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{"value"=>"18167", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b18715713", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1971-2008", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1971/2008"}
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{"value"=>"Ping Chong Archive"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"24.85 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"64 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"958 mb (822 computer files)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Ping Chong (1946- ) is an interdisciplinary theatre director, writer, choreographer, videographer and installation artist. The Ping Chong Archive, dating from 1971 to 2008, documents his creative and production process. It holds scripts; correspondence; notes; production files; photographs, negatives, and slides; clippings; programs; set and technical designs; posters; and production software."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Ping Chong Archive, LPA Mss 2009-001. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Chong, Ping", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Ping Chong (1946- ) is an interdisciplinary theatre director, writer, choreographer, videographer and installation artist. He studied visual arts, dance, and filmmaking, and originally intended to work in film. His career began in the early 1970s when he joined Meredith Monk's performance company. Monk, a pioneer of experimental and interdisciplinary theater, steered Chong in that direction; his collaborations with Monk included The Travelogue Series and, later, The Games.</p> <p>Since 1972, he and his company (Ping Chong & Company) have created over 50 works for the stage, which have been presented at major venues all over the world. He is the recipient of many awards, including two Obies, a National Institute for Music Theatre Award, a Playwrights USA Award, and two \"Bessie\" Awards for creative achievement. He has also received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the TCG/Pew Charitable Trust, and the USA Artist Fellowship in recognition of his contribution to American arts and culture.</p> <p>Among Ping Chong's many significant works are:</p> <p>The East-West Quartet, a four-work series exploring east-west relations past, present, and future, composed of the productions Deshima, Chinoiserie, After Sorrow (a collaboration with choreographer Muna Tseng and composer Josef Fung), and Pojagi;</p> <p>Kwaidan and OBON: Tales of Rain and Moonlight, two puppet theater works based on Japanese ghost stories;</p> <p>EDDA: Viking Tales of Lust, Revenge and Family, a music-theater work created in collaboration with Ben Bagby and the Sequentia Ensemble;</p> <p>Blind Ness: The Irresistible Light of Encounter, an exploration of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the colonial history of the Belgian Congo;</p> <p>Undesirable Elements, an ongoing series of works exploring the effects of history, culture and ethnicity on the lives of individuals living in particular communitie. Chong has created over 25 versions of Undesirable Elements in cities such as Atlanta; Charleston; Chicago; Cleveland; Minneapolis; Seattle; Long Beach, CA; Newark; Clinton, NY; Rotterdam; and Tokyo;</p> <p>Children Of War, created in collaboration with the Center for Multi-Cultural Human Services in Virginia with a group of young people who have experienced war and civil turmoil;</p> <p>I Will Not Be Sad In This World and Plage Concrète, video works which have been screened internationally and on public television;</p> <p>and several environmental art installations, including In the Absence of Memory, Tempus Fugit, A Facility for the Containment and Channelling of Undesirable Elements, and Testimonial.</p> <p>Source: http://www.pingchong.org/30th/ping.html (Accessed Sept. 27, 2010)</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Ping Chong & Company created and maintained the collection until donating it to the Theatre Division.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Ping Chong Archive, dating from 1971 to 2008, documents the creative and production process of an important innovator in experimental theater. It holds scripts; correspondence; notes; production files; photographs, negatives, and slides; clippings; programs; set and technical designs; posters; and production software. It is arranged in two series, Project Files and Ping Chong & Company Files.</p> <p>Series I: Project Files, contains extensive records of over 50 projects which Chong created and/or directed, including original theater works, art installations, film and video productions, theater and opera directing projects, and collaborations with other artists, including Meredith Monk and Muna Tseng. The productions with the most documentation are Undesirable Elements, Chinoiserie, Deshima, Kind Ness, Maraya - Acts of Nature in Geological Time, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Darkness, Nuit Blanche, and OBON: Tails of Rain and Moonlight.</p> <p>Series II: Ping Chong & Company Files, holds clippings; development files and grant applications that shed further light on Chong's work and its creation; photographs; and posters.</p> <p>Almost every project in the collection is also documented by audio or visual material, and most projects from the 1980s forward include electronic records. Inquiries regarding audio/visual material in the collection may be directed to the Billy Rose Theatre Division (theatrediv@nypl.org). Audio/visual material may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Ping Chong Archive is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/18167#c1382519'>Series I: Project Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1971-2008</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series, dating from 1971 to 2008, contains documentation of over 50 works in the form of scripts; production files; photographs, negatives, slides, and filmstrips; clippings, set and stage plans, lighting notes, venue specifications, and other technical information; posters; and sound and video recordings. Projects with the most material include Undesirable Elements, Chinoiserie, Deshima, Kind Ness, Maraya - Acts of Nature in Geological Time, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Darkness, Nuit Blanche, and OBON: Tails of Rain and Moonlight. The projects are arranged alphabetically, except for the individual productions of Undesirable Elements, which are arranged chronologically. Some productions of Undesirable Elements used alternative titles, usually Secret History, or Secret Histories. These are noted in the container list.</p> <p>Projects from the 1980s onward often contain electronic records, including correspondence, scripts, technical notes, and photographs. Most electronic text documents are in WordPerfect. EDDA: Viking Tales of Lust and Revenge has functioning Macromedia Director software for Macintosh systems which produces text projections shown during the production. Similarly, OBON: Tales of Rain and Moonlight has functioning Audio Visual Laboratories (AVL) software for PC systems which ran slide projectors during the production (the actual slides are in the collection as well).</p> <p>A 2001 production of Undesirable Elements, a theatre piece created anew in each location in which it is produced, is documented by a set of Avid Media Composer files (for Macintosh). These files are not viewable without the necessary software.</p> <p>Almost every project in the series is also documented by audio or visual material. Inquiries regarding audio/visual material in this series may be directed to the Billy Rose Theatre Division (theatrediv@nypl.org). Audio/visual material may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/18167#c1382960'>Series II: Ping Chong & Company Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1972-2005</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series, dating from 1972 to 2005, holds the papers of Chong's production company. It includes clippings; development files containing grant applications and related correspondence; photographs; and posters. The largest portions of development correspondence are with the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Japan Foundation. Photographs contain promotional headshots of Chong, both solo and with collaborators including Meredith Monk and Muna Tseng. WordPerfect files comprise portions of the correspondence with the National Endowment for the Arts.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Ping Chong & Company in 2008.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Matthew Snyder</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Original order was maintained. Electronic records were processed in 2011, 2013, and 2014. The CD-Rs, floppy disks, and zip disks containing the electronic records were forensically imaged for preservation.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Inquiries regarding audio and video material may be directed to the Billy Rose Theatre Division (theatrediv@nypl.org). Audio/visual materials may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatrediv@nypl.org.</p>"}
- note
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{"type"=>"sponsor", "value"=>"Processed through a gift from The Leon Levy Foundation, 2009."}
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{"value"=>"Processed through a gift from The Leon Levy Foundation, 2009."}
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1971
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1971
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2008
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1971
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2008
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24.85 linear feet (64 boxes); 958 mb (822 computer files)