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Everson Museum

Date
1974

"Circuit: A Video Invitational," Everson Museum, Syracuse; curated by David Ross; traveling exhibition of videotapes by over sixty-five artists.

Travels to Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Kˆlnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, West Germany; and Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina.

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Circuit: A Video Invitational, organized by the Everson Museum in Syracuse and curated by David Ross, was a traveling exhibition of videotapes by over sixty-five artists. It traveled to the Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Kˆlnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, West Germany; and Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina.

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