television on its side, which often proved impractical for many viewers, and it most affected the picture tube's color purity adjustments. The DVD reissue presents it in both portrait and landscape formats so that this is no longer necessary. The content is a series of images that stay static for some time and then slowly move forward, often to pause again. Various video techniques were implemented, such as image feedback, to create a very different interpretation of video and the nude. Eno himself was aware of the newness of what he was doing. "I was delighted to find this other way of using video because at last here's video which draws from another source, which is painting ... I call them "video paintings" because if you say to people "I make videos", they think of Sting's new rock video or some really boring, grimy "Video Art". It's just a way of saying "I make videos that don't move very fast"." The soundtrack was recorded at Dan Lanois's studio in Canada and is a longer, different mix. Music track listing "Thursday Afternoon" (60:56) Personnel Brian Eno - performance, mixing, assembly, production Michael Brook - mixing, assembly Andrew Day - redesign Roger Eno - performance, production Nigel Gayler - engineering Simon Heyworth - mastering Tim Hunt - engineering Daniel Lanois - mixing, engineering, production Russell Mills - artwork, art direction, design Carlos Olms - digital consultant Tom Phillips - cover art Alex Roggero - photography Versions Video Released on VHS; Beta (NTSC, cat# 2929); Laser disc; Videodisc (probably bootleg) Japan: Sony, OOZM 70 (VHS) / OOQM 70 (Beta) UK: Hendring, Hen 2 133 (VHS) Germany: Video Edition Markgraph, VEM 101 (VHS) DVD The video has been repackaged with Eno's 47-minute ambient video "Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan" (1981) as 14 Video Paintings (Hannibal Records, 2005/2006, HNDVD 1508) (Region 1 NTSC, Region 2 PAL). Music References External links Liner notes from Thursday Afternoon Inlay notes from Thursday Afternoon Hyperreal article on Eno's video artworks 2 of Eno's sketchbooks. On the left is a 1982 "repetition schema" for T.A., and on the right is a sketch of the mix for U2's Unforgettable Fire Interview; Electronics & Music Maker, December 1985 Observer article; Feb.23 1986 Disquiet transcript of an online discussion, 2005 PopMatters review of 14 Video Paintings Prefix mag review of 14 Video Paintings Creem mag review of 14 Video Paintings Christine Alicino's homepage