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Doris Chase films, audio and video recordings, 1972-1991

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Chase, Doris, 1923-2008
Title
Doris Chase films, audio and video recordings
Dates
1972-1991 (inclusive)
Quantity
39 films (16mm); 98 video tapes (U-matic, VHS, Betacam SP, DVCAM, D-2, Hi-8, 2 in., 1 in.); 1 audio tape (1/4 in.); 5 audiocassettes; 1 CD; 2 DVDs
Collection Number
PH0985
Summary
Films, audio and video recordings documenting Doris Chase's work exploring the interaction between dance performance and sculpture.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Some items may be viewed on the Libraries' Internet Archive site . No user access copy is available for films, videotapes, or audiotape. Users may be able to obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Doris Chase was born in Seattle, Washington in 1923. She studied architecture at the University of Washington between 1941 and 1943. In 1950, after the birth of her two children and after her husband was paralyzed by polio, she began to teach painting as a way of combating the overwhelming difficulties confronting her. Working in Seattle through the fifties and the sixties, she established herself as a recognized painter. By 1962, at a time when the art world in the United States was almost exclusively male, she had her first New York City gallery show. During the sixties she turned to sculpture. In order to create large-scale wood pieces, she found it necessary to work collaboratively with a wide range of skilled craftsmen. This experience proved essential when, in the late sixties, she began collaborating with the dancer Mary Staton to create dance sculpture - sculpture designed for interaction with dancers in performance. It was during these collaborations that Chase began to use film, first as a means of documentation and eventually as an integral artistic element. Through the seventies, Chase created a number of dance/sculpture films, placing her at the front of contemporary avant-garde movements. After coming to New York, she was encouraged by the video artist Nam June Paik to explore video art. Her works in this medium have been shown widely in festivals, screenings, and exhibits worldwide, and have been collected by museum, libraries, and archives. During the seventies Chase also produced a number of videos for children including Sculpture for Children, The Emperor's New Clothes, and How Do You Feel? that explore themes of self-esteem, body awareness, and movement. She also began to use the medium of video to explore the subject of women from a feminist point of view in documentaries such as Lies, Masks, Windows, Skyfish, Electra Tries to Speak, Travels in the Combat Zone, and Thulani, which comprise the "Concept Series". By the mid-eighties, Chase achieved a breakthrough into mainstream television with the "By Herself" series, in which she introduced the subject matter of older women in society to a popular audience. Chase also produced and directed works in the series, such as Table for One, Dear Papa, A Dancer, Glass Curtain, and Sophie. She died in Seattle in December 2008.

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Content Description

Films, audio and video recordings documenting Chase's work exploring the interaction between dance performance and sculpture. Includes master recordings of performances from the "By Herself," "Dance" and "Concept" Series. Also includes dance animation; video sculpture; documentaries; promotional materials, and research from Professor Patricia Failing for her book about Chase, "Artist in Motion."

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

This collection is a compilation of materials received from Doris Chase, 2003-2004; New York University, Division of Libraries, Television, and Media Services, 2004; Patricia Failing, undated; and Randall Chase, 2020.

Processing Note

Material originally accessioned as PH2004-095 was merged into this collection at the time of processing.

Films donated by Patricia Failing moved into this collection at the time of processing. Papers Doris Chase manuscipt collection.

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Doris Chase video and art collection, 1948-2004 (PH2003-035)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Dance Series

    • Individual Pieces

      • "Rocking Orange", 1974

        A dance film based on kinetic sculpture and performed by members of the the Mary Stanton Dance Ensemble. Choreographer: Mary Staton. Dancers: Cynthia Robertson, Mary Staton, and Melissa Teske. Music: George Kleinsinger. Filmed at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.

      • "Circles II", 1972

        Collaboration with Robert Brown and Frank Olvey. Music: George Kleinsinger (short version); William Smith (long version). Dancers: Mary Staton Dance Ensemble.

      • "Moon Gates", 1974

        Members of the Mary Stanton Dance Ensemble perform in a duet with the kinetic sculptures of Doris Chase. Dancers: Cynthia Robertson, Mary Staton, Melissa Teske. Choreographer: Mary Staton. Producer/director: Doris Chase. Music: George Kleinsinger.Filmed at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.

      • "Tall Arches", 1974

        Producer/director: Doris Chase. Choreographer: Mary Staton. Music: Vito Ricci. Dancers: Cynthia Robertson, Mary Staton, Melissa Teske. Filmed at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.

      • "Rocker"
      • "Variation II", Release date: 1978

        Dancer: Sara Rudner. Music: Joan La Barbara.

      • "Noel"
        • Description: Noel
          1 reel : sound, color ; 16mm

          Camera original.

          Original:

          Chase_#20/HF 1890 #20

          Dates: 1978?
          Container: Item 14
          Location: Dance Series / Individual Pieces / "Noel"
      • "Jazz Dance", Release date: 1979

        Dancer: Gay Delanghe. Music: Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, possibly playing a song by Jelly Roll Morton.

      • Nashville, 1979

        Dancer: Gay Delanghe

        • Description: Nashville Dance
          1 reel ; 16mm

          Label: Bad Print.

          Container also labeled "Moon Redefined" but crossed out. Reel label: Nashville Dance

          Original:

          Chase_#8/HF 1890 #8

          Dates: 1979
          Container: Item 17
          Location: Dance Series / Individual Pieces / Nashville, 1979
      • "Danse de Colour"

        Draws imagery from Doris Chase's more recent sculptures of glass.

    • Numbered dances

      • "Dance Five"

        Dancer: Kei Takei. Music: Tim Thompson.

      • "Dance Nine (Arches)"

        Dancer: Gus Solomons Jr. Music: George Kleinsinger. Produced with Steve Rutt

      • "Dance Ten (Jonathan and the Rocker)"

        Dancer: Jonathan Hollander. Music: William Bolcomb.

      • "Dance Eleven"

        Dancer: Cynthia Anderson. Music: Laurie Spiegel. Filmed in Brooklyn, New York.

    • Gay Delanghe pieces

      Gay Delanghe was a modern dance choreographer and performer. Her work was staged in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. She was a faculty member of the University of Michigan School of Music from 1972 until her retirement in 2001.

      • Description: Variations entitled "Theme," "Divide," "Space," "Tide" and "Change"
        1 videocassette (28 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic
        Original:

        C7

        Dates: 1984?
        Container: Box 1, Item 26
        Location: Dance Series / Gay Delanghe pieces
      • Description: Variations entitled "Theme," "Divide," "Space," "Tide" and "Change"
        1 videocassette (28 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic
        Original:

        C9

        Dates: 1984?
        Container: Box 1, Item 27
        Location: Dance Series / Gay Delanghe pieces
      • Description: Variations entitled "Theme," "Divide," "Space," "Tide" and "Change"
        1 videocassette (28 min. 51 sec.) : sound, color ; Digital Betacam
        Original:

        Chase_16/HV 1988 #16

        Dates: March 26, 2001
        Container: Box 1, Item 28
        Location: Dance Series / Gay Delanghe pieces

    • Kei Takei pieces

      • Description: Complete Kei Takei Dance series: "Light, Part 10 (Stones)," "Light, Part 9," "Arches: Brooklyn College" and "Melting Statues"
        1 videocassette (1 hr. 26 min.) ; VHS
        Original:

        C12

        Dates: 1974 - 1976
        Container: Box 1, Item 29
        Location: Dance Series / Kei Takei pieces
      • Description: "Light, Part 9" - Excerpt
        1 reel ; 16mm
        Original:

        Chase_#7/HF 1890 #7

        Dates: 1975?
        Container: Item 30
        Location: Dance Series / Kei Takei pieces
      • Description: Improvisation
        1 reel (5 min.) ; 16mm

        Preview print

        Original:

        Chase_#22/HF 1890 #22

        Dates: 1977
        Container: Item 31
        Location: Dance Series / Kei Takei pieces
      • Description: "Dance for Television (Dance Three)," "Improvisation," Excerpt from "Light, Part 9" and "Dance with Me (Dance Four)"
        1 videocassette (29 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        The purpose of this series was to show the advantages of dance designed specifically for television.

        Dance for Television (Dance Three) is a solo by Kei Takei based on another dance, "Light, Part 9". Music by George Kleinsinger.

        Original produced in 1977. Dubbed in 2002.

        Original:

        C17

        Dates: between 1977 and 2002?
        Container: Box 1, Item 32
        Location: Dance Series / Kei Takei pieces
      • Description: "Dance for Television (Dance Three)," "Improvisation," Excerpt from "Light, Part 9" and "Dance with Me (Dance Four)"
        1 videocassette (28 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        The purpose of this series was to show the advantages of dance designed specifically for television.

        Dance for Television (Dance Three) is a solo by Kei Takei based on another dance, "Light, Part 9". Music by George Kleinsinger.

        Dubbed in 2002.

        Original:

        Chase_21/HV 1988 #21

        Dates: October 1, 1987
        Container: Box 1, Item 33
        Location: Dance Series / Kei Takei pieces
      • Description: "Dance for Television (Dance Three)," "Improvisation," Excerpt from "Light, Part 9" and "Dance with Me (Dance Four)"
        1 videocassette (28 min., 57 sec.) ; VHS

        The purpose of this series was to show the advantages of dance designed specifically for television.

        Dance for Television (Dance Three) is a solo by Kei Takei based on another dance, "Light, Part 9". Music by George Kleinsinger.

        Dubbed October 3, 1999.

        Copy of 3/4" master.

        Original:

        C19

        Dates: October 27, 1987
        Container: Box 1, Item 34
        Location: Dance Series / Kei Takei pieces

    • Compilations

      • Description: Ann Arbor Master, Oscilloscope of Music (Wm. Gracy Jr., Drums), Billy Bounce - Geo. Wilson, Ann Arbor/Country Western-Volunteer Grass/String Quartet - David Hollister
        1 videocassette (28 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic
        Original:

        C04

        Dates: 1969-1979?
        Container: Box 1, Item 35
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Circles II," "Squares," "Eggs," and "Water Sculpture"
        1 reel : black and white ; 16mm
        Original:

        E9

        Dates: 1970
        Container: Item 36
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Circles II" (long version) and "Four Chairs"
        1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording.

        "Circles II" music by William O. Smith.

        Original:

        Chase_18/HV 1988 #18

        Dates: between 1972 and 1977?
        Container: Box 1, Item 37
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Nashville Dance," "Oscilloscope," "Oscilloscope (D. Hollister)" and "Jazz Dance" (new version)
        1 videocassette (25 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic
        Original:

        C22

        Dates: between 1973 and 1979?
        Container: Box 1, Item 38
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Dance Lecture - Twyla/Merce/and Kei Takei; Oscilloscope (music only)
        1 videocassette (28 min.) : color ; VHS

        Dance lecture by Twyla Tharp, Merce Cunningham, and Kei Takei.

        No performer for oscilloscope music.

        Original:

        18

        Dates: between 1973 and 1979
        Container: Box 1, Item 39
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Dance Seven," "Moon Gates III," and "Rocking Orange"
        1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic
        Original:

        Chase_19/HV 1988 #19

        Dates: between 1973 and 1975
        Container: Box 1, Item 40
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Moon Gates" and "Rocking Orange"
        1 reel (8 min.) ; 16mm
        Original:

        Chase_#13/HF 1890 #13

        Dates: 1974
        Container: Item 41
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Dance Seven," "Moon Gates," and "Spins"
        1 videocassette (27 minutes) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording.

        Original:

        C6

        Dates: between 1974 and 1976?
        Container: Box 1, Item 42
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Dance Nine (Arches)," Dance by Jacqueline Smith-Lee, "Nashville Dance," "Dance Ten (Jonathan and the Rocker)," and "Circles with Jonathan Hollander"
        1 videocassette (50 min 30 sec) : color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        "Nashville Dance" performed by Gay Delanghe.

        Original:

        C3

        Dates: between 1975 and 1977
        Container: Box 1, Item 43
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Moving Forms I
        1 videocassette (27 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-Inch U-matic

        Written on case: Film merging sculptural and video form; all of the pieces use Doris Chase sculptures as a theme which is varied by video-synthesis.

        Pieces include:

        ROCKING FORM, featuring music of a Buddhist chant.

        CIRCLES, featuring Raga-Shenai music.

        ARCHES, featuring music by Timothy Thompson.

        MOON GATES, featuring music of a Buddhist chant.

        "Moving Forms" was produced by WGBH-TV at the Experimental Television Center in Boston.

        Original:

        Chase_32/HV 1989 #32

        Dates: 1975
        Container: Item 44
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Dance Series at Brooklyn College, including "Four Chairs," "Spins," Dance by Jacqueline Smith-Lee, "Moving Forms," and "Plexi Sculpture"
        1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic
        Original:

        C10

        Dates: 1976?
        Container: Box 1, Item 45
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Dance Eleven," "Dance Nine," "Dance Seven," and "Jazz Dance"
        1 videocassette (24 min.) ; VHS
        Original:

        C20

        Dates: between 1976 and 1979
        Container: Box 2, Item 46
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Sample Reel for ITVA Convention, featuring dances by Jacqueline Smith-Lee, Sara Rudner (Dance Frame), and Jonathan Hollander
        1 videocassette (6 min. 30 sec.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording.

        Video effects used in films are described on label, including de-beaming, feedback, out line, track matte key, and synthesized rocker.

        Original:

        Chase_29/HV 1990 #29

        Dates: June 1, 1978
        Container: Box 2, Item 47
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Jazz Dance" and "Dance Frame"
        1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic
        Original:

        C11

        Dates: between 1978 and 1979?
        Container: Box 2, Item 48
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: 3 Electronic Dances & dance performed by Gay Delanghe
        1 videocassette ; VHS

        Labeled: Incomplete.

        Original:

        C13

        Dates: between 1979 and 1984?
        Container: Box 2, Item 49
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Jazz Dance," "Dance Nine (Arches)," "Dance Frame," and "Moon Redefined"
        1 videocassette (24 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording.

        Original:

        Chase_31/HV 1989 #31

        Dates: May 1, 1984
        Container: Box 2, Item 50
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Three solos: "Dance Ten (Jonathan and the Rocker)," "Dance Four," and "Variation Two"
        1 videocassette (26 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording.

        Original:

        C16

        Dates: 1986?
        Container: Box 2, Item 51
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Dances by Kei Takei and Jacqueline Smith-Lee
        1 videocassette (41 min.) : sound, color ; VHS
        Original:

        Failing_5

        Dates: 1987?
        Container: Box 2, Item 52
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Cynthia Anderson 12:"Dance 11" and Marnee Morriss 19: "Dance 7"
        1 videocassette (31 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Note on label: Master. Dub 8/18/87. New credits 11/87.

        Original:

        C1

        Dates: 1987
        Container: Box 2, Item 53
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Dance Ten (Jonathan and the Rocker)," "How Do You Feel?" "Jazz Dance," "Dance Frame," "Spins," and "Dance Nine (Arches)" - new edit
        1 videocassette (59 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording.

        Original:

        Chase_15/HV 1988 #15

        Dates: August 27, 1987
        Container: Box 2, Item 54
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Dance by Jacqueline Smith-Lee (New Credits) and "4 Chairs"
        1 videocassette (28 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording. Note on label: R. T. 30 mnutes from 1". Dance series in Brooklyn 1975

        Original:

        C5

        Dates: August 27, 1987
        Container: Box 2, Item 55
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Dances by Sara Rudner ("Theme," "Variation One," and "Variation Two") and dances by Gay Delanghe ("Theme," "Divide," "Space," "Tide," and "Change")
        1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording.

        Original:

        Chase_23/HV 1989 #23

        Dates: October 12, 1987
        Container: Box 2, Item 56
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: "Dance Eleven," "Dance Nine," "Dance Seven," and "Jazz Dance" (re-recorded versions)
        1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic
        Original:

        C2

        Dates: 1992
        Container: Box 2, Item 57
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations
      • Description: Dance by Jacqueline Smith-Lee, dance by Gus Solomons Jr. (possibly "Dance Nine/Arches"), "Four Chairs," "Op Odyssey" and "Spins"
        1 videocassette (55 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording.

        Original:

        Chase_17/HV 1988 #17

        Dates: 2001
        Container: Box 2, Item 58
        Location: Dance Series / Compilations

  • Video Sculpture Videorecordings

    • Promotional/Introductions

    • Individual Pieces

    • Description: Moon Redefined
      1 videocassette (26 min.) : color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Moon Redefined includes several individual pieces: Rising Moon I / Chartreuse / Rising II / Gateway / Eclipse.

      Rising Moon I: Music, "Soweto" by Bruce Ditmas.

      Chartreuse: Music, "Cello Concerto" by George Kleinsinger.

      Rising II: Music, "Radar" by Bruce Ditmas.

      Eclipse: Music, "Radar" by George Kleinsinger.

      Master recording.

      Produced at the Center for Experimental Television in Binghamton, New York.

      Original:

      Chase_26/HV 1989 #26

      Dates: May 7, 1979
      Container: Item 63
      Location: Video Sculpture Videorecordings
    • Description: Moon Redefined; Cube Defined
      1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Both films includes several individual pieces, or excerpts from individual pieces.

      Moon Redefined includes Rising Moon I (5 min.) / Chartreuse (4.5 min.) / Rising II (6.5 min.) / Gateway (3.5 min.) / Eclipse (6.5 min). Total: 26 min.

      Cube Redefined includes Blue Squared (10 min.) / Crayon (3.5 min.) / Black Crystal (7 min). Total: 20.5 min.

      Original:

      Chase_25/HV 1989 #25

      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 2, Item 64
      Location: Video Sculpture Videorecordings
    • Description: Circling
      1 videocassette (22 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Circling includes several individual pieces: Circles & Eggs / Noon / Sun Disc I / Spinning Circles / Sun Disc II.

      Circles & Eggs: Music by George Kleinsinger (3 min). Possibly excerpts from Rocking Orange and Circles II.

      Noon: Music by George Kleinsinger (3 min).

      Sun Disc I: Music, "String Quartet, 3rd Movement" by David Hollister (8 min).

      Spinning Circles: Music by David Hollister (2 min).

      Sun Disc II: Music, "Penultimata" by Gerald Busby (6 min).

      Original:

      Chase_35/HV 1989 #35

      Dates: May 7, 1979
      Container: Box 3, Item 65
      Location: Video Sculpture Videorecordings
    • Description: Circling
      1 videocassette ; VHS

      Circling includes several individual pieces: Blue & Red / Blue Grass / Circles & Eggs / Noon / Sun Disc.

      Music for Circles & Eggs and Noon by George Kleinsinger.

      Original:

      D36

      Dates: 1979?
      Container: Box 3, Item 66
      Location: Video Sculpture Videorecordings

  • "Concept Series" Videorecordings

    • Promotional/Introductions

      • Description: Voiceover for Introduction to Concepts Series
        1 videocassette (9 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Includes excerpts for Thulani, Lies, Mask, Window, Travels in the Combat Zone, Sky Fish, Glass Curtain, and Electra Tries to Speak.

        Original:

        Chase_44/HV 1989 #44

        Dates: 1982
        Container: Box 3, Item 67
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Promotional/Introductions
      • Description: Promo for Concepts Series
        1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Includes voiceover and excerpts from individual pieces.

        For "Women Make Movies" (Distributor).

        Original:

        D1

        Dates: September 1983
        Container: Box 3, Item 68
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Promotional/Introductions
      • Description: Promo for Concepts Series
        1 videocassette (10 min.) ; VHS
        Original:

        D2

        Dates: 1984
        Container: Box 3, Item 69
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Promotional/Introductions

    • Lies

      Performer: Ruth Maleczech. Composer: Bob Telson. Writer: Lee Breuer. Adapted from poem by Lee Breuer. Producer: Doris Chase.

    • Window

      Performer: Claudia Bruce. Writer: Linda Mussman. Producer: Doris Chase.

      • Description: Window
        1 videocassette (28 min. 55 sec.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic
        Original:

        Chase_10/HV 1988 #10

        Dates: between 1980 and 1981?
        Container: Box 3, Item 72
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Window
      • Description: Window
        1 videocassette ; VHS
        Original:

        D17

        Dates: between 1980 and 1981?
        Container: Box 3, Item 73
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Window

    • Conversation

      • Description: Conversation
        1 videocassette (28 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Edit master.

        Original:

        Chase_13/HV 1988 #13

        Dates: 1981
        Container: Box 3, Item 74
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Conversation

    • Sky Fish

      Performer: Andrea Goodman and Lee Nagrin. Writer: Lee Nagrin. Music: Richard Isen.

    • Electra Tries to Speak

      Performer: Sondra Segal. Writer: Sondra Segal, Clair Coss, Roberta Sklar. Music: Martin Quinn.

    • Travels in the Combat Zone

      With Marilyn Amaral and Mary Lum.

    • Mask

      Performer: Patricia Patton. Writer: Bonnie Greer. Music: Craig Gordon. Producer/director: Doris Chase.

      • Description: Mask
        1 videocassette (28 min.) : sound, color ; VHS

        Includes promo for Concepts Series.

        Original:

        D19

        Dates: 1983
        Container: Box 3, Item 78
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Mask

    • Thulani

      Writer/performer: Thulani Davis. Music: Anthony Davis. Producer/director: Doris Chase.

      • Description: Thulani - long version
        1 videocassette (26 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Camera original.

        Original:

        Chase_11/HV 1988 #11

        Dates: 1984?
        Container: Box 3, Item 79
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Thulani
      • Description: Thulani - short version
        1 videocassette (8 min. 30 sec.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master recording.

        Original:

        Chase_12/HV 1988 #12

        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3, Item 80
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Thulani

    • Compilations

      • Description: Electra/Lies/Travels in the Combat Zone/Windows
        1 videocassette (1 hr. 52 min.) ; VHS

        Each piece 28 min. in length.

        Original:

        D13

        Dates: 1982
        Container: Box 3, Item 81
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Compilations
      • Description: Travels in the Combat Zone/Electra Tries to Speak/ Conversation (short)
        1 videocassette (1 hr. 1 min.) ; VHS

        Travels in the Combat Zone (28 min) /Electra Tries to Speak (28 min) / Conversation (5 min).

        Original:

        D11

        Dates: 1982
        Container: Box 3, Item 82
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Compilations
      • Description: Travels in the Combat Zone/Three Story Suite
        1 videocassette (57 min. 28 sec.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Edited master copy made from 1-inch master tape.

        Three Story Suite possibly a poor recording, labeled "not good."

        Original:

        Chase_27/HV 1990 #27

        Dates: between 1982 and 1983
        Container: Box 3, Item 83
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Compilations
      • Description: Three Story Suite/Mask
        1 videocassette (56 min.) ; VHS
        Original:

        D20

        Dates: 1983
        Container: Box 4, Item 84
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Compilations
      • Description: Lies/Mask/Travels in the Combat Zone/Three Story Suite
        1 videocassette : sound, color ; VHS
        Original:

        Failing_4

        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 4, Item 85
        Location: "Concept Series" Videorecordings / Compilations

  • "By Herself" Series Videorecordings

    By Herself Series: 6 dramas featuring mature women. Each story is about emotions and experiences that shape a woman's life.

    • Promotional/Introductions

    • A Dancer

      A Dancer (1987) features Luise Rainer in a drama about two former lovers meeting after a 30-year separation. It highlights the choices that people make and fear of change.

    • Dear Papa

      Dear Papa (1986) stars Anne Jackson and Roberta Wallach as a mother and daughter sharing memories about the man who was the father to one and grandfather to the other.

    • Glass Curtain

    • Sophie

      Sophie features Joan Plowright as a woman who has just left her philandering husband and set herself up as "Sophie, reader of French tarot cards," facing an embarrassed son. It addresses relationships with adult children, including resentment and hidden frustration, as well as living a life for oneself.

    • Still Frame

      Still Frame (1988) features Priscilla Pointer as a photographer and Robert Symonds as a writer. In a conversation between the couple, they address their work and a dilemma in their relationship.

    • Table for One

      Table for One (1985) features Geraldine Page in a voice-over monologue of a woman uneasy about dining alone. It addresses issues of double standards for men and women, the pain caused by the ending of a relationship, and being comfortable with oneself when alone.

    • Compilations

      • Description: Promo/Dear Papa
        1 videocassette (33 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Promo length 5 min. "Dear Papa" length 28 min.

        Original:

        B3

        Dates: between 1986 and 1994?
        Container: Box 4, Item 104
        Location: "By Herself" Series Videorecordings / Compilations
      • Description: A Dancer/Still Frame
        1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound, color ; VHS
        Original:

        Failing_1

        Dates: between 1987 and 1994?
        Container: Box 4, Item 105
        Location: "By Herself" Series Videorecordings / Compilations
      • Description: Glass Curtain/Lies
        1 videocassette (60 min.) ; Betacam SP

        "Glass Curtain" length 30 min. 10 sec. "Lies" length 28 min. 48 sec.

        Dub master.

        Original:

        D22

        Dates: December 5, 1994
        Container: Box 4, Item 106
        Location: "By Herself" Series Videorecordings / Compilations

  • Documentary Videorecordings

    • Description: King TV Kinescope, maybe on her sculptures?
      Original:

      G

      Dates: 1966?
      Container: Item 107
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Sculpture on the Move
      1 reel ; 16mm
      Original:

      Chase_#19/HF 1890 #19

      Dates: between 1971 and 1973?
      Container: Item 108
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Sculpture for Children
      1 reel (5 min.) ; 16mm
      Original:

      Failing_#2

      Dates: 1974?
      Container: Item 109
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Full Circle : The Work of Doris Chase
      1 reel ; 16mm

      Documentary by Elizabeth Wood.

      Original:

      Chase_#9/HF 1890 #9

      Dates: 1974
      Container: Item 110
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Full Circle : The Work of Doris Chase
      1 reel (9 min. 30 sec.) ; 16mm
      Original:

      E1

      Dates: 1974?
      Container: Item 111
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Film Forum interview with Nick Manning. "Full Circle" Arch Sculpture with Kei Takei + Paul Plumadore Music of George Kleinsinger + Eric Satie Broadcasts
      1 videocassette (30 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Brooklyn College, WNYC-TV

      Original:

      Chase_40/HV 1989 #40

      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 4, Item 112
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Women Artist Filmmakers Documentary (Master)
      1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      1. Silvianna Goldsmith, 2. Alida Walsh, 3. Martha Edelheit, 4. Doris Chase, 5. Rosalind Schneider, 6. Olga Speigel, 7. Carolee Schneemann, 8. Nancy Rendall

      Original:

      Chase_30/HV 1990 #30

      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 5, Item 113
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Water Sculpture
      1 reel ; 16mm
      Original:

      E12

      Dates: 1979
      Container: Item 114
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: KCTS Sculpture Show, Seattle - Stepping Out, Interview
      1 videocassette (4 min. 25 sec.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic
      Original:

      A6

      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 5, Item 115
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Portrait of an Artist
      1 videocassette (28 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic
      Original:

      A1

      Dates: between 1983 and 1984?
      Container: Box 5, Item 116
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Artist in Motion
      1 videocassette (30 min. 30 sec.) ; DVCAM
      Original:

      A4

      Dates: July 18, 1991
      Container: Box 5, Item 117
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Artist in Motion
      1 videocassette ; VHS
      Original:

      A5

      Dates: 1992?
      Container: Box 5, Item 118
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Chelsea Hotel
      1 videocassette : sound, color ; Betacam SP

      Back-up master.

      Original:

      Chase_24/HV 1989 #24

      Dates: 1993?
      Container: Box 5, Item 119
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Chelsea Hotel
      1 videocassette (60 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic
      Original:

      A7

      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 5, Item 120
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Chelsea Hotel
      1 videocassette (60 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic
      Original:

      A10

      Dates: 1993?
      Container: Box 5, Item 121
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: The Chelsea
      1 videocassette : silent, color ; VHS
      Original:

      Failing_6

      Dates: 1993?
      Container: Box 5, Item 122
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Sculpture exhibit at Woodside/Braseth Gallery
      1 videocassette ; VHS
      Original:

      A14

      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 5, Item 123
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Live Art TV: Older Artists (Episode 2)
      1 videocassette : sound, color ; VHS

      TV program, Episode 2 or 3. Producer: Stark Beatty.

      Original:

      Chase_41/HV 1989 #41

      Dates: May 1994
      Container: Box 5, Item 124
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Sculpture Fabrication
      1 videocassette ; VHS
      Original:

      A15

      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 5, Item 125
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Circle at the Center
      1 videocassette (28 min.) : sound, color ; VHS

      KCTS-TV. Duplicate/copy.

      Original:

      Chase_38/HV 1989 #38

      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 5, Item 126
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Art: A Fair Legacy - The Journey from Fair to Museum, Bellevue Art Museum
      1 videocassette ; VHS
      Original:

      A21

      Dates: 2000?
      Container: Box 5, Item 127
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings
    • Description: Remembering the Bellevue Film Festival
      1 videocassette ; VHS
      Original:

      A16

      Dates: 2001
      Container: Box 5, Item 128
      Location: Documentary Videorecordings

    • Compilations

      • Description: Sculptured Water/New Works, Henry Gallery
        1 videocassette ; VHS
        Original:

        F10

        Dates: between 1971 and 1998
        Container: Box 5, Item 129
        Location: Documentary Videorecordings / Compilations
      • Description: Film to tape transfers (at Context 1999), "Sculpture on the Move 1971," Sculpture for Children 1974
        1 videocassette (60 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

        Master

        Original:

        A3

        Dates: between 1971 and 1998
        Container: Box 5, Item 130
        Location: Documentary Videorecordings / Compilations
      • Description: Documentaries/MOMA - "Dub Over"
        1 videocassette ; VHS
        Original:

        A13

        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 5, Item 131
        Location: Documentary Videorecordings / Compilations

  • Music/Audio

    • Description: Variations on "Old Hundredth"
      1 videocassette (24 min.) : sound, black and white ; S-VHS

      Clavin Hampton playing at Calvary Church.

      Original:

      Chase_45/HV 1989 #45

      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 5, Item 132
      Location: Music/Audio
    • Description: Emperor's New Clothes Optical Track
      1 reel (11 min.) ; 16mm

      Label: Story of Measuring Time, including hours, minutes, and seconds.

      Original:

      E7

      Dates: 1977
      Container: Item 133
      Location: Music/Audio
    • Description: Electronic percussion by Martin Quinn (with Geraldine Page)
      1 audiocassette : sound
      Original:

      F15

      Dates: between 1982 and 1985?
      Container: Box 5, Item 134
      Location: Music/Audio
    • Description: "Tenement Lover" and "My Little Darling" by Jessica Hagedorn & the Gangster Choir
      1 videocassette : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Master recording.

      Original:

      Chase_33/HV 1989 #33

      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 5, Item 135
      Location: Music/Audio
    • Description: "Tenement Lover" by Jessica Hagedorn & the Gangster Choir/Video Sculpture in Quebec, Canada
      1 videocassette ; VHS

      Tenement Lover (10 min). Video Sculpture in Quebec, Canada (7.5 min).

      Original:

      D6

      Dates: between 1983 and 1985?
      Container: Box 5, Item 136
      Location: Music/Audio
    • Description: Vito Ricci - Youseff Yancy, Blue Space
      1 audiocassette (30 min.) : sound

      Label: Trumpet & guitar. Piano synthing. Flugelhorn. One side only.

      Original:

      F16

      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 5, Item 137
      Location: Music/Audio
    • Description: Incidental Music, fragments, etc. by Michael Caufield
      1 audiocassette : sound

      Majority of music includes banjo. Some organ synth.

      Original:

      F17

      Dates: 1985?
      Container: Box 5, Item 138
      Location: Music/Audio
    • Description: Table for One
      1 audiocassette : sound

      Glen Close introduction.

      Original:

      F14

      Dates: 1985?
      Container: Box 5, Item 139
      Location: Music/Audio
    • Description: Dear Papa audio
      1 audio tape : sound ; 1/4-inch
      Original:

      Chase_#26

      Dates: 1986?
      Container: Item 140
      Location: Music/Audio
    • Description: Seattle Art Museum tour
      1 audiocassette : sound
      Original:

      A20

      Dates: January 17, 1991
      Container: Box 5, Item 141
      Location: Music/Audio

  • Events

    • Description: Video Sculpture Installation at Quebec Festival
      1 videocassette (3 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Short film of Quebec Festival featuring montage of exhibits innstallation.

      Original:

      Chase_43/HV 1989 #43

      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 6, Item 142
      Location: Events
    • Description: Chelsea party after MoMA premier
      1 videocassette ; VHS
      Original:

      A18

      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 6, Item 143
      Location: Events
    • Description: Glass Shot at UrbanGlass with Tomayo Sasaki
      1 videocassette (45 min.) ; Hi-8
      Original:

      F3

      Dates: August 1997
      Container: Box 6, Item 144
      Location: Events
    • Description: Tribute to Doris Totten Chase
      1 disc ; DVD
      Original:

      A11

      Dates: June 18, 2003
      Container: Box 6, Item 145
      Location: Events
    • Description: "Monument to the Law School" Dedication
      1 disc ; CD
      Original:

      A12

      Dates: July 26, 2005
      Container: Box 6, Item 146
      Location: Events

  • Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings

    • Description: Ann Arbor/Drums/Billi Bounce/Animation/Country Western/String Quartet
      1 videocassette ; VHS
      Original:

      D35

      Dates: between 1969 and 1979
      Container: Box 6, Item 147
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Fountain at University of Washington (b/w)/Sculpture & Dancers (b/w)/Rocker/Squares & Cynthia/Telson music - abstract/Dance 12/Moon Gates/Circles II/Tall Arches/Circles I/Squares/Rocking Orange
      1 videocassette ; VHS
      Original:

      F11

      Dates: between 1969 and 1976
      Container: Box 6, Item 148
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Circles I (from Sculpture Series) / Tall Arches (from Dance Series)
      1 videocassette (12 min. 45 sec.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Circles I music by Mort Subotnick (6 min). Tall Arches music by Vito Ricci (6 min. 45 sec.)

      Original:

      D32

      Dates: between 1969 and 1974
      Container: Box 6, Item 149
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Circles I/Circles II/Dance Seven/Jazz Dance/Thulani/Sophie/Video Sculpture clips
      1 videocassette ; VHS

      Films and clips from Dance Video, Concepts, and Video Sculpture series.

      Original:

      F13

      Dates: between 1970 and 1989?
      Container: Box 6, Item 150
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Promos/Concept Series clips/Video Dance clips/Jessica Hagedorn & The Gangster Choir/Sophie/A Dancer
      1 videocassette ; VHS

      Promos and clips from Concept and Dance Video series. Jessica Hagedorn & The Gangster Choir (10 min). Full videos of "Sophie" (28 min) and "A Dancer" (28 min) from By Herself series.

      Original:

      D3

      Dates: between 1972 and 1989?
      Container: Box 6, Item 151
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Rocking Form, Moon Gates, Moon Redefined, Chartreuse, Kliensinger, Rising II, Gateway, Eclipse, Circling, Sun Disc, Spinning Circle, Plexi Gate, Chelsea Hotel
      1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Videos from Video Dance and Video Sculpture series as well as documentary.

      Original:

      Chase_29/HV 1989 #29

      Dates: between 1974 and 1981?
      Container: Box 6, Item 152
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Full Circle/Tall Arches/Cynthia Anderson
      1 videocassette (28 min.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic
      Original:

      Chase_20/HV 1988 #20

      Dates: between 1974 and 1975
      Container: Box 6, Item 153
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Moon Gates/Philadelphia Quartet
      1 reel ; 16mm
      Original:

      Chase_#21/HF 1890 #21

      Dates: 1975
      Container: Item 154
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Full Circle Documentary/Moon Gates/Circles II/Tall Arches/Circles I/Squares
      1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Film transfer.

      Original:

      Chase_22/HV 1988 #22

      Dates: between 1975 and 1979?
      Container: Box 6, Item 155
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Promos for Thulani, Dear Papa, Table for One, Glass Curtain, Lies, Electra Tries to Speak, Mask, Dear Papa (5 min. excerpt)
      1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Promos and clips from Concepts and By Herself series.

      Master recording.

      Original:

      B2

      Dates: between 1980 and 1986?
      Container: Box 6, Item 156
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Dance 12/Line Out/Line Up/Plexi Radar/Conversation
      1 videocassette ; 3/4-inch U-matic
      Original:

      Chase_28/HV 1989 #28

      Dates: between 1981 and July 10, 1990
      Container: Box 6, Item 157
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Music Creations - Bob Telson Animation: Chase Experimental Video Cut with Peer Bode
      1 videocassette (30 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Animation to music by Bob Telson.

      Edited master.

      Part of Doris Chase Concepts Series.

      Original:

      Chase_34/HV 1989 #34

      Dates: July 1981
      Container: Box 6, Item 158
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Electra Tries to Speak/Travels in the Combat Zone/Artist in Motion documentary
      1 videocassette (1 hr. 24 min.) ; VHS

      Part of Doris Chase Concepts Series.

      Original:

      D12

      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 6, Item 159
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Jazz Animation/Jessica
      1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Nashville and jazz dance music audio for jazz animation film. Drum audio for film of Jessica [Hagedorn?]. Drift mode effects used in film.

      Master recording.

      Original:

      Chase_#28/HV 1990 #28

      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 6, Item 160
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Jessica Hagedorn and The Gangster Choir/Thulani (short version)/Introduction to Video Sculpture series
      1 videocassette (24 min.) ; VHS
      Original:

      D5

      Dates: between 1983 and 1985?
      Container: Box 6, Item 161
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Video Sculpture clips/Clock
      1 videocassette (20 min. 17 sec.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Duplicate of F1?

      Original:

      F2

      Dates: between 1984 and 1985
      Container: Box 6, Item 162
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Video Sculpture clips/Clock
      1 videocassette (20 min. 17 sec.) ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Video Sculpture clips include Dance Twelve, Line In, Moon Redefined I, Moon Redefined II, Plexi Gate, Line Out, Chartreuse, Gateway, Eclipse, Spinning Circles, Plexi Radar, Rocking Orange, Red, White & Blue, Animation Figure.

      Duplicate of F2?

      Original:

      F1

      Dates: between 1984 and 1985
      Container: Box 6, Item 163
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Clock III
      1 videocassette ; VHS

      Possibly other clips on videocassette or previous clips that were taped over with "Clock" footage.

      Original:

      F12

      Dates: 1984?
      Container: Box 6, Item 164
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Portrait of an Artist/Table for One
      1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound, color ; VHS

      Duplicate/copy.

      Original:

      Failing_2

      Dates: between 1984 and 1985?
      Container: Box 6, Item 165
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Portrait of an Artist/Table for One
      1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4-inch U-matic

      Each film 28 minutes in length.

      Original:

      Chase_36/HV 1989 #36

      Dates: between 1984 and 1985
      Container: Box 6, Item 166
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Portrait of an Artist/Sophie
      1 videocassette (56 min.) ; VHS

      Each film 28 minutes in length.

      Original:

      B17

      Dates: between 1987 and 1989
      Container: Box 6, Item 167
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings
    • Description: Tribute to Doris Totten Chase
      1 disc ; DVD
      Original:

      A11

      Dates: June 18, 2003
      Container: Box 6, Item 146
      Location: Promotional/Compilation Videorecordings

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Subject Terms

  • Artists--United States
  • Dance
  • Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
  • Sculpture
  • Video art
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
  • Women motion picture producers and directors--United States

Personal Names

  • Chase, Doris, 1923-2008
  • Chase, Doris, 1923-2008--Archives


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