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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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1986

Video on the Air, Department of Video, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1986. A series of visiting artists, producers and curators in conjunction with the Graduate Video Seminar taught by Beth Berolzheimer. Lois Bianchi - director of local programming and production at WNET. Rii Kanzaki - A video artist who uses dense electronic image processing.

Doug Hall - An internationally known video artist. His most recent work, Storm and Stress, is a metaphor, linking the spectacle of nature with the spectacle of technology. Kathy Huffman - Works as a curator/producer for the CAT Fund in Boston. Juan Downey's ongoing series of videotapes, The Thinking Eye, investigates Western Art History and culture through autobiography and montage.

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Video on the Air (Department of Video, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; 1986) is a series of visiting artists, producers and curators held in conjunction with the Graduate Video Seminar taught by Beth Berolzheimer. Participants included Lois Bianchi (WNET); Rii Kanzaki (video artist; electronic image processing); Doug Hall (video artist; recent work Storm and Stress links the spectacle of nature with that of technology); Kathy Huffman (curator/producer, CAT Fund, Boston); and Juan Downey (whose videotape series The Thinking Eye investigates Western Art History and culture through autobiography and montage).

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