Series premiere includes arts programs featuring works of leading avant-garde artists in video, music, dance, theater and film.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

The program presents the 1981 Emmy-Awrd winning video about war, "Smothering Dreams", by video artist and Vietnam War veteran Dan Reeves.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

A collaboration by playwright Sam Shepard and actor Joseph Chaikin that deals with the elemental concepts of living, dying and rebirth. Chaikan performs a monologue of many different characters accompanied by percussion instruments.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

Spalding Gray discusses his experiences working as a professional theater actor while sitting at a desk or table in the same manner as many of his filmed and theatrically released monologues.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

The work of leading avant-garde artists in video, music, dance, theater and film are presented in five segments: "Luminaire", "These are Rules", "The Sounds of Defiance", "The End", and "Jump."

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

Musical performances by Laurie Anderson are interchanged with the story of Anderson's clone that she created to lighten the workload that comes with her popularity.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

A bleak portrait of life in a Lancashire town in 1980's Thatcher era Britain.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.