Events
995 records
1977 Design in Electronic Arts Chronology
Design in Electronic Arts was a conference at Media/Study Buffalo held 3/10-13/77; presentations were given by Charles Csuri, Tom DeFanti, Dan Sandin, Phil Morton, Ken Knowlton, Laurie Spiegel, Sonia Sheridan, John Whitney, Stan Vanderbeek, Tom DeWitt, Walter Wright, Don McArthur, Bill Etra and Woody Vasulka. Performances were by Gordon Mumma, Alvin Lucier, David Behrman and Robert Ashley; the event was curated by John Minkowsky.
1977 Division of Communications Arts Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film, Literature and Media programs are grouped into a new Administrative Division of Communications Arts
1977 Documenta 6 Chronology
Fridericianum Museum, Germany, "Documenta 6"
1977 Electronic Arts at Media/Study Buffalo Chronology
Electronic Arts at Media/Study Buffalo. Presentations by Ralph Hocking, Don McArthur, Peer Bode, Meryl Blackman and Walter Wright of the ETC at Media Study/Buffalo; curated by John Minkowsky. October 1977.
1977 Electronic Arts at Media/Study Buffalo Chronology
Electronic Arts at Media/Study Buffalo. Presentations by Ralph Hocking, Don McArthur, Peer Bode, Meryl Blackman and Walter Wright of the Experimental Television Center at Media Study/Buffalo; curated by John Minkowsky. October 1977.
1977 Film Program Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film Program expands and formalizes film production funding
1977 Gary Hill Chronology
Sound Construction with Gary Hill. A sound workshop conducted by Gary Hill at Experimental Television Center 3/17-18/77
1977 Hallwalls Chronology
Hallwalls, Buffalo, receives first time New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds for video exhibition and documentation of arts events
1977 Harald Bode Chronology
Harald Bode developed Bode Vocoder
1977 Independent Documentary Fund Chronology
The Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts created the Independent Documentary Fund at WNET-Channel 13 in New York in 1977
1977 Media Arts Program Chronology
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Washington, D.C., Public Media Program becomes Media Arts Program
1977 Media Center for Children Chronology
Media Center for Children, New York City, under direction of Maureen Gaffney, receives New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds to research and train teachers, librarians and museum staff in ways to use independent films with young audiences
1977 Media Equipment Resource Center (MERC) Chronology
Media Equipment Resource Center (MERC), New York City, reorganizes as access service with TV studio, equipment loan and post-production divisions
1977 New Work in Abstract Video Imagery Chronology
New Work in Abstract Video Imagery was exhibited at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse from 12/1 to 1/2/77; it was curated by Richard Simmons of the Everson Museum and listed as available for travel. Photo documentation by Carol Goss; the exhibition included works by Drew Browning, Barbara Buckner, Tom DeFanti, Gary Demos, Bill Etra, Rod Fountain, Carl Geiger, Carol Goss and other artists. The exhibition traveled to the Flint Institute (MI) and the Tweed Museum (MN).
1977 "New Work in Abstract Video Imagery" Chronology
Exhibition New Work in Abstract Video Imagery at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, 12/1-1/2/77; curated by Richard Simmons of the Everson Museum and available for travel. Photo by Carol Goss; included works by Barbara Buckner, Carl Geiger, Carol Goss, Gary Hill, Ralph Hocking, Don McArthur, Joseph Scala, Patsy Scala, Steina Vasulka, Woody Vasulka and Walter Wright.
1977 Open Stacks: Video Chronology
"Open Stacks: Video". Massachusetts: Williamstown College Museum of Art.
1977 Radio Shack Chronology
Radio Shack introduces TRS-80 $600 using Z80 CPU, 4 KB RAM, b&w display
1977 Southland Video Anthology Chronology
Southland Video Anthology 1976-77 exhibition at Long Beach Museum of Art; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse. Curator: David Ross. Included work by John Sturgeon.
1977 T.P. Video Space Troupe Chronology
T.P. Video Space Troupe, New York City, founded by Shirley Clarke disbands
1977 The Independent Film Community Chronology
The Independent Film Community published a report generated by the Mohonk Conference; it identified common areas of concern shared by all media centers, including visibility, funding, communications and publication of efforts and programs. National leadership was identified as a shared need; the report called for advocacy on a national level and public education about the activities of all media centers, including the alternative centers, as important to advancement of the field.
1977 The MERC Directory Chronology
Publication of The MERC Directory: A Listing of Independently Produced Film and Video Work Available for Distribution by Young Filmakers/Video Arts
1977 Top Value Television (TVTV) Chronology
Top Value Television (TVTV), San Francisco, founded; Independent documentary production group disbands
1977 TV Tightrope Chronology
"TV Tightrope" video installation by Dennis Hlynsky, member of Electron Movers, at Artpark, Lewiston, NY. From the catalog: "Using the television console as a tightrope performed, a 25" Setchel-Carelson television is suspended over the upper gorge trail with the Niagara power plant as a backdrop."
1977 Woodstock Community Video Chronology
Woodstock Community Video, Woodstock, New York, presented Woodstock Video Expovision at the Arnolfini Arts Center October 7-9, 1977. Events included The TV Commercial: Is it Art? by Bruce Kurtz; Public Television and Video Art by Betsy Connors; Video Art and the Art Critic by John Orentlicher, Gary Hill and Ernest Gusella; West Coast Video; and The Police Tapes by Susan and Alan Raymond.
1977 Young Filmakers Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) supports Young Filmakers, New York City, to publish the MERC Directory of Independently Produced Media Work by New York State artists