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From Gadget Video to Agit Video

Author
Benjamin Buchloh
Publication
Art Journal: Video - The Reflexive Medium
Publisher
College Art Association
Place
New York, NY
Volume
Fall
Issue
1985
Subjects
Texts by Author
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ETC2513

https://archive.org/details/ETC2513

https://cdn.experimentaltvcenter.org/vhp/sites/default/files/history/pdf/buchlohgadget_2513.pdf

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Benjamin Buchloh. From Gadget Video to Agit Video. Art Journal: Video - The Reflexive Medium. vol. Fall, no. 1985. College Art Association. 1985.

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