page_title: Tony Conrad
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caption_attribution_description: English: Tony Conrad at the DeStijl/Freedom From Festival 2003 in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States on 2003-10-04.
context_page_description: Anthony Schmalz "Tony" Conrad was an American video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both drone music and structural film. As a musician, he was an important figure in the New York minimalist scene of the early 1960s, during which time he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music. He became recognized as a filmmaker for his 1966 film The Flicker. He performed and collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of his career.
context_section_description: Anthony Schmalz "Tony" Conrad (March 7, 1940 – April 9, 2016)  was an American video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both drone music and structural film. As a musician, he was an important figure in the New York minimalist scene of the early 1960s, during which time he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music (along with John Cale, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, and others). He became recognized as a filmmaker for his 1966 film The Flicker. He performed and collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of his career.
caption: Tony Conrad at the DeStijl/Freedom From Festival in Minneapolis-Saint Paul in October 2003.
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