Willie Walker
Willie Walker (* 1945 in New Jersey ) is an American video and media artist .
life and work
William Walker, also called Willie Boy Walker, was born in New Jersey and lives in Oakland , California . Willie Walker studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1969 . He continued his studies at California College of the Arts and graduated with a master's degree .
Willie Walker calls himself:
"... the world's first video disk-jockey ... a collector of video oddity, art and humor or anything you wouldn't see on everyday television."
Willie Walker became known with the Weekend Tapes (1972), a collection of actions and people that parody both the themes and forms of commercial television, advertising television and its pseudo-realities. "The World of Willie Boy Walker and his Friends" is a two-hour video show, a collection of oddities presented by Willie Boy, the first "video disk jockey," like-minded and interested groups.
In Tap Dance , Willie Walker plays with the supplementary knowledge of the viewer. He performs a tap dance in which only his upper body can be seen in the picture. The noises for this are made with the mouth.
In 1976, a solo exhibition of Willie Walker's videos was held at the Whitney Museum of American Art . In 1977 Willie Walker took part in documenta 6 in Kassel .
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 2: Photography, film and video; Kassel, page 356, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
- ↑ BAM / PFA Berkley art museum & Pacific film archive ( Memento from December 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on December 18, 2014 (English)
- ^ Media, Art, Network Physiological Effects and Extensions , accessed on December 18, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walker, Willie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walker, Willie Boy; Walker, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American video and media artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Jersey |