Audio-visual Art

DAN'S DANCING

family humour dance videoclip

Jiří David´s “family” video from 1996.

artistsJiří David
place_Neurčené město
tags
familyhumourdancevideoclip
categoryAudio-visual Art
published27. 3. 2009
languageČesky / English
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