Series X: Video and Film, 1959 - 1990s, inclusive

Scope and Contents note

Series X contains completed film and video works, original film and video production and source materials and commercial videotapes from David Wojnarowicz's personal collection.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into four subseries: Subseries A: Video; Subseries B: Film - Originals; Subseries C: Film - Access Prints; and Subseries D: Commercial Video by Others.

Subseries A: Video

Scope and Contents

Subseries A: Video Recordings contains completed video works, films transferrred to video, plus additional original source material by David Wojnarowicz.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged chronologically.

[Animo; Bug; Little House], [1985]

case: 092.0381 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: 092.0379 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Item: 092.0001 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:07:00

Video

[Animo; Bug; Little House]

[Blue Boys Slo Mo 1], [undated]

case: 092.0423 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Item: 092.0421 (Material Type: video)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: 092.0062 (Material Type: video)

Box: 114, Item: 092.0060 (Material Type: video)

Box: 114, Item: 092.0066 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:22:17

Video

[Blue Boys Slo Mo 1]

Video

[Blue Boys Slo Mo 1]

[Blue Boys Slo Mo 2], [undated]

case: 092.0426 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Item: 092.0424 (Material Type: video)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: 092.0065 (Material Type: video)

Box: 114, Item: 092.0063 (Material Type: video)

Box: 114, Item: 092.0067 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:12:29

Video

[Blue Boys Slo Mo 2]

Video

[Blue Boys Slo Mo 2]

[R+R/ Phil Zwickler], 1987

Box: 114, Item: 092.0077 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: VHS

Duration: [00:60:00]

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #1], 1989

case: 092.0434, Item: 092.0434 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Item: 092.0432 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0036 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Betacam

Duration: [00:20:00]

Video

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #1]

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #2], 1989

case: 092.0437 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Item: 092.0435 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0037 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Betacam

Duration: [00:20:00]

Video

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #2]

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #3], 1989

case: 092.0440, Item: 092.0440 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0438 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0038 (Material Type: video)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Betacam

Duration: 20 min.

Video

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #3]

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #4], 1989

case: 092.0443 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0441 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0039 (Material Type: video)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Betacam

Duration: 20 min.

Video

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #4]

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #5], 1989

case: 092.0446 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0444 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0040 (Material Type: video)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Betacam

Duration: 20 min.

Video

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #5]

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #6], 1989

case: 092.0449 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0447 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0041 (Material Type: video)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Betacam

Duration: 20 min.

Video

[Eleventh Hour; Art and AIDs #6]

Eleventh Hour - broadcast, [1989]

case: 092.0452 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0450 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0042 (Material Type: video)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: 30 min.

Video

Eleventh Hour - broadcast

[WBAI Interview w/ Artists Space and David Wojnarowicz], 1989

Box: Shared Fales PM 20, Item: ID: 092.0048 (Part I) (Material Type: video)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: ID: 092.0050 (Part II) (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092.0046 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: 01:17:00

[Kitchen Tape 1 Production Element], [1989]

case: 092.0402 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 20, Item: 092.0022 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Item: 092.0021 (Material Type: video)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Item: 092.0400 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Item: 092_0023 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic Duration: 00:37:01

Video

[Kitchen Tape 1 Production Element]

[Kitchen Tape 2 Production Element], [1989]

case: 092.0405, Item: 092.0405 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Item: 092.0403 (Material Type: video)

Box: Shared Fales PM 20, Item: 092.0026 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Item: 092.0025 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0027 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:33:51

Video

[Kitchen Tape 2 Production Element]

[Kitchen Tape 3 Production Element], [1989]

case: 092.0408 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Item: 092.0406 (Material Type: video)

Box: Shared Fales PM 20, Item: 092.0030 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092.0029 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0031 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:57:44

Video

[Kitchen Tape 3 Production Element]

[Kitchen Tape 4 Production Element], [1989]

case: 092.0411, Item: 092.0411 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Item: 092.0409 (Material Type: video)

Box: Shared Fales PM 20, Item: 092.0034 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092.0035 (Umatic), 092.0033 (VHS) (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:35:12

Video

[Kitchen Tape 4 Production Element]

[ITSOFOMO #1], [1989]

Box: 110, Item: 092.0051 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: VHS [Dub]

Duration: [00:60:00]

[ITSOFOMO #2], [1989]

Box: 110, Item: 092.0052 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: VHS [Dub]

Duration: [00:60:00]

[ITSOFOMO #3], [1989]

Box: 110, Item: 092.0053 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: VHS [Dub]

Duration: [00:60:00]

[ITSOFOMO #4], [1989]

Box: 114, Item: 092.0055 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: VHS [Dub of 092.0056]

Duration: [00:60:00]

[ITSOFOMO #3 - Edit Master], [1989]

case: 092.0414 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0412 (Material Type: video)

Box: 114, Item: 092.0054 (Material Type: video)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 35 min. 55 sec.

Video

[ITSOFOMO #3 - Edit Master]

[ITSOFOMO #4 - Edit Master], [1989]

case: 092.0417 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0415 (Material Type: video)

Box: 114, Item: 092.0056 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 32 min. 51 sec.

Video

[ITSOFOMO #4 - Edit Master]

[ITSOFOMO - Dat Xfer Workprint] (audio only), [1989]

Box: 114, Item: 092.0057 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: [00:60:00]

[ITSOFOMO - DAT Transfer], [1991]

Box: 114, Item: 092.0058 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Betacam SP

Duration: [00:49:00]

[Damned in the USA], 1991

Box: 114, Item: 092.0080 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS [Dub]

Duration: [00:68:00]

[Upstate w/Marion Scemama, Parts 1, 2, & 3], [undated]

Box: Shared Fales PM 20, Item: 092_0016, 092_0018, 092_0020 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Item: ID: 092.0013 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: S-VHS

Duration: 02:00:00

Preservation note: Three Betacam SP masters were created from this single VHS source material as part of a project that was intitiated by the estate in the 1990s. The masters were migrated to a digital file format by the Barbara Goldsmith Conservation Department in 2020.

Video

[Upstate w/Marion Scemama, Parts 1, 2, & 3]

Video

[Upstate w/Marion Scemama, Parts 1, 2, & 3]

Video

[Upstate w/Marion Scemama, Parts 1, 2, & 3]

[Upstate w/Marion Scemama, Parts 1 & 2], [undated]

Box: Shared Fales PM 20, Item: 092.0008, 092.0010 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Item: 092.0012 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: S-VHS

Duration: 02:00:00

Preservation Note: This long-play VHS was divided into two parts when tranferred to Betacam SP.

[Upstate w/Marion Scemama - Tape #1 Edit Master], [undated]

Box: 111, Item: 092.0011 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: [unknown] Preservation note: This "Upstate" edit master could not be digitized due to advanced degradation.

[Upstate w/Marion Scemama - Tape #2 Edit Master], [undated]

case: 092.0399 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Item: 092.0397 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Item: 092.0014 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 16 min. 48 sec.

Video

[Upstate w/Marion Scemama - Tape #2 Edit Master]

Video

[Upstate w/Marion Scemama - Tape #2 Edit Master]

[Lesbians, Globe Gun, Solar System, Indians, Ships...], [undated]

case: 092.0429, DVD: 092.0429 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Cassette: 092.0427 (Material Type: video)

Box: 114, Cassette: 092.0074 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:31:56

Video

[Lesbians, Globe Gun, Solar System, Indians, Ships...]

[Project: Red, Hot and Blue], [undated]

Box: 114, Cassette: 092.0075 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: VHS [Dub]

Duration: 00:03:15

[Steve Brown/ David Wojnarowicz], [undated]

case: 092.0420, DVD: 092.0420 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 22, Cassette: 092.0418 (Material Type: video)

Box: 114, Cassette: 092.0059 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: [00:60:00]

Video

[Steve Brown/ David Wojnarowicz]

[Decomposed Animal, Earthquake, Commercials, NEA Controversy], [undated]

Box: 114, Cassette: 092.0078 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: VHS

Duration: [unknown]

[G.I. Joe, Pulverizer, Robots, Evader, Arctic Blast], [undated]

Box: 114, Cassette: 092.0081 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: VHS

Duration: [unknown]

[Making Plaster Heads], [undated]

Box: 114, Cassette: 092.0079 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: VHS

Duration: [unknown]

[Son of Sam and Delilah], [undated]

Box: 114, Item: 092.0076 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: [unknown]

[Plain Ants, Sex Ants, Target, Guns, Clock, Monkey, House... Bigots, Cathedral, Color American Flag], [undated]

case: 092.0387, DVD: 092.0387 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Cassette: 092.0385 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Cassette: 092.0003 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: [unknown]

Video

[Plain Ants, Sex Ants, Target, Guns, Clock, Monkey, House... Bigots, Cathedral, Color American Flag]

[Stock Images for Sec. III Performance], [undated]

case: 092.0390, DVD: 092.0390 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Cassette: 092.0388 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Cassette: 092.0004 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:10:32

Video

[Stock Images for Sec. III Performance]

[Fireworks, Steer Wrestling, Wagon Wheel... Reagan, Bombs, Scorpion, Dust Feet], [undated]

case: 092.0396, DVD: 092.0396 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: 092.0394 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Cassette: 092.0006 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:40:59

Video

[Fireworks, Steer Wrestling, Wagon Wheel... Reagan, Bombs, Scorpion, Dust Feet]

[Black and White, Flag at Night, Los Angeles Muscle, etc.], [undated]

case: 092.0384 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: 092.0382 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Item: 092.0002 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:23:00

Video

[Black and White, Flag at Night, Los Angeles Muscle, etc.]

[Slowed Master], [undated]

case: 092.0393 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: 092.0391 (Material Type: video)

Box: 111, Item: 092.0005 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: 3/4" Umatic

Duration: 00:20:23

Video

[Slowed Master]

[WOJO NEA #1], [undated]

case: 092.0455 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0453 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0043 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source: Betacam SP

Duration: 30 min.

Video

[WOJO NEA #1]

[WOJO NEA #2], [undated]

case: 092.0458 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0456 (Material Type: video)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0044 (Material Type: video)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Betacam SP

Duration: 30 min.

Video

[WOJO NEA #2]

[WOJO NEA #3], [undated]

Box: Shared Fales PM 23, Item: 092.0459 (Material Type: video)

case: 092.0461 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: 110, Item: 092_0045 (Material Type: video)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source format: Betacam SP

Duration: 30 min.

Video

[WOJO NEA #3]

[David Wojnarowicz Super8mm Source Films - Tape 1], [circa mid-1980s]

Box: 111, Item: 092.0082 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Telecine transfers of Super8mm films created by Wojnarowicz. Titles include: Frog Dance, Beautiful People, Beautiful People alternate titles and outtakes, 4 untitled films. Also includes Super8mm film A-PT.2 'Bits' (Hell Stuff-Caven Pt.) created by Wojnarowicz collaborator, Tommy Turner.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: 01:28:07

[David Wojnarowicz Super8mm Source Films - Tape 2], [circa mid-1980s]

Box: 111, VHS: 092.0083 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Telecine transfers of Super8mm films created by Wojnarowicz. Titles include: 6 untitled Peter Hujar films, A Fire In My Belly, 3 Howdy Doody films, Heroin.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: 01:16:00

Video

[David Wojnarowicz Super8mm Source Films - Tape 2]

[David Wojnarowicz Super8mm Source Films - Tape 3], [circa mid-1980s]

Box: 111, VHS: 092.0084 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Telecine transfers of Super8mm films created by Wojnarowicz. Titles include: Where Evil Dwells Outtakes Roll 1, Where Evil Dwells Outtakes Roll 2, Mexico Film Footage 1, Mexico Film Footage 2, No title - "Rolls 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8", 1 untitled film, New York Cultural Centre Annex Performance.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: 02:01:24

Video

[David Wojnarowicz Super8mm Source Films - Tape 3]

[David Wojnarowicz Super8mm Source Films - Tape 4], [circa mid-1980s]

Box: 111, Item: 092.0085 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Telecine transfers of Super8mm films created by Wojnarowicz. Titles include: Untitled - "Rolls 9, 10, 11", Untitled - "Rolls 17, 18, 19", Beautiful People - alternate titles, Cockfights, 39 untitled films.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: 02:00:48

[David Wojnarowicz Super8mm Source Films - Tape 5], [circa mid-1980s]

Box: 111, Item: 092.0086 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Telecine transfers of Super8mm films created by Wojnarowicz, including Beautiful People and 42 untitled films.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: 01:54:00

[David Wojnarowicz Super8mm Source Films - Tape 6], [circa mid-1980s]

Box: 111, Item: 092.0087 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Telecine transfers of Super8mm films created by Wojnarowicz collaborator, Tommy Turner. Titles include: Ass Kick', Roll 'CP', Dust Reel, A-PT. 2, Party Reel, Dog Head Reel, Maggot Reel, Hell Reel, Graveyard Ripoff, Donuts, Woji At Horror House, Cigarette Trick, Snow Fun At The Top.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: 02:01:00

[David Wojnarowicz Super8mm Source Films - Tape 7], [circa mid-1980s]

Box: 111, Item: 092.0088 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Telecine transfers of Super8mm films created by Wojnarowicz collaborator, Tommy Turner. Titles include: Buses, Graveyard Approach, Roll M.C., Stacy And Baby, Stacy And Baby 2, Stacy And Baby 3, Stacy And Baby 4, Stacy And Baby 5, Bonfire, Bookstore Bits, Roll HL.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: VHS

Duration: 00:28:00

Subseries B: Film - Originals

Scope and Contents

Subseries B: Film - Originals contains completed film works plus original source material by David Wojnarowicz. Access copies may not be available for all material.

Beautiful People, 1988-1989

case: 092.0209, Item: 092.0209 (Material Type: Moving Images)

reel: 092.0106 (Material Type: film)

reel: Film Preservation Release Print 092.0164 (Material Type: film)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: 092.0207 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Super8mm

Footage: 504 ft.

Duration: 00:34:11

Beautiful People - Out-takes (color), 1988-1989

case: 092.0107, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: cuid41066 (Material Type: film)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [66 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 3 Super8mm rolls

Beautiful People - Out-takes and Alt. Titles (B+W), 1988-1989

case: 092.0108 (Material Type: film)

reel: Film Preservation Release Print 092.0166 (Material Type: film)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Super8mm

Footage: [134 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 4 super8mm rolls

Beautiful People - Alt. Titles (color), 1988-1989

case: 092.0109 (Material Type: film)

reel: Film Preservation Release Print 092.0168 (Material Type: film)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Super8mm

Footage: [65 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 2 super8mm rolls

[Untitled Wojnarowicz Compilation Reel], [1988 as per edge code]

case: 092.0206, CD: 092.0206 (Material Type: Moving Images)

case: 092.0110, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: cuid25991 (Material Type: film)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [363 ft.]

[Mexico Film Footage], [1988 as per edge code]

case: 092.0191, Item: 092.0191 (Material Type: Moving Images)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: 092.0189 (Material Type: video)

reel: Preservation Release Print 092.0188, Item: 092.0188 (Material Type: film)

reel: 092.0111, Item: 092.0111 (Material Type: film)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Super8mm

Footage: 386 ft.

Duration: 00:19:35

Description:

[Mexico Film Footage II], [1983, 1986 as per edge code]

case: 092.0196 (Material Type: Moving Images)

case: 092.0112 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 74 ft.

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Mexico, etc... Peter, etc... [as per container], [circa 1986, 1987]

case: 092.0201 (Material Type: Moving Images)

case: 092.0113 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [225 ft.]

Duration: 00:10:22

Description:

Fear of Disclosure, The Psycho-social Implications of HIV Revelation, 1988

case: 092.0211 (Material Type: Moving Images)

reel: 092.0114 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: 16mm

Footage: [210 ft.]

Duration: [00:05:00]

Description:

Where Evil Dwells - Camera Original I, [undated]

case: 092.0115 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [400 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Where Evil Dwells - Camera Original II, [undated]

case: 092.0116 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [225 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

[New York Cultural Centre Annex Performance], [undated]

case: 092.0117 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 263 ft.

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Video

[New York Cultural Centre Annex Performance]

[Rolls 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8], [undated]

case: 092.0118 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 401 ft. 49 frames

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Video

[Rolls 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

[Rolls 9,10,11], [undated]

case: 092.0119 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 149 ft. 70 frames

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Video

[Rolls 9,10,11]

[Rolls 17,18,19], [undated]

case: 092.0120 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 150 ft. 46 frames

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Video

[Rolls 17,18,19]

[Anti-Gay Bigots, Misc Footage], [1986 as per edge code]

case: 092.0121 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 149 ft.

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Video

[Anti-Gay Bigots, Misc Footage]

[Frog Dance, etc.], [undated]

reel: 092.0122 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 522 ft.

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Video

[Frog Dance, etc.]

[Untitled Wojnarowicz Compilation Reel III], [circa mid-1980s]

case: 092.0206, CD: cuid26004 (Material Type: Moving Images)

case: 092.0123 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 93 ft. 35 frames

Duration: 00:04:55

Description:

A Fire in My Belly, [circa 1985]

case: 092.0179, CD: 092.0179 (Material Type: Moving Images)

case: 092.0124, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: cuid26005 (Material Type: film)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 262 ft. 24 frames

Duration: [00:12:00]

[Untitled Wojnarowicz Compilation Reel], [late 1980s]

case: 092.0125 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 206 ft. 65 frames

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Video

[Untitled Wojnarowicz Compilation Reel]

[Howdy Doody Footage I], [undated]

case: 092.0126 (Material Type: film)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Super8mm

Footage: 360 ft. 66 frames

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

[Howdy Doody Footage II], [undated]

case: 092.0127 (Material Type: film)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Super8mm

Footage: 202 ft.

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

[Howdy Doody Footage III], [undated]

case: 092.0128 (Material Type: film)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Super8mm

Footage: 388 ft.

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Heroin, 1981

case: 092.0185, CD: 092.0185 (Material Type: Moving Images)

case: 092.0133, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: cuid26010 (Material Type: film)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: 51 ft.

Duration: [00:02:50]

[Peter Hujar - Rolls], [undated]

case: 092.0136, Super_8mm_Film_Reel: cuid26011 (Material Type: film)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [350 ft.]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 6 super8mm rolls

Video

[Peter Hujar - Rolls]

[Heroin - Unedited Color Footage], [circa 1979]

case: 092.0378 (Material Type: Moving Images)

case: 092.0146 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [340 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 7 super8mm rolls

[Cockfights], [1986]

case: 092.0147 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [175 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 4 super8mm rolls

Video

[Cockfights]

[Out Sarah's Window; Demolition Derby], [undated]

case: 092.0148 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [350 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 7 super8mm rolls

Video

[Out Sarah's Window; Demolition Derby]

[Nature, Water, Swamp], [1987]

case: 092.0149 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [425 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 9 super8mm rolls

Video

[Nature, Water, Swamp]

[Rain/Mammals], [1981,1987]

case: 092.0150 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [425 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 10 super8mm rolls

Video

[Rain/Mammals]

[Gorillas, Elephants, Waves, Sky], [1986,1987]

case: 092.0151 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [350 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 7 super8mm rolls]

Video

[Gorillas, Elephants, Waves, Sky]

[Cavern Point/Driving Shots], [1987, 1983]

case: 092.0152 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [275 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 5 super8mm rolls

Video

[Cavern Point/Driving Shots]

[Misc. B+W Shots], [1983,1986,1987]

case: 092.0153 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [400 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 8 super8mm rolls

Video

[Misc. B+W Shots]

[Ants] (color), [1986,1987,1988]

case: 092.0154 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [160 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 4 super8mm rolls

[Swamp/Skeleton] (color), [1985, unknown]

case: 092.0155 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [240 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 4 super8mm rolls

[Driving, Sky, and Misc. Shots], [undated]

case: 092.0156 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [290 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 7 super8mm rolls

[Fire Boys, Ants, and Mexico Themes], [1981,1984,1986,1987]

case: 092.0157 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General note

Format: Super8mm

Footage: [300 ft.]

Duration: [unknown]

Description: compilation reel consisting of 6 super8mm rolls

Video

[Fire Boys, Ants, and Mexico Themes]

[Unidentified Film w/ David Wojnarowicz], [undated]

reel: 092.0158 (Material Type: film)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: 16mm

Footage: 128 ft.

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

[Nite Scenes w/ David W.(Neg); Centaur Films], [undated]

reel: 092.0159 (Material Type: film)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Format: 16mm

Footage: 102 ft. 6 frames

Duration: [unknown]

Description:

Manhattan Love Suicides by R. Kern, 1984

Box: 199, Item: 092.0212 (Material Type: film)

Box: Shared Fales PM 21, Item: 091.0071 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: [Super8mm]

[Aeroport/ Train Lines/ Gary/ Rail Landscapes/ Bercy], [Crows], [Bercy Windows, Stones/ Fire], [A) Morphologies, Restaurant Cafe 2], [B) Morphologies, Restaurant Cafe 2], 1984

reel: 092.0213 (Material Type: film)

Box: Digitized Access Copies, file: MSS.092.0213 (Material Type: electronic records)

Scope and Contents

Silent, black and white images of abandoned buildings, crows in trees, a man (Gary Indiana) looking out the window of a train, and David Wojnarowicz in a cafe. The footage was taken in and around Paris, France in the Winter of 1984.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Source Format: Super 8mm film

Duration: 12 min. 30 sec.

Preservation Note: These films were donated as undeveloped Super8mm film cartridges. In 2019, NYU Special Collections facilitated an effort to process and digitally scan the works. The five films were were combined into a single reel and accessed via a single digital file. Photographs of the original cartridges are preserved with the digital file and available upon request.

Annotated Film Containers Box 90, undated

Box: 90 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

General

092.0106-092.0123

Annotated Film Containers Box 91, undated

Box: 91 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

General

092.0124-092.0128, 092.0133, 092.0136, 092.0146-092.0149 C

Annotated Film Containers Box 92, undated

Box: 92 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

General

092.0149 D-092.0154

Annotated Film Containers Box 93, undated

Box: 93 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

General

092.0155-092.0157, 092.0160, 092.0162, plus 7 unnumbered folders

Annotated Film Containers Box 94, undated

Box: 94 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

General

(Trailer) 1986, N.Y.C, D. Wojnarowicz 228-7024; 092.00158-092.0159 "Nite Scenes w/ David W.; Envelope For Film, "Kin-O-Lux, Inc. - David Wojnarowicz"

Lists and notes on film and video content

Box: 199, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries D: Commercial Video by Others

Scope and Contents

Subseries D: Commercial Works by Others contains recordings that made up David Wojnarowicz's personal collection.

Anita Dances of Vice, by Rosa von Praunheim, VHS tape (Dub), undated

Box: 95, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bayard Rustin, by Phil Zwickler, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 95, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Critical Years / The Grace of God, by Gerald Lecuyer, 40 min. VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 95, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Excerpts from: Blind Prosperity / Money Talk, by Gloria McLean & Ben Neill, Teliospore, by Gloria McLean, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 95, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fedora / Laura, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 95, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fingered, by Richard Kern, VHS tape, undated

Box: 95, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Game Set Match, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 95, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Genet / Harvey Milk, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 95, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Twentieth Century Fox, VHS tape, undated

Box: 95, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

How to Marry a Millionaire, Twentieth Century Fox, VHS tape, undated

Box: 95, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

How to Shoot a Crime, by Kraus, (Chris?) 26 min. VHS tape, undated

Box: 95, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

La Belle et La Bete / Visages de Femmes, VHS tape, undated

Box: 95, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

La Dolce Vita, Pt. I, by Federico Fellini, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 95, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

La Dolce Vita, Pt. II, by Federico Fellini, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 95, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lawrence of Arabia, Columbia Pictures, Pts. 1-2, 2 VHS tapes, undated

Box: 96, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Manhattan love Suicides w/ Bill Rice & D. Wojnarowicz, b&w, 30 min. VHS tape, undated

Box: 96, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Maria Callas: Hamburg Concert 1959, Kuktur, VHS, 1959

Box: 96, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mondo Cane / Macbeth (Kurosawa) / Sting in Tokyo, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 96, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mother Theresa, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 96, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mr. Hulot's Holiday, by Jacques Tati, & other video, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 96, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Never on Sunday, MGM, UA, VHS tape, undated

Box: 96, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pursuit of Happiness (Malle) / La Strada / Stranger Than Paradise, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 96, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Quilt, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 96, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Red Hot Organization / No Alternative, Nov 1993, VHS tape (dub), 1993

Box: 96, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Red Hot & Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter to Benefit AIDS Research and Relief, Arista, 1990, VHS tape, 1990

Box: 96, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rev. Howard Finster, Man of Vision, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 96, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Right Side of My Brain, by Richard Kern, 30 min. VHS tape, undated

Box: 96, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rumblefish, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 97, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sex vs. Guns, by Richard Kern, VHS tape, undated

Box: 97, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stop the Church, by Robert Hilferty, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 97, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Submit to Me / Death Valley '69 / You Killed Me First, by Richard Kern, VHS tape, 1969

Box: 97, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Submit to Me / Death Valley '69 / You Killed Me First, by Richard Kern, VHS tape, 1969

Box: 97, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tom Rubnitz, Video Director: various, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 97, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

A Virus Knows No Morals, by Rosa von Praunheim, First Run Features, 84 minute VHS tape, undated

Box: 97, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Where Evil Dwells, by Wojnarowicz & Turner, VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 97, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Young Ones (various series episodes), VHS tape (dub), undated

Box: 97, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)