Merce by Merce by Paik(1978)

Name: Merce by Merce by Paik
Director: Charles Atlas
Released: 1978-01-01
Duration: 27 min
Cast: Merce Cunningham, Marcel Duchamp

Merce Cunningham Marcel Duchamp

Merce by Merce by Paik is a two-part tribute to choreographer Merce Cunningham and artist Marcel Duchamp. The first section, “Blue Studio: Five Segments”, is a work of video-dance produced by Merce Cunningham and videomaker Charles Atlas. The second part, produced by Paik and Shigeko Kubota, further queries the relationship between everyday gestures and formal notions of dance.