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Surveying the First Decade: Video Art and Alternative Media in the US 1968-1980: Attention! Production! Audience!: Performing Video in its First Decade, 1968-1980. Introduction to Rewind: Video Art and Alternative Media in the United States (videotape collection with catalog, edited by Chris Hill; Kate Horsfield and Maria Troy, Collaborating Editors; Deirdre Boyle, Consulting Editor

Author
Chris Hill
Publisher
Video Data Bank
Place
Chicago, Illinois
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ETC1063

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Chris Hill. Surveying the First Decade: Video Art and Alternative Media in the US 1968-1980: Attention! Production! Audience!: Performing Video in its First Decade, 1968-1980. Introduction to Rewind: Video Art and Alternative Media in the United States (videotape collection with catalog, edited by Chris Hill; Kate Horsfield and Maria Troy, Collaborating Editors; Deirdre Boyle, Consulting Editor. Video Data Bank. 1995.

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