This first "Frieda" collaboration between performance artists Barbara Lipp and Tom Koden and video artist Tom Rubnitz chronicles Frieda's rise from assembly-line worker in a box factory to singing superstar. Featuring rock-bottom production values and a sound track which includes the Brady Bunch kids' tune "Gonna Find a Rainbow".
A quintessential New York underground film/video artist, the late Tom Rubnitz took a bite out of the Big Apple and spat it out in a wild kaleidoscope of unequivocal camp and hallucinogenic color. Ann Magnuson, the B-52s, The “Lady” Bunny, and the late John Sex are but a few of the stars that shine oh-so-brightly in Rubnitz’s glittering oeuvre. A genre artist par excellence, Rubnitz treated the sexy-druggy-wiggy-luscious-desserty qualities of the ’80s downtown club scene with the loving care only a true hedonist could show. Rubnitz died from an AIDS-related illness in 1992.
Video Data Bank also holds Tom Rubnitz's papers (covering 1966-1992). This collection documents Rubnitz’s career, artistic development and personal life. The collection spans Rubnitz's life from childhood through his final works before his death, offering researchers unique documentation of both his personal journey and professional relationships within the New York, San Francisco and international art scene. The Tom Rubnitz Papers Finding Aid is available to researchers. Please contact VDB to make an onsite appointment.