“I had the idea with Video 50 that we could put it on the back of airplane seats, so you’d have these images and you could play pop music or Bach or whatever you wanted. Can you imagine—in the 70s? I also wanted to put it on wristwatches. I wanted to put it on clocks in the street. I went to Lufthansa to see if they would put it on their planes. Nothing happened.” -ROBERT WILSON

TV Party. Klaus Nomi. Laurie Anderson. Toni Basil. Alongside these impresarios one will find Wilson’s theatre work - but this rare portfolio has been weirdly dislodged from its rightful place in the leagues of New York video art. Cinebeasts and the 92YTribeca are thrilled to be presenting Video 50 for a one-night special screening on May 11th, 2011.