Tony Conrad (born 1940 in Concord, USA) is a
video artist,
experimental filmmaker,
avant-garde musician/composer,
sound artist, teacher and writer. Notable works include film
The Flicker (1966) which consists on a succession of black & white frames and the
Yellow Movies (1970's) a series of abstract paintings changing over time. Along with John Cale,
Angus MacLise,
La Monte Young, and
Marian Zazeela, Conrad was an early member of the Theater of Eternal Music. His most notorious musical work is a 1972 collaboration with Krautrock band Faust,
Outside the Dream Syndicate. Conrad continues to teach at the Department of Media Study at University at Buffalo.
