A local TV news magazine featuring segments on the building of a new home for artist Clarence Schmidt, the new shop Just Alan, harp music from Eve Otto, and a drawing by Albert Handell.
00:23Copy video clip URL Station identification card and card for “Woodstock Community Video. 35 Old Wagon Rd. 9-2952. Channel 6.” A voiceover introduces the program over footage of the upcoming segments.
02:05Copy video clip URL On the property of outsider artist Clarence Schmidt, where a new house is being built by Michael Esposito, Peter Walker, and Lenny Bauman. Esposito explains that they started building the house because they found a pile of wood “behind the Elephant.” He thinks the project will take 3-4 days.
03:52Copy video clip URL The conversation continues over images of Schmidt’s property, which he has turned into an art installation with dolls, masks, and a variety of structures. The builders encourage others to help out or to donate materials or furniture for the small structure. “I think it warms me to know that a 75-year-old artist hasn’t been forgotten by family and by the people of Woodstock.”
05:37Copy video clip URL A promotional flyer: “Just Alan is on the mezzanine all alone. Come up and visit. A gallery of international art forms at the Elephant Emporium, 15 Rock City Road, Woodstock, New York.”
05:41Copy video clip URL A reporter introduces Alan, who has opened up a shop above the Elephant. Alan explains that his wares have come from a trip around the world. He shows some of the items that are for sale, including art objects and pottery from China.
08:49Copy video clip URL Recent wood sculptures from Bali. Alan discusses Balinese art and religion. “I don’t know what else to say about these things but they’re the most magnificent sculptures I think I’ve ever seen in my life. The detail and the workmanship in it and the stories they represent are so interesting.”
11:30Copy video clip URL Taiwanese/Chinese sculptures made from a complex process that resembles plastic. Incense burners and an intricate marble stamp from China.
15:06Copy video clip URL A Chinese bowl with a complex flower pattern.
15:36Copy video clip URL Jewelry made by the Masai tribe in Kenya and Tanzania and a National Geographic magazine with photographs of Masai people.
19:45Copy video clip URL Japanese bowls and tea sets. Hand-painted Chinese scrolls on silk.
20:55Copy video clip URL The price range of items ranges from 25 cents to $1000.
21:38Copy video clip URL Harpist Eve Otto plays her harp in a field.
23:35Copy video clip URL A woman in voiceover describes the democratizing possibility of “handheld, portable video” while Albert Handell (only his hands visible) draws a picture of someone holding a video camera. “In television, time is money and therefore time is scarce. Real people are seldom seem on network television. Instead the time is given to stars and politicians. With video, time is abundant and real people are its content. Stars and politicians look out of place on video. Their aura of importance is lost in the midst of honesty.”
26:12Copy video clip URL A message from Woodstock Community Video about upcoming events in the community.
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