Sherry Miller Hocking

An Introduction to Portable Video Systems Tools

Manual excerpt from the Experimental Television Center Access Program, also distributed via the Center's Workshop Program, the Cinema Department at Binghamton University, Media Study/Buffalo and other state media arts centers; it provides an introduction to principles and operation of 1/2" portable video systems (portapacks). It describes system components and controls (camera with vidicon tube and C‑mount zoom lens, microphone, deck/videotape recorder with video/audio/control heads and RF output, AC adapter, internal gel cell and external nicad batteries, television receiver), signal flow and helical-scan recording, tape format limits (1/2" reel-to-reel, max 30 minutes), editing by re-recording, video processing tools, exhibition modes and operational precautions.

Bibliography. Appendix to the Experimental Television Center Equipment Operating Manuals Bibliography

Bibliography. Appendix to the Experimental Television Center Equipment Operating Manuals circa 1983. Books, periodicals. An appendix to the Center's Equipment Manuals, distributed to artists in residence at ETC, and in the field.

Dave Jones Colorizer in Experimental Television Center Studio System Manual Tools

David Jones designed and built the Jones Six Channel Colorizer for the Residency Program at the Experimental Television Center; the device was developed in 1974 and 1975 and funded by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. The multi-functional image-processing unit accepts up to six black-and-white video signals and assigns independent hue and intensity per channel; controls include gain, pedestal, polarity, saturation, clip level, keying with any channel selectable as clip source, hard/soft edge control and additive or diode mixing, and most parameters are voltage-controllable including high-frequency control voltages.

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Descriptions of the Image Processor Tools

Notes Sandin Image Processor Sherry Miller Hocking Sandin Image Processor Set Up Analog IP Modules excerpts of description by Jeffrey Schier Modules Sandin Image Processor The Sandin IP is an analog video system designed by Dan Sandin, of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, to help art stu…

Early Distributors of Video Art: Articles Collections

Bibliographic listing of early video-art distribution articles and directories by specialist organizations and periodicals. Association for Independent Film and Videomakers published Plugging into the Video Circuit in The Independent (June 1983); Bay Area Video Coalition published Video Distributors in Video Networks (Oct 1983) and produced the Video Networks National Video Distributor Directory, an annual beginning about 1986 with extensive distributor listings and profiles. National Video Resources' NVR Reports ran multiple pieces on home-video marketing, education and digital distribution (Issues 1–17, 1990–1995); Videography ran distributor profiles including Castelli/Sonnabend Tape and Film (Jan 1977) and Museum of Modern Art (Apr 1983, Aug 1984).

Early Portable Video Bibliography

Eigenwelt Der Apparate-Welt, Pioneers of Electronic Art: Image Processing by Sherry Miller Hocking & Richard Brewster at the Experimental Television Center, 1986 Bibliography

Eigenwelt Der Apparate-Welt, Pioneers of Electronic Art: Image Processing by Sherry Miller Hocking & Richard Brewster at the Experimental Television Center, 1986. Article discusses Signals, Electricity, Ohm's Law, waveform, sine wave, sine, square, triangle, Noise, frequency, Hortz or HZ, amplitude,…

Eigenwelt Der Apparate-Welt, Pioneers of Electronic Art: Image Processing by Sherry Miller Hocking & Richard Brewster at the Experimental Television Center, 1986 Bibliography

Eigenwelt Der Apparate-Welt, Pioneers of Electronic Art: Image Processing by Sherry Miller Hocking & Richard Brewster at the Experimental Television Center, 1986. Article discusses Signals, Electricity, Ohm's Law, waveform, sine wave, sine, square, triangle, Noise, frequency, Hortz or HZ, amplitude,…

ETC Mission Statement and Programs. 1978 Bibliography

ETC Mission Statement and Programs. 1978. Description of mission and purposes; video art; workshop; publications; research, tool development.

ETC Program Summary 1975-76 Bibliography

ETC Program Summary 1975-76. lists of artists, community groups, educational programs, exhibitions, performances, workshops, research and development. Jones Four Channel Colorizer, Paik Abe Video Synthesizer, computer control, digital video. lists of artists, community groups, educational programs, …

ETC Program Summary 1976-77 Bibliography

ETC Program Summary 1976-77 description of equipment, workshop series exhibition series library, internships, research and development, photography; artists and organizations, performances and exhibitions. description of equipment, workshop series exhibition series library, internships, research and…

ETC Proposal: Frame Buffer 1987 Bibliography

ETC Proposal: Frame Buffer 1987. Proposal to New York State Council on the Arts. 1987 Development of Frame Buffer. Proposal to New York State Council on the Arts

Experimental Television Center Mission Statement 1978 Bibliography

Experimental Television Center Mission Statement 1978. Outlines concerns of artists working in electronic image processing; tool development; research; access; education. barbara Buckner, Gary Hill, David Jones, Walter Wright, Peer Bode, Nam June Paik, Also Tambellini stylistic approaches to video a…

Experimental Television Center Studio System Manual - Keying Tools

Two manual sections from the Experimental Television Center Studio Manual: Keying Process by Matthew Schlanger (c. 1984) and Keyers by Sherry Miller Hocking and Richard Brewster with Peer Bode, Hank Rudolph and Matt Schlanger; both appear in the 1980 and 1986 studio manuals. The text defines keying as mixing two video signals under control of a clip reference, explains synchronization of vidicon tubes/CRTs across 525-line frames and 262.5-line fields and notes a horizontal line frequency of 15,750 Hz. It describes three-input luminance keyers with VCA channels A and B, clip-level thresholds, internal versus external keying, and wipes using an externally synced oscillator.

How a Monitor and Camera Work: The Scanning Process Tools

Technical explanation of CRT raster and interlaced scanning using the US 525-line standard; describes how an electron beam draws two fields of 262.5 lines to form a 525-line frame, producing 60 fields or 30 frames per second and a line frequency of 15,750 lines/sec. Details monitor and receiver operation (cathode, control grid, deflection plates, fluorescent screen, brightness and contrast, blanking pulses), camera operation with a vidicon tube and deflection coils converting light to video voltage, and signal types and sync (horizontal and vertical) including generation and recording.

Jones Frame Buffer in Experimental Television Center Studio System Manual Tools

The Jones Buffer is a black-and-white image buffer that operates standalone or under Z-80 computer control; front-panel controls allow real-time digitization, single-page grab/store and a keyer-like selective storage between live and stored signals. Memory totals 128,000 bytes (256×256 resolution yields 16 pages) and the buffer outputs a digital signal converted to analog; video I/O is routed via a matrix with two inputs (video and clip) and one output. In stand-alone mode it supports software such as STROBE64 and TESPNEW and can be routed with the CAT buffer; in computer mode it requires buffer-specific programs (e.g., NEWGRAB) and occupies the Z80 and D+7A, preventing CAT use.

Jones Keyer in Experimental Television Center Studio System Manual Tools

Richard Brewster, c.1976, documents Jones Keyers as hard-edge luminance keyers in the Sequencer case, describing I and II with two VCA channels, a clip channel, and voltage-controllable parameters accepting ±5 V signals. The manual includes step-by-step operating instructions. Keyer III is a hand-wired prototype with VC jacks for Ch. A and C; Keyers IV and V are three-input VC keyers that use Ch. C as the clip input, employ a BAL control in place of separate pedestals, and have manual-only On/Off and Normal/Reverse controls.

Jones Sequencer in Experimental Television Center Studio System Manual Tools

Technical documentation for the Jones 8 Input Sequencer, an eight-input, one-output voltage-controllable switcher that operates in sequence, binary (three-bit) and manual modes; it can process video signals or ±5 V control/audio/shape signals via front-panel mini-jacks. The entry details front-panel controls and indicators (including pushbuttons, pedestals and switches), sequence/count and sync inputs, sync modes for below and above 60 Hz (including a 60-sync option), interaction with external oscillators and the Analog Control and Image Processing systems, and use of sample-and-hold modules for vertical interval switching.

Landscape: Mediated Views Bibliography

Landscape: Mediated Views is an exhibition exploring landscape as a cultural construct and as mediated by imaging technologies; it cites Simon Schama and the 18th-century Claude glass and traces a shift from traditional painting to portable black-and-white video in the late 1960s and onward to contemporary digital technologies. The artists’ tapes document geographic, geological, cultural, narrative, interior and policy-related landscapes and consider how portability, camera and non-camera video processes, image processing and media systems alter representation, land use and perceptions over the nearly thirty-year history of the medium.

LSI-11 Computer Interface to Video Synthesis System: Final Report to NEA: Hardware and Software Research Results for project. Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts Bibliography

Final report (1977) on an LSI-11 computer interface to a video synthesis system; documents hardware and software research results for a project supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. Includes an introduction by Sherry Miller-Hocking and papers by Donald McArthur (An Orientation to Hardware Architecture; a paper presented at the Design/Electronic Arts conference, Buffalo, March 1977) and Walter Wright (Software; a paper presented at the Design/Electronic Arts conference, March 1977); question-and-answer transcription includes Tom Dewitt, George Chaikin and Laurie Spiegel.

New York State Council on the Arts Proposal: Center for Microprocessor Research Bibliography

Proposal submitted to the New York State Council on the Arts (Center for Microprocessor Research) in 1977 for continued development of an LSI-11 computer-based video generating and processing system; the project began with support from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1976. Researchers associated with the proposal are Ralph Hocking, Dr. Don McArthur and Walter Wright.

New York State Council on the Arts Proposal: Electronic Video Processing System Development Bibliography

New York State Council on the Arts Proposal: Electronic Video Processing System Development. 1977. computer control for Paik Abe Video Synthesizer; modular audio synthesizer design and construction. computer control for Paik Abe Video Synthesizer; modular audio synthesizer design and construction.

New York State Council on the Arts Proposal: General Operating and Discussion of Imaging System. 1975 Bibliography

New York State Council on the Arts Proposal: General Operating and Discussion of Imaging System. 1975. workshops; performances; artist in residence; research; tool development; language; software; diagrams of systems development. workshops; performances; artist in residence; research; tool developme…

New York State Council on the Arts Proposal: General Operating and Discussion of Imaging System. 1975 Bibliography

New York State Council on the Arts Proposal: General Operating and Discussion of Imaging System. 1975. block diagrams of ETC system; computer-controlled synthesis;image processing; software; Paik Abe Video Synthesizer. block diagrams of ETC system; computer-controlled synthesis;image processing; sof…