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Circle/ Squared, Video Portraits

Date
1982

Circle/ Squared, Video Portraits by Beth Berolzheimer, Randolph Street Gallery Chicago December 13-17, 1982. A five channel video installation of four image processed portraits surrounding a central super 8 image shot at a nudist colony.

"Her work has the Chicago "look", relying heavily on multilayered sound tracks and electronically altered visuals. Like most video art, her tapes embrace the technology of the taped image, turning what a still photographer might consider the visual "limitations' of the picture tube into aesthetic advantages." Chap Freeman, The Chicago Reader, 12/10/1982.

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Beth Berolzheimer presented Circle/ Squared, Video Portraits, a five-channel video installation of four image-processed portraits surrounding a central super 8 image shot at a nudist colony, at Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, December 13–17, 1982; the work combined image processing with a Super 8 source. Chap Freeman reviewed the exhibition in The Chicago Reader (12/10/1982), noting her reliance on multilayered sound tracks and electronically altered visuals. The review stated that her tapes embrace the technology of the taped image, turning perceived limitations of the picture tube into aesthetic advantages.

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