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Performance
  • Multiple Artists …
    • Victor Coleman
    • Whitney Smith

Radio Ghost

Oct 22, 1982

A multi-media performance piece using a shadow screen and a prerecorded soundtrack, Radio Ghost is an homage to Reginald Fessenden, inventor of A.M. radio, and to Jessica Dragonette, first lady of song on radio.

People: Coleman, Victor | Smith, Whitney | Subject Keywords: Early Photo Archive | multi-disciplinary performance | multimedia works | performance art
  • Victor Coleman and Whitney Smith, on the set of Radio Ghost, 1982.
    Victor Coleman and Whitney Smith, on the set of Radio Ghost, 1982.
  • Victor Coleman and Whitney Smith, on the set of Radio Ghost, 1982.
    Victor Coleman and Whitney Smith, on the set of Radio Ghost, 1982.
  • Set of Radio Ghost, 1982.
    Set of Radio Ghost, 1982.
  • Victor Coleman and Whitney Smith, on the set of Radio Ghost, 1982.
    Victor Coleman and Whitney Smith, on the set of Radio Ghost, 1982.

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