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Video Processing Facility at National Center for Experiments in Television at KQED-TV, San Francisco (c 1972) Tools

At the National Center for Experiments in Television (KQED-TV, San Francisco; c. 1972) Lawrence W. Templeton designed and built a flexible video Mixer to replace conventional two-bus switchers, using patch cords and experimental plug-in modules. The Mixer incorporated keyers, colorizers, a color modulator, an edge generator, feedback delay lines, a multi-keyer and six distribution amplifiers, and accepted inputs from two Sony DXC-2000A B/W cameras, a Sony DXC-5000 color camera and a Beck Direct Video Synthesizer. Circuit engineer Richard Stephens built a handheld remote control switcher; control was also demonstrated via Buchla Electric Music Box control voltages.

Video Programs at Alfred University: 1977-present (1998) Groups

Alfred University's College of Ceramics offers a BFA in Photography (1970) directed by Edward Stanton, with five courses serving 160 students and photographic facilities; the Art Department also offers video and 16mm/super-8 media courses and screens experimental films using cameras and special-effects equipment. A SUNY survey (John Minkowsky, 1977) summarizes four Multi-Media/Media Survey courses emphasizing production, historical/theoretical criticism and new-media exploration. Harland Snodgrass founded the Vegetable Soup Kitchen; the Institute for Electronic Arts, established 1997 and co-directed by Peer Bode, Joseph Scheer and Jessie Shefrin, supports electronic imaging studios and workshops and received a $40,000 SUNY grant in 1996 to install a video server linking four SUNY units.

1973 Video Resources in New York State Chronology

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) publishes reference guide, Video Resources in New York State

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.

Video Rewind: A Seminar on Early Video History with Deirdre Boyle, Barbara London, Paul Ryan and Perry Teasdale Bibliography

Video Rewind: A Seminar on Early Video History with Deirdre Boyle, Barbara London, Paul Ryan and Perry Teasdale. Video History: Making Connections, a conference organized by the Experimental Television Center, at Syracuse University.Video Rewind: A Seminar on Early Video HistoryVideofreex, Radical S…

Video Selection Bibliography

Rental catalog from Videographe. French and English.

Video Services Profile Bibliography

1989 Video Skulptur Chronology

Video Skulptur: retrospectiv und aktuell 1963-1989 publication 1989. texts by John Handhardt, Wulf Herzogenrath, Edith Decker

Video Skulptur: retrospectiv und aktuell 1963-1989 Bibliography

in German; texts by John Handhardt, Wulf Herzogenrath, Edith Decker

Video Spaces: Eight Installations Bibliography

Survey essay tracing video art from the mid-1960s Portapak to international installations of the early 1990s; discusses technological shifts (half-inch open-reel tape, Paik-Abe image processor, 3/4-inch videocassette) and early exhibitions at MoMA (1968), Howard Wise Gallery (1969), ICA Philadelphia (1975), Centre Pompidou (1990), and Documenta IX (1992). Presents eight environmental video projects and artists with dates and works: Judith Barry/Brad Miskell Ha®dCell (1994), Stan Douglas Evening (1994), Teiji Furuhashi Lovers (1994), Gary Hill Inasmuch as It Is Always Already Taking Place (1990), Chris Marker Silent Movie (1994–95), Marcel Odenbach Make a Fist in the Pocket (1994), Tony Oursler System for Dramatic Feedback (1994), and Bill Viola Slowly Turning Narrative (1992).

1995 Video Spaces: Eight Installations Chronology

Video Spaces: Eight Installations exhibition curated by Barbara London for the Museum of Modern Art. Catalog text by Barbara London; works by Judith Barry and Brad Miskell, Stan Douglas, Teiji Furuhashi, Gary Hill, Chris Marker, Marcel Odenbach, Tony Oursler, Bill Viola. Bibliography

Video Synthesis in The New Television: A Public/Private Art Bibliography

Based on "Open Circuits: An International Conference on the Future of Television" organized by Fred Barzyk, Douglas Davis, Gerald O'Grady and Willard Van Dyke for the Museum of Modern Art. Categories include the aesthetics of television; support structure; the international setting; politics, philos…

Video Synthesis Studio Background Information- Technical Capabilities: Sandin Image Processor and Peripheral Equipment Useful in Supporting the Image Processor Bibliography

Film/Video Arts Video Synthesis Studio Background Information- Technical Capabilities: Daniel Sandin Image Processor and Peripheral Equipment Useful in Supporting the Image Processor edited by Jon Burris. System Description Includes 6 Input Modules, 8 Adder Multipliers, 9 Mini-Adder Multipliers, 3 A…

Video Tape Survival: The Cleaning, Time Base Correcting and Reformatting of Deteriorating Video Tape for Real to Reel: Artists' Video 1970-72 Preservation

Sharon Grace, artist and Director of the Video Documentation and Archiving Program at the San Francisco Art Institute, organized Real to Reel, Artists' Video 1970-72 presenting 1/2" open-reel work funded by the California Arts Council and San Francisco Art Institute. Grace collected tapes, borrowed playback decks and obtained subsidized use of a Harris 690 time base corrector from BAVC for reformatting. She reported environmental and mechanical causes of tape deterioration, cleaning methods, storage guidance (70 °F and 50% RH) and life-expectancy estimates (about five to ten years for 1/2" reels).

1974 Video Tapes Kolnischer Kunstverein Chronology

Video Tapes was an exhibition at Kolnischer Kunstverein; the presentation included an introduction by Wulf Herzogenrath. The exhibition featured video works by a large group of artists named in the text, including Vito Acconci, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Bill Viola and Wolf Vostell, among others.

Video Tapes. In German and English. Kolnischer Kunstverein Bibliography

KolnischerKunstverein_519.pdf Ken Dominick; Ralph Hocking; Stephan Kolpan; Woody Vasulka; Stenia Vasulka; Videofreex; William Viola; Walter Wright

Video Technology and Practice Bibliography

Video Terms Preservation

Index of web resources and a concise technical glossary for videotape preservation and playback; includes external glossaries such as Conservation On Line and the IASA Glossary and a Video Format Identification Guide by Sarah Stauderman compiled for the Electronic Media Special Interest Group of the American Institute for Conservation. The Basic Technical Glossary defines physical tape conditions (blocking, creases, cinch, shedding, sticky tape, pack slip, vinegar syndrome), signal and playback issues (control track, time base, tracking, termination), and image/sound quality terms (chroma, luminance, S/N, dropout, snow, squeal).

Video Texts: 1983 Bibliography

Screenings at AFA 1974-1983

Video Texts: 1983 Bibliography

Bob Harris, Video Curator. Texts by John Hanhardt, Buky Schwartz, Robert Haller. Interviews with Buky Schwartz, Al Robbins, Steina. Video Screenings at Anthology Fil Archives 1974-1983.

1971 "Video Variations" Chronology

"Video Variations," WGBH-TV, Boston, prodcued by Fred Barzyk; collaborations between Boston Symphony Orchestra and artists. Artists include: Jackie Cassen, Russell Connor, Douglas Davis, Constantine Manos, Nam June Paik, James Seawright, Stan VanDerBeek and Tsai WenYing

1978 Video Viewpoints Chronology

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City, for "Video Viewpoints" series, for video makers to screen and discuss their work

Video Visions: A Medium Discovers Itself Bibliography

Influences on video art; early pioneers; mentions of ETC, SAM Downsville Community TV and other upstate groups

Video- Second Big Year: Home Video Hardware and Software Annual Buyer's Guide Bibliography

Illustrated Black and White Catalog of Video Products for sale in 1979. Includes: Videocasette Recorders, Video Cameras, Videodisc Systems, Video Games, Home Computers, Color Televisions, Large-Screen Televisions, Video Accesories, Software Directory. Cover Video Art by Phillip Perlman and Mike Sull…

Video- Technical Glossary Bibliography

Video- Technical Glossary. Packet includes a glossary of technical terminology for video and a waveform monitor with information on page four.