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"The Medium is the Medium"

Date
1969

"The Medium is the Medium," WGBH-TV, Boston. Produced by Fred Barzyk, Anne Gresser and Pat Marx.

First presentation of works by independent video artists aired on television. Thirty-minute program with works by Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Otto Piene, James Seawright, Thomas Tadlock and Aldo Tambellini. Broadcast of "The Medium is the Medium" by WGBH TV in Boston on March 23, 1969.

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The Medium is the Medium was a thirty-minute WGBH-TV program produced by Fred Barzyk, Anne Gresser and Pat Marx; it presented works by Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Otto Piene, James Seawright, Thomas Tadlock and Aldo Tambellini. The program is described as the first presentation of works by independent video artists aired on television; it was broadcast by WGBH TV in Boston on March 23, 1969.

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