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1975 Luminous Realities Chronology
Luminous Realities 1975. Exhibition included David Cort; Tony Conrad; Douglas Davis; Anthony McCall; Nam June Paik; Paul Sharits; Jud Yalkut.
1975 Museum of Modern Art Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City, for "Cineprobe" film exhibition series. Funds are for filmmakers to screen and discuss their work.
1975 New Community Cinema Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds New Community Cinema, Huntington, for year-round international film screenings; under direction of Charlotte Sky and Victor Skolnick
1975 Nuts and Volts Chronology
Nuts and Volts was a conference held 5/5-5/7/75, sponsored by Media Study/Buffalo and the Center for Media Study at U of Buffalo. Presentations were given by Ton Constanten; Harald Bode; Steve Rutt; Steina Vasulka and Woody Vasulka; Arnold Dreyblatt; Robert Moog; Lajaren Hiller; and John Myhill. Concerts featured Joel Chadabe; Judith Martin; Freida Schrott; the Buffalo String Quartet; Pat Feldballe and Walter Gajewski; and Martin Kalve and Friends; video presentations included Ralph Hocking; Walter Wright; Don McArthur; and Jean- Pierre Boyer.
1975 Nuts and Volts Chronology
Nuts and Volts was a conference held 5/5-5/7/75; it was sponsored by Media Study/Buffalo and the Center for Media Study at University of Buffalo. Presentations were given by Ton Constanten, Harald Bode, Steve Rutt, Steina Vasulka and Woody Vasulka, Arnold Dreyblatt, Robert Moog, Lajaren Hiller and John Myhill; concerts featured Joel Chadabe, Judith Martin, Freida Schrott and the Buffalo String Quartet, Pat Feldballe and Walter Gajewski, and Martin Kalve and Friends. Video presentations were by Ralph Hocking, Walter Wright, Don McArthur and Jean-Pierre Boyer.
1975 Pacifica Radio/WBAI Chronology
Pacifica Radio/WBAI, New York City, funded by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for experimental audio programming
1975 Siegel Video Systems Chronology
Siegel Video Systems Processing Chrominence Synthesizer is available and distributed by Siegel-Ferraro Electronics.
1975 Sony Chronology
Sony Betamax video recording format
1975 Sony Chronology
Sony introduces Betamax, a consumer format for home use; marketed primarily to record off-the-air programming
1975 Southland Video Anthology Chronology
Southland Video Anthology 1975 exhibition at Long Beach Museum of Art. Curator: David Ross. History of video in Southern California. David Ross, Deputy Director Film/Television.
1975 Techno-Conference Chronology
Techno-Conference convened at Lanesville TV on October 10–11, 1975; participants included Carl Geiger (Innervision), Kevin Kenney (Media Equipment Resource Center), Chuck Heuer (Portable Channel), Chuck Kennedy and Parry Teasdale (Lanesville TV), Don McArthur and Dave Jones (Experimental Television Center), Ken Jesser (Media Study/Buffalo), Bill Claghorn (Adwar Video Corporation), and Paul Lamarre (Textronix). Agenda items included microprocessor systems, equipment insurance, Super 8, new circuits, and discussion of future telephone conferences.
1975 Tele-Techno Phone Conferences Chronology
Tele-Techno Phone Conferences, coordinated by Lanesville TV, was a regularly scheduled series of telephone conferences to discuss technical issues; its objective was to share information on technical problems, repairs and modifications to 1/2" video recording technology and computer/video interfaces and to discuss ways media centers could work together to solve equipment access and repair problems. Participants included Carl Geiger (Innervision), Kevin Kenney (Media Equipment Resource Center), Chuck Heuer (Portable Channel), Chuck Kennedy and Parry Teasdale (Lanesville TV), Don McArthur and Dave Jones (Experimental Television Center), and Ken Jesser (Intermedia Art Center); first conference call on May 15, 1975.
1975 The Kitchen Chronology
Performance at The Kitchen by Walter Wright.. 1/21-24/75. With Paik-Abe Video Synthesizer and support from Experimental Television Center.
1975 The Kitchen "Hocking and The Vasulkas" Chronology
The Kitchen "Hocking and The Vasulkas". Exhibition of media installations, videotapes and photographs by Ralph Hocking, WOody and Steina Vasulka.
1975 The Whitney Museum Biennial Chronology
The Whitney Museum Biennial has a comprehensive selection of video. Afterimage May 1983
1975 USENET Chronology
USENET established,. Packet radio experiments. Computer science departments established at academic institutions 1975 - 1979
1975 Video and Dancing in Binghamton Chronology
Video and Dancing in Binghamton performance sponsored by Experimental Television Center and The American Dance Asylum, with Bill Jones, Lois Welk and Arnie Zane. 2/21-22/75. Video by Meryl Blackman, Peer Bode
1975 Video and Education in New York Sate Art Museums Chronology
Video and Education in New York State Art Museums was a two day conference held in April 1975 at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; the event was funded by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. Attendees included representatives from numerous art museums, university galleries, colleges, school districts, arts organizations and public television stations. Listed participants ranged from New York institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Albright-Knox Gallery and SUNY campuses to out-of-state organizations including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Depot, Yuma, Arizona.
1975 "Video Maze" Chronology
'Video Maze' was an exhibition of closed-circuit electronic sculpture by Electron Movers at the Everson Museum of Art, September 26–October 22, 1975; curated by Richard Simmons. The press release described participatory pieces using the museumgoer, emphasizing learning processes and perceptual development while exploring intersections of media; the six-member group—Robert and Dorothy Jungels, Laurie McDonals, Alan Powell, Dennis Hlynsky and Ed Tannenbaum—pooled funds, equipment and responsibilities. The walk-through maze featured video-feedback monitors, a cubicle that superimposed a visitor on a drawing and a dunking-for-apples piece using a hydrophone; a review appeared in the Syracuse Herald American on October 19, 1975.
1975 Video Resources in New York State Chronology
Video Resources in New York State was published by the Media Bureau; it was administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts and funded by the New York State Council on the Arts. It functioned as an early information resource for the field and the general public and categorized resources in six regions of the State by type of activity, including community facility, broadcast television, cable, museums, libraries, college, schools and Boces.
1975 Whitney Museum of American Art Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, for "Projected Video" exhibition
1975 Whitney Museum of American Art Chronology
Video becomes regular part of Whitney Museum of American Art's programs, New York City, under the direction of John Hanhardt
1975 WNET/13 Chronology
WNET/13, New York City, funded by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for a new independent video series, "Video/Television Review" (VTR)
1975 Woodstock Video Expovision Chronology
Woodstock Community Video, Woodstock, New York, presented the first Woodstock Video Expovision in August 1975 over a five-day period; the program comprised tape showings by 50 NYS video makers, a video synthesizer demonstration, and an electronic media performance with dance. The event included a presentation by the Earthscore Foundation on ecological and behavioral philosophies of media and a video environment by artists of Media Bus; a panel discussion featured Gerd Stern of Intermedia Systems, Barbara London of the Museum of Modern Art, and John Godfrey of WNET's Experimental TV Lab.
1976 Apple I Chronology
Apple I introduced by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs