Selections from Robert’s linear work.
He was a Friend of Mine
(2017) Robert Edgar, guitar and vocal. Roger Winkelman, camera.
The earliest known version of the song is titled “Shorty George” (Roud 10055) and was first recorded by musicologist couple John A. and Ruby Terrill Lomax in 1939 at the Clemens State Farm in Brazoria County, Texas in a version performed by African-American inmate Smith Casey, who accompanied himself on guitar. (Wikipedia)
Meredith Edgar Band aka Paul Griffiths and the Scofflaws (2018)
Complementary Opposites: Makrocosma Bali (2012)
Film Memo 002: Then It Is What I Am (2012) (video, Simultaneous Opposites Engine)
Filmmaking Memo 001 (2012) (video, Simultaneous Opposites Engine)
Implicit X Explicit (1976) 16mm film. Audio updated 2024
Close/Unclose (1975) Super-8 film, 1″ video.
Intersticies (1973) 16mm film, 1/2″ video, Moog synthesizer
Small (1972) 8mm film, edited in-camera
Simultaneous Opposites (1972) Super 8mm single-framed film, tripod, protractor, script