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Glaze at Disneyland, at home, around town, 2001 - 2002

 Item — Box: 8, Item: 001
Identifier: Series 3.

Scope and Contents

Tape begins with a man playing piano. Cut to Glaze in a Santa hat talking to the camera. He is in a very enthusiastic mood, talking on the phone to "Joe" while on camera. Cut to Glaze and friend getting picked up by an access service van to go to Disneyland. They arrive at Disneyland and revel in the sights. Next, Glaze documents an indoor, on-stage performance. Afterward, they go and watch the nighttime out of doors parade. Cut to completely different scene where Glaze is in his apartment talking to the camera, but also talking to a "Joseph," for whom the tape is being made. His dog, Lady Girl, makes an appearance. Cut to December 28, 2001. Glaze is in his apartment talking to the camera. He is being self-reflective and has trouble finding the things he is looking for. Unknown who exactly he is talking to, but keeps refering to them in the generic term "Nellie." Glaze has a tape of himself ice skating from 1957, and decides to zoom in on the television set where he has it playing. Cut to same date, December 28, but 9:42 a.m. His friend, who he refers to as "Black Lee" in other videos arrives with a bag of clothes, which Lee then inspects. They have witty banter. Cut to October 15, 2001: Glaze is painting a canvas in his apartment while talking to the camera with the television playing in the background. Cut back to December 28: Glaze is being self-reflective and talking to the camera. Cut to same date: Glaze is watching a video of himself and keeps mentioning "Joseph," whom the tape is for. He zooms in on a picture of himself then eventually brings out a painting that he is working on for his niece. Cut to December 7: He is wandering through Disneyland taking in the sights. Cut to February 7, 2002: Lee is talking to the camera, being theatrical and having trouble using the video camera to fade out. Cut to August 22, 2001: Glaze is visiting the restaurant Borrelli's, where he had painted some murals. He speaks with the owner/chef and tours the establishment to show off his work. Glaze comes back again and does the same on August 24 and 29. Cut to October 15: a repeat of the footage from earlier on the tape of Glaze painting in his apartment. Cut to February 7, 2002: Glaze talking to the camera and watching himself on the telvision. He talks about editing all this footage together and commenting on his character. He is showing photographs which he has taken and reminiscing. Cut to a short snippet of old family videos. Cut to November 25, 2001, at Borrelli's, focusing on banquet table full of food. Cut to undated footage: Glaze is in a studio space working with others on detailing a table, opera music is playing in the background. Cut to December 31, 2001: Disneyland footage.

Dates

  • Other: 2001 - 2002

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet (13 boxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository

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