Oral history interview with Robert Beavers
name: label: Interviewee
content: Beavers, Robert
label: Interviewer
content: Proctor, Jacob
topic: label: Occupation
content: Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Filmmakers -- Germany -- Berlin
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Beavers, Robert
label: Interviewer
content: Proctor, Jacob
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Beavers (1949- ) is an experimental filmmaker whose work captures the atmosphere of intimate and domestic spaces. Beavers collaborated with his partner Gregory Markopoulos in New York before relocating to Berlin, Germany.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Items (sound files (3 hrs., 52 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0358
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 August 8-9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.beaver23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Robert Beavers conducted 2023 August 8-9, by Jacob Proctor for the Archives of American Art, at Beavers's home in Berlin, Germany.­