the right):
Camera / Utah Project Residency – Blanding, Utah
Most significant contributions:
Professional Camera – Utah Project Residency, Blanding, Utah
Works using footage shot by James Byrne:
TUK (Tukuhnikivatiz); Utah, Spirit Place, Spirit Planet, Tukuhnikivatz (1996); Ancient Lands/ Ancient Peoples (1992/1994); Earth Spirit Rising (1990); others
Byrne (videogapher), of New York City, is nationally recognized for film and video art works with dance, and has been presented on the PBS award-winning show, “Alive From Off Center,” WNET in New York City and WGBH in Boston. Byrne has taught at New Jersey State College. His video work with dance artists including Eiko and Koma and Susan Hadley. Byrne is currently working as an independent film maker.
Byrne was on the team of artists and others who participated in a residency in southern Utah. Artists were housed in the winter home of the Hardy’s in Blanding, Utah. Byrne was videographer for the earth site project by Withers in the Four Corners Area in 1988. He was using professional grade cameras. Footage from the summer residency was included in several earth works created by Maida Withers for Dance Construction Company. James Byrne preferred NOT to be involved in editing for various projects. His camera work is of the highest quality and represents a significant contribution to Maida and the Dance Construction Company earth related works.
Note: Early video art by James Byrne “Perception, Performance, and the Human Figure – Early Tapes and Installations 1974 to 1979.
https://www.jamesbyrnevideoart.com/
Available for screening and acquisition at Electronic Arts Intermix.
“Physicality, performance, and the human figure, are central to my work during this early period. I challenged perception and space both inside the video frame and outside the frame by physically involving the viewer in the work itself.” James Byrne