Doris Chase

The Chelsea (1993)

"It's an experience a bit like peering through uncurtained windows at dusk. Chase puts this personal account together, not of fame or fortunes made or missed in the Chelsea, but of how creative people live together. ...

A Dancer (1991)

Part of the By Herself series of individual dramas created for Channel 4, A dancer explores the emotional moment when two former lovers, separated by their profession, meet again. ...

Dance Twelve (1981)

Set to an Albinoni score, Chase hypnotically manipulates line and block patterns. ...

Line Out (1981)

Chase fuses undulating lines with undulating an disco sound. ...

Line Up (1981)

Chase's frenzied line manipulation creates dazzling patterns. With music by Gwen Watson. ...

Plexi Radar (1981)

Plexi Radar is the act of filming a gyrating motion of a circular plexiglas sculpture, which is then looped by a computer. The image of the sculpture alternately divide in between some hypnotic shots in which subconscious impose the illusion of a constant ...

Conversation (1981)

Multiple overlapping images combine with still-frames of an amorous Puerto Rican filmmaker's telephone conversation with a repairman, coincidentally also interested in film. Written by Lee Breuer and performed by Ruth Maleczeck, both of Mabou Mines theatre ...

Moon Redefined (1979)

From the Video Sculpture series. ...

Rising II Radar (1979)

From the Video Sculpture series. ...

Dance Frame (1978)

The human form is used in composition with geometric form in an exploration toward a third dimension through juxtaposition of color and line. ...

How Do You Feel? (1977)

A video animation "commercial" on body movement and self awareness. Charming musical score of George Kleinsinger gives a "sing-along" pattern for dancers Lloyd Ritter and Kei Takei. ...

Dance 10 (1977)

A duet of Jonathan Hollander, choreographer-dancer, and a video synthesized image of one of the "Chase Kinetic Sculptures for Dance." The original synthesized image was generated with the assistance of Steve Rutt. ...

Dance 3 (1977)

Music by George Kleinsinger. Choreographer Kei Takei structured the dance on a theme from "light Part Nine." Production was in cooperation with WNYC-TV, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. ...

Rocker (1976)

The graphic image of one of the "Chase Kinetic Sculptures for Dance" was synthesized with the assistance of Steve Rutt. The edited version was colorized with Brian Mattlin at the Experimental Television Center of WNET-TV, New York City. ...

Dance 5 (1976)

While related in technique and effect to its predecessor DANCE NINE, it serves as more of a summation of Doris Chase's varied involvements with dance and the arts. The artist employs fully the most sophisticated video technology available to manipulate for ...

Dance 9 (1975)

A sophisticated example of the creative possibilities of videodance. This truly collaborative work is based on an idea developed out of Doris Chase's earlier films of dance with sculpture. But in this instance, the Rutt/Etra video synthesizer was used to g ...

Dance 7 (1975)

A videotape-to-film transfer based on the solo dancing of Marnee Morris, of the New York City Ballet. Once again, Doris Chase has not merely documented the performance but transformed it into what she describes as a "moving painting." Through special color ...

Tall Arches (1974)

Full Circle: The Work of Doris Chase (1974)

A documentary focusing on Doris Chase's creative process. A pioneering filmmaker of expanded cinema and early computer technology. ...

Moon Gates III (1974)

A dance film based on kinetic sculpture and employing the Mary Stanton Dance Ensemble. Through the kinetic sculptures, made specifically for the choreographer, move dancers each appearing in separate monochromatic images of cyan, yellow and magenta. When t ...

Rocking Orange III (1974)

A dance film, one of a series of three, based on the kinetic sculpture designed by Doris Chase for ballet and commissioned by the Seattle Opera Company. Filming was done in the Avery Court of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. The film explores ...

Sculpture for Children (1974)

A documentary displaying the use of a set of SCULPTURE FOR CHILDREN in a New York City classroom. Children ages six to nine years were filmed while playing and learning. Sculpture was designed by Doris Chase and is based on kinetic work originating in the ...

Sculpture on the Move (1973)

A documentary about the artist: working in a steel plant, boat yard, pattern shop, studio. Sculpture and the philosophy behind it; theatre pieces, etc. ...

Squares (1973)

An abstract computer-generated film. The image is of squares revolving in space around and through each other. Colors and forms multiply and divide against a beautiful symphonic score by George Kleinsinger. ...

Circles II (1972)

A dance film that explores new dimensions in color and space. The film develops like a fugue, with dancers (and giant undulating circle) moving through repeated themes and variations; All the while Brown and Olvey's dazzling color and printing effects elec ...

Circles I (1971)

Music by Morton Subotnik. "A computer-generated abstract film produced by the world-famous sculptress, with original music by a leading contemporary composer. Circles revolve in, around, and through each other, float off like loosened coils, and evolve int ...

Full Circle: The Work of Doris Chase (1974)

A documentary focusing on Doris Chase's creative process. A pioneering filmmaker of expanded cinema and early computer technology. ...

Sculpture on the Move (1973)

A documentary about the artist: working in a steel plant, boat yard, pattern shop, studio. Sculpture and the philosophy behind it; theatre pieces, etc. ...