Video Interviews with Paul Ryan, Frank Gillette, and Ira Schneider
name: label: Creator
content: Giancola, John
label: Creator
content: Ryan, Paul, 1943-
label: Names
content: Raindance Corporation
label: Names
content: Gillette, Frank, 1941-
label: Names
content: Schneider, Ira
topic: label: Occupation
content: Video artists -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Video art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 2010 by Frank Giancola.
creator: label: Creator
content: Giancola, John
label: Creator
content: Ryan, Paul, 1943-
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content: Video Interviews with Paul Ryan, Frank Gillette, and Ira Schneider
abstract: label: Summary
content: The three video interviews with Paul Ryan, Frank Gillette, and Ira Schneider measure 7.10 gigabytes and date to 1992. Conducted by John Giancola, a financial supporter of the Raindance Corporation, the interviews cover the timeline and evolving ethos of the organization.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Ryan (1943-2013), Frank Gillette (1941- ), and Ira Schneider (1939-2022) were video artists and founding members of the Raindance Corporation, now the Raindance Foundation. The three artists met through mutual professional connections in New York City in the late 1960s. Operating out of an apartment, these and other founding members created the Raindance Corporation in 1969. Using the medium of video, the founders aimed to contrast the secretive tone of their contemporary political climate by producing films of the everyday for the alternative television movement, using techniques like subject interaction and audience feedback. Frank Gillette and Ira Schneider produced the corporation's first notable piece,  Wipe Cycle in 1969. Raindance is known for documenting the first Earth Day in 1970. After five successful years, during which time Raindance published several issues of its journal Radical Software, the organization began initiatives to support the next generation of video artists, such as publishing one of the first readers on video art and providing free access to technology and editing software. Raindance Foundation is currently located on Park Avenue, New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.1 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.raincorp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Emma Eubank in 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The three video interviews with Paul Ryan, Frank Gillette, and Ira Schneider measure 7.10 gigabytes and date to 1992. Conducted by John Giancola, a financial supporter of the Raindance Corporation, the interviews cover the timeline and evolving ethos of the organization.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art are the Paul Ryan papers, circa 1931-2009.