Sachdev

A study of motion and form, mixing real images with computer generated graphics.

At the height of the Watergate scandal on April 30, 1973, President Richard Nixon delivered his first major speech broadcast live from the White House, addressing the charges being made against his Presidency. Produced by Dimitri Devyatkin, with Walter Wright on synthesizer, the video is an overlay of mesmerizing computerized animations that reflect upon the speech.

A collaboration with John Rogers, an early conceptual art video, shot on old fashioned reel-to-reel CV black & white video. Arriving back in New York with this tape in June 1971, upon visiting the first Kitchen video open house Wednesday, I showed this tape to the Vasulkas, Nam June Paik, Shirley Clarke, Jonas Mekas and other assembled video makers. Dimitri & John use pre-recorded tapes to create an interesting study in perception and psychological feedback .

Collaboration with Nam June Paik and Dimitri Devyatkin, combining footage from the US and Russia: Brezhnev on TV, a May Day parade, veterans in the park. The film was shown internationally in New York.