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1978 Texas Instruments Chronology
Texas Instruments introduces TI 99/4 personal computer $1500
1978 The Moving Image Statewide Chronology
The Moving Image Statewide was programmed by John Minkowsky of Media Study/Buffalo and distributed as a traveling exhibition by Media Study/Buffalo; it was sponsored by the University Wide Committee on the Arts. The program included 13 tapes by Peter Campus, William Wegman, Bill Viola, Cara DeVito, Andy Mann, Joan Jonas, and Woody and Steina Vasulka.
1978 Vancouver Art Gallery Chronology
Montreal Tapes: Video as a Community or Political Tool was presented at The Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker; the program comprises interviews and statements on community and political video practice. Contributors listed include Challenge for Change, Parallel Video Institute, Intercom Satellite Project, La Femme et Le Film, Videotron and Groupe d'Intervention Video; the record also notes statements on videotapes exhibited in Quebec '75 organized by Normand Theriault.
1978 Video and Television Documentary Festival Chronology
Fourth Annual Video and Television Documentary Festival took place May 28 - June 10, 1978; it was organized by Global Village, Festival Director, and Barbara Mayfield, Julie Gustafson and Karen Mooney served as Program Coordinators. Participants and contributors listed include Stevenson Palfim; Andrew Kolker and Eddie Kurtz/NOVAC; Nancy Porter; USER Video; Seabrook Video Collective; Bob and Ingrid Wiegand; Man June Paik and Dimitri Devyatkin; Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno; Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation and the TV Lab at WNET; and other named artists and collectives; the record is an exhibition catalog.
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
1978 Videopolis Chronology
Videopolis, Chicago, closes. Video/resource teaching center
1978 WNET/13 Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds WNET/13, New York City, for premiere season of "Independent Focus" series
1978 Word Star Chronology
Word Star word processing program written by Rob Barnaby available for Intel 8080 Z 80 based CP/M-80 systems
1978 Writer's Guild Chronology
Writer's Guild, New York City, establishes a fellowship/mentor program with New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding
1979 American Independents Festival Chronology
American Independents Festival is held as a sidebar to the New York Film Festival; with New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) support, later becomes Independent Feature Project
1979 Asian Cine-Vision Chronology
Asian Cine-Vision, New York City, receives first time New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding for a cable series and video workshops
1979 Asian-American Film Festival Chronology
The first Asian-American Film Festival receives support under the sponsorship of the Asian-American Film Institute
1979 Conference on Contemporary Directions Chronology
Media Study/Buffalo, in collaboration with WNED-TV (Channel 17) and the Center for Media Study at the State University of New York at Buffalo, held its first Conference on Contemporary Directions in the Public Affairs Documentary in February 1979. Media Study/Buffalo announced a second annual conference scheduled for May 12–15, 1980.
1979 Creative Artists Public Service Program Video Fellowships Chronology
Creative Artists Public Service Program awarded Video Fellowships for 1978-79 to Dena Crane, Louie Grenier, Gary Hill, Ralph Hocking, Steven Kolpan, Mitchell Kriegman, Mary Lucier, Michael Marton, William Wegman and Elizabeth Wiener; the selection panel comprised Peer Bode, Kathie Bodily, Frank Gillette, Fran McGee and Edin Velez. The fellows traveled to the Experimental Television Center (Binghamton), Visual Studies Workshop (Rochester), Media Study (Buffalo), Intermedia Arts Center (Bayville), PS 1 (New York), Anthology Film Archives (New York), Port Washington Public Library, Cable 10 (New York), Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse) and Holly Solomon Gallery (New York).
1979 Entermedia Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Entermedia's "American Mavericks Film Festival," New York City, and statewide tour
1979 Everson Video Revue Chronology
Everson Video Revue was curated by Richard Simmons for the Everson Museum of Art in 1979–1980; exhibitions were held at the Everson Museum of Art (9/1–9/30/1979 and 2/1–3/2/1980), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (10/5–11/3/1979), the University Art Gallery, Berkeley (11/10–1/5/1979) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, LaJolla (February–March 1981). The program presented works by video artists and groups including Gregory Battcock, Nam June Paik, Skip Blumberg, John Margolies, Merce Cunningham, Rom DeFanti, Juan Downey, Ed Emshwiller, Kit Fitzgerald and John Sanborn, Pocket Video, Video Repetorie, Bill Viola and Lawrence Weiner.
1979 Experimental Television Center Chronology
Experimental Television Center (ETC), Binghamton, New York, moves to Owego, New York. Peer Bode, Program Coordinator of Residency Program.
1979 Independent Film Project Chronology
Independent Film Project, supported by The Ford Foundation held its first Film Market at the New York Film Festival in September, 1979
1979 Independent Television Makers and Public Communications Policy Chronology
John Reilly organized Independent Television Makers and Public Communications Policy, a Seminar Conference to Promote Telecommunications Diversity held at the Rockefeller Foundation on June 6-9, 1979, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation with collaboration from Howard Klein, Director, Arts Program, and Herbert Dordick of the University of Southern California (then visiting MIT). Reilly presented The Independents, Media Arts Centers and Public Television; Alan Jacobs, Executive Director of AIVF, contributed The Independent Mandate; and Nick DeMartino, independent producer and editor of Televisions and consultant, Carnegie Commission on the Future of Public Broadcasting, addressed The Case for a Center for Independent Television.
1979 INPUT Chronology
Barbara Van Dyke organized the first American meeting of INPUT, the International Public Television Screening Conference, in Washington, D.C. on March 23-29, 1980, under the auspices of The Rockefeller Foundation.
1979 International Video Exchange Directory Chronology
The 6th International Video Exchange Directory publication by Satellite Video Exchange, Vancouver. 1979. Resource guide to tapes, distributors, individuals, publications
1979 Media Alliance Chronology
Media Alliance, New York City, is formed
1979 Media Alliance Chronology
Meeting to formalize Media Alliance was held November 2–3, 1979 at Media Study/Buffalo; representatives from organizations including Donnell Film Library, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, Hallwalls, IMAC and The Kitchen attended; By Laws and a statement of purpose were drafted and distributed. The annual membership meeting was set for January 25, 1980 in New York City; agenda items included voting on the Board of Directors, discussion of funding for Media Alliance and a report from the Telecommunications Committee.
1979 Media Bus Chronology
Media Bus, Lanesville, New York, moves to Woodstock. Operates a post-production facility, distribution and consulting services and produces programming for cable; 1979 members: Nancy Cain, Tobe Carey and Bart Friedman
1979 National Conference of Media Arts Centers Chronology
The Foundation for Independent Video and Film hosted the National Conference of Media Arts Centers at Lake Minnewaska, NY, April 25–27, 1979; funding was provided by the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. A Steering Committee organized the meeting attended by representatives of 47 organizations and 12 governmental agencies, attendance was limited to 63 by a selection process and about 20% were from artist-based organizations. The conference addressed distribution, new technologies, media arts center development, broadcast access and funding; it charged a committee to form a national coalition of organizations from 11 geographic zones, with regional meetings held March–May 1980 and individual representation added by October 1980.