Physical description:
1973-77/2000, 3:46 min, color, sound digital betacam created by Electronic Arts Intermix on 9/27/2010. Fujifilm D321 Digibeta NTSC format (resolution is 720x480) cassette size is S (holds up to 40 minutes). Digital Betacam records component video with 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 compression. The bitrate is 90 Mbit/s. There are five audio channels - four main channels (uncompressed 48KHz PCM) and one cue track.
Content description:
The tape contains a compilation of Burden's "four legendary television interventions," which date from 1973 to 1977, including: "TV Ad: Through the Night Softly" "Poem for L.A." "Chris Burden Promo" "Full Financial Disclosure" The TV Commercials is a recent compilation of Burden's four legendary television interventions, which date from 1973 to 1977. For each of these conceptual projects, Burden purchased commercial time on broadcast television and aired his own subversive "ads." Included are TV Ad: Through the Night Softly; Poem for L.A.; Chris Burden Promo, and Full Financial Disclosure. Burden's on-screen text adds precise details about the airing of these pieces. Writes Burden: "During the early seventies I conceived a way to break the omnipotent stranglehold of the airwaves that broadcast television had. The solution was to simply purchase commercial advertising time and have the stations play my tapes along with their other commercials.
