Research Catalog

Title

Stations [videorecording] : a work for television [production footage] / created, directed, and designed by Robert Wilson ; a production of the Byrd Hoffman Foundation and ZDF in conjunction with L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel ; produced by Lois Bianchi.

Publication

United States, 1981-1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wilson, Robert, 1941-
• Bianchi, Lois
• Franks, Danny
• Kamm, Tom
• Haugan, Kristine
• Begley, Martin.
• Wagman, Neil
• Woodruff, Thomas.
• Cernese, Frank
• Self, Jim, 1954-
• Linney, Margaret Jane
• Hock, Robert D.
• Nodell, Jamie
• Mataresse, Larry
• Byrd Hoffman Foundation.
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
• Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)

Description

23 videodiscs (DVD) (1134 min.) : si. and sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

''Stations, a work for television written and directed by Robert Wilson, depicts the daydreams and fantasies of an 11 year-old boy [told in 13 parts]. The pivotal image is that of the young boy looking through a large window in the kitchen of his home. The window provides the portal for the child's fantasies inside and outside his home. There is no dialogue or spoken language" -- Stations' press packet.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subjects

• Fantasy
• Unedited footage
• Television
• Video art

Genre/Form

• Television.
• Unedited footage.
• Fantasy.

Note

• Donor's inventory numbers: Kitchen 06, Kitchen 42, Kitchen 27, Kitchen 45, Kitchen 08, Kitchen 40, Kitchen 23, Kitchen 12, Kitchen 01, Kitchen 02, Kitchen 46, Kitchen 25, Kitchen 04, Kitchen 47, Kitchen 48, Kitchen 28, Kitchen 49, Kitchen 11, Kitchen 13, Kitchen 16, Kitchen 41, STA WT 01, Uncoded 90, STA WT 02.
• Title and credits from English titled version. For the final English version, see NCOX 3044. For production footage shot on location, see NCOX 3046.
• Some discs with sound, some silent. See contents description below.
• Sources used for content description and dates: Byrd Hoffman Foundation records, source recording labels.

Access (note)

• Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

• Music by Jacob Stern ; lighting design by Danny Franks ; scenic design, Tom Kamm ; costume design, Kristine Haugan ; associate producer, Margaret Hunnewell ; technical director, Martin Begley ; camera, Neil Wagman ; videotape editor, Frank Cernese ; audio mix, Walter Willumstad ; choreographer, Jim Self ; storyboards, Tom Woodruff ; videotape and post production facilities, Matrix Video.

Performer (note)

• Margaret Jane Linney, Robert Hock, Jamie Nodell, Larry Mataresse, Carole Davis, Pedro Rosado, D.J. McDonald, John Wilson...[et al]

Event (note)

• According to production logs, the source recordings for these discs were created between December, 1981 and July, 1982.

Contents

Disc 1. [Source recording labeled "Partial assembly for audio mix"], this is an incomplete edit of Stations including titles and storyboards ; no audio (26 min.) -- Disc 2. Chinese dinner scene ; no audio (64 min.) -- Disc 3. Mother in bed and father with gray hair ; father at kitchen table ; kitchen in black and white or negative footage ; with audio (44 min.) -- Disc 4. Father reading newspaper at kitchen table ; father sitting at table, in b&w or negative ; mother at sink with key in footage ; mother stabbing son ; various shots with key in footage in windows ; Chinese dinner scene ; with audio (ca. 62 min.) -- Disc 5. Mother dressed in period clothing ; Wind scene ; boy climbing refrigerator ; elephant on house, using blue screen set ; with audio (56 min.) -- Disc 6. Elephant on house, cont. ; elephant with boy in kitchen, then boy in bed ; family with dust in kitchen ; with audio (52 min.) -- Disc 7. Dust scene in kitchen ; metal soldiers ; kitchen shot in b&w or negative ; with audio (56 min.) -- Disc 8. Fireball key in ; Metal scene ; with audio (55 min.) -- Disc 9. Family in kitchen ; Snow scenes with key ins of naked lady and penguins ; with audio (48 min.) -- Disc 10. Family in kitchen (with audio) ; boy climbing refrigerator (no audio) (59 min.) -- Disc 11. Door ; mystery man at party ; father and son in Cave scene ; close-ups of animals ; no audio (64 min.) -- Disc 12. Interiors of mystery man in limousine with key in backgrounds ; no audio (53 min.) -- Disc 13. Father and mother in period clothing descending staircase ; no audio (ca. 23 min.) -- Disc 14. Hospital ward ; no audio (63 min.) -- Disc 15. Close-ups of footage playing on limousine monitor ; boy looking through window with key in footage ; close-ups of blue man and woman ; no audio (60 min.) -- Disc 16. Blue people at diner ; pyramids at night through kitchen window ; family with father and mother in period clothing ; no audio (64 min.) -- Disc 17. Dinner at pyramid with key in footage ; key in footage of boy at window ; water compositing over blue people ; more footage of boy with blue people ; no audio (50 min.) -- Disc 18. [Source recording labeled "Edit master"], this is an incomplete rough cut with some final titles ; no audio (50 min.) -- Disc 19. Father lit on fire ; mother lit on fire ; no audio (5 min.) -- Disc 20. Stations final ver. with no titles and final audio (Jacob Stern music) (58 min.) -- Disc 21. [Source recording labeled "Roll in for limo shots"] various scenes shown, some with time code ; no audio except for tones used as part of production process (32 min.) -- Disc 22. [Source recording labeled "partial assembly"], incomplete rough cut ; music, probably by Jacob Stern, is different from that found on final versions ; with audio (31 min.) -- Disc 23. [Source recording labeled "Stations final video"], incomplete rough cut with some titles ; no audio (59 min.)

Call Number

NCOX 3047

OCLC

NYPG05-F11039

Title

Stations [videorecording] : a work for television [production footage] / created, directed, and designed by Robert Wilson ; a production of the Byrd Hoffman Foundation and ZDF in conjunction with L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel ; produced by Lois Bianchi.

Imprint

United States, 1981-1982.

Country of Producing Entity

United States ; West Germany ; France.

Series

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Music by Jacob Stern ; lighting design by Danny Franks ; scenic design, Tom Kamm ; costume design, Kristine Haugan ; associate producer, Margaret Hunnewell ; technical director, Martin Begley ; camera, Neil Wagman ; videotape editor, Frank Cernese ; audio mix, Walter Willumstad ; choreographer, Jim Self ; storyboards, Tom Woodruff ; videotape and post production facilities, Matrix Video.

Cast

Margaret Jane Linney, Robert Hock, Jamie Nodell, Larry Mataresse, Carole Davis, Pedro Rosado, D.J. McDonald, John Wilson...[et al]

Event

According to production logs, the source recordings for these discs were created between December, 1981 and July, 1982.

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Added Author

Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.

Wilson, Robert, 1941- designer.

Bianchi, Lois, producer.

Franks, Danny, lighting designer.

Kamm, Tom, designer.

Haugan, Kristine, costume designer.

Begley, Martin.

Wagman, Neil, camera.

Woodruff, Thomas.

Cernese, Frank, editor of moving image work.

Self, Jim, 1954- choreographer.

Linney, Margaret Jane, actor.

Hock, Robert D., actor.

Nodell, Jamie, actor.

Mataresse, Larry, actor.

Byrd Hoffman Foundation.

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.

Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)

Research Call Number

NCOX 3047