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"Body Works"

Date
1970
"Body Works," Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, first video exhibition on the west coast. Organized by Willoughby Sharp. Videotapes by Vito Acconci, Terry Fox, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Keith Sonnier and William Wegman.
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""Body Works"." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/body-works.

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