THE SOUNDSCORE TO heartBEAT: A NARRATIVE-FORM MUSIC ...

APPENDK B: OPENING REMARKS AT
THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE
heartBEAT received its first public performance on March 24, 1988 in Hemmle
Recital Hall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock. A large laser projection system and stereo
sound reinforcement were installed for the presentation. The program featured two other
television artworks, Bruce and Norman Yonemoto's Vault, and Michael Smith's Go For
It. Mike!, which were produced in 1984 by TV on TV.
Introductory remarks were given by Edna Glenn and Sara Waters, both from the
Department of Art, Texas Tech University, and by Kim Smith and the author. The
following script was prepared by Kim Smith.
SARA
Good evening. I'm Sara Waters.
EDNA
And I'm Edna Glenn. We'd like to welcome you to the premiere of heartBEAT.
SARA
To begin the evening, we'd like to tell you a littie bit about the TV on TV series,
and to show two previous works that were produced as part of this series.
EDNA
TV on TV. originated four years ago as a project designed to explore a new area
that some were beginning to call "television art." Of course, for many, the two terms,
"television" and "art," have absolutely nothing to do with one another. We might keep in
mind, however, that neither photography nor film were considered proper art media when
they were first invented. Photography was merely the poor man's painting and film the
poor man's theatre. What transformed each of these so called "non-art" media into the
stuff out of which great art could be created, was the discovery that each of these media
had an expressive potential quite different from any other. Thus, photography found its
"voice" in something called "straight photography" while the invention of montage gave
birth to the art of film.
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