Lisa Fox and Curt Royston Papers
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Abstract
The Lisa Fox and Curt Royston Papers consists of materials created by Lisa and Curt's multimedia collaborations. This collection contains reviews, photographs, transparencies, posters, video recordings, and sound recordings. Materials date from 1980 to 1988.
Biographical Note
Lisa Fox was a leading dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1976-1980 and was a choreographer with the Lisa Fox Danse for over thirty years. Curt Royston is best known for his proficiency in a variety of media: painting, sculpture, photography, film, and video, and often in combination. His work has been shown extensively throughout the United States and Europe including a 1987 one-man exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Together Royston and Fox collaborated on a series of multimedia installations, as well as a number of 16mm dance-based films throughout the 1980s, the most popular of which is "In Artificial Light" (1983).
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series based on format:
- Series I: Paper and Photographs
- Series II: Posters
- Series III: Film
- Series IV: Video recordings
- Series V: Sound recordings
Scope and Content
This collection contains reviews, photographs, transparencies, posters, film, video and sound recordings related to the multimedia collaborations of Lisa Fox and Curt Royston. Materials date from 1980 to 1988.
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Donors
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Lisa Fox and Curt Royston was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Lisa Fox and Curt Royston Papers; MSS 249; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Lisa Fox in 2009 and 2014. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2009.249 and 2014.249.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Access to some audiovisual materials in this collection is available through digitized access copies. Researchers may view an item's original container, but the media themselves are not available for playback because of preservation concerns. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room.
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Processing Information
In 2018 materials from accretion 2014.249 were processed and intellectually incorporated into the collection. Materials were housed in archival folders and boxes.
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Repository
Series I: Paper and Photographs
"In Artificial Light", undated
Reviews, 1987-88
[Transparencies, High Noon], undated
Photographs, transparencies, and negatives, undated
Series II: Posters
Lisa Fox, Danse, Salle Simon I. Patino, Cite Universitaire de Geneve, February 8, [19--]
The Kitchen USA Touring, June 14-15, [19--]
Series III: Film
Subseries A: Access Copies
Conditions Governing Access
Access copies for some materials are available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
In Artificial Light, a film by Curt Royston (2010 Restoration Print), 1982
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 20 minutes; Preservation note: Color is somewhat muddy on this print. Labwork on this old preservation job not up to standard.
Video
Subseries B: Originals
Hothouse (title on print), undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length: 400 ft
Hothouse, 1985
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length: 400 ft
Hothouse - 2nd Answer Print, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length: 400 ft
In Artificial Light, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:700 ft
In Artificial Light - Mag Track, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Puss and Boots, c.a. 1980
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:100 ft
Kitchen Show on the Staten Island Ferry, c.a. 1981
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:100 ft
Notes for an Adagio, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:260 ft
Notes for an Adagio - Pix, c.a. 1982
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:100 ft
White Shirt Place - Reel 1 - Mag Track, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:850 ft
White Shirt Place - Reel 2 - Mag Track, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:650 ft
In Artificial Light, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:670 ft
Hot House, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:450 ft
En Passant, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:500 ft
Notes for an Adagio, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Gauge: 16mm
Length:140 ft
Series IV: Video recordings
Conditions Governing Access
Access copies for some materials are available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
"High Noon in Half Light", undated
Conditions Governing Access
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1in
Duration: 33 minutes
"High Noon in Half Light", undated
Conditions Governing Access
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1in
Duration: 33 minutes
"High Noon in Half Light", undated
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0041.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: 33 minutes
"High Noon in Half Light", undated
Conditions Governing Access
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: VHS
Duration: 33 minutes
High Noon in Half Light: "Eye Light" Camera #1, November 10, 1987, inclusive
General
Alternate Title: "High Noon in Half Light"
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0044
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
Half Light "All Our Hands" Camera #1, November 10, 1987, inclusive
General
Alternate Title: "High Noon in Half Light"
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0047.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
Half Light - "Eye Light" Camera #2, November 17, 1987, inclusive
General
Alternate Title: "High Noon in Half Light"
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0050
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
Half Light - "All Our Hands" Camera #2, November 17, 1987, inclusive
General
Alternate Title: "High Noon in Half Light"
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0053.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1in
Duration: unknown
Half Light - "Blue Room" Camera #2, November 17, 1987, inclusive
General
Alternate Title: "High Noon in Half Light"
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0056.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
"Eye Light" Performance #3, November 28, 1987, inclusive
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0059.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
"All Our Hands" Performance #3, November 28, 1987, inclusive
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0062.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
"Blue Room" Performance #3, November 28, 1987, inclusive
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0065.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
Overhead Cam Performance #3, November 28, 1987, inclusive
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0068.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
"In Artificial Light", undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: 20 minutes
Video
"In Artificial Light", January 1983, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: 20 minutes
Video
Downtown Madonna Part 2 and "In Artificial Light", undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: Betacam SP
Duration: unknown
Video
"In Artificial Light", undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: VHS
Duration: [unknown]
"Hot House", undated
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0077.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: 10 minutes
"Hot House" - Original film to video transfer, undated
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0080
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
Lisa Fox "Floored", Kitchen Performance 12/10/81, December 10, 1981, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: 00:40:00
Lisa Fox "The Feast", January 1983, inclusive
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0083
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: 8 minutes
"Lisa Fox & Rhys Chatham, Institute of Contemporary Art", January 1983, inclusive
Existence and Location of Copies
Access DVD available. Please request Access DVD #249.0086.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: unknown
[Untitled - Curt Royston], undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: 3/4in Umatic
Duration: [unknown]
Series V: Sound recordings
Hot House Rough Takes, June 1985
General
Alternate Title: Piano Takes with Harold - 6/85
