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Title: Interview with Joe Upham
Date: 1978-1980
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 34 min., 19 sec.
Description: Recording stops and starts, has loud hum, clicks and muffled speech. Side 02 recording channel balance fluctuates. Rose Slivka interviews Joe Upham. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Upham's craft, working with glass and creating pieces with neon, other artists working with neon, the relationships and definitions of art, craft, technology and science, chemistry and physics in neon, science in general, and politics. People mentioned include Albert Einstein. Discussion is partially supported by looking at slides. Date range is based on Upham's and Slivka's article Experiments in Neon, published in Issue 6 of Urban Glass in 1981.
Creator: Upham, Joe
Forms part of: Rose Slivka papers, circa 1947-2006
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Joe Upham and Rose Slivka. Interview with Joe Upham, 1978-1980. Rose Slivka papers, circa 1947-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 25529