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Size: 17 sound files (3 hrs., 52 min.), digital, wav
Summary: 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.
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Oral history interview with Robert Beavers, 2023 August 8-9
Beavers, Robert, 1949-
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Biographical/Historical Note
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.
Provenance
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.
Language Note
English .
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