New York Paranoia
by
Tetsuo Kogawa
I spent many years in New York City between the late 70s and early 80s. It was the stimulative period of New York that could never happen in the present US situation. Meantime Rem Koolhass wrote DELIRIOUS NEW YORK. In fact, it was delirious and boosted paranoia.
Pictures : I was taking 35 mm pictures in my long-hour walking.
Radio: I happened to listen to WHBI: the first HipHop station in Newark.
Persons:
- David S. Lifson
initiated me into the lively New York in the 70s.
- Isaac Bashevis Singer talked about Kafka's friend Jacques Levy (Djak Levi, Yitskhof Levi, Jizchak Löwy) and the Yiddish theater.
Tetsuo Kogawa's Interview: April 19, 1977 at his home. [46 min., MP3 26.5MB]
- Harold Clurman talked about his Group Theatre and the political situation of theaters in New York. Tetsuo Kogawa's Interview: February 19, 1977 at his home.
[85 min., MP3 34MB]
- Jerzy Grotowski lectured at The Lindisfarne Association for Planetary Culture on March 14, 1977 with an amazing translator Jacques Chwat.
[123 min., MP3 56.4MB]
- Sol Yurick let me have exciting and profound dialogues on information, media, technology and politics.
[in preparation]
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