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1980 Artists' Use of Telecommunications Chronology
Artists' Use of Telecommunications Conference convened February 16, 1980 as a live international video and audio link to discuss satellites and slow-scan video; it was organized by La Mamelle Inc. and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The on-line component was organised by Bill Bartlett for La Mamelle and SFMMA, and the event was the first global use of Slow-Scan TV by artists. Participants included Bob Adrian, Bill Bartlett, Liza Bear, Douglas Davis, Aldo Tambellini, Norman White and Gene Youngblood, with contributing locations in Cambridge (MIT), Hawaii, Tsukuba, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria and Vienna.
1980 Arts Programming for Television Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film and Media Programs award first funds for Arts Programming for Television. This is a three-year funding initiative supporting collaborative works by video and filmmakers and other artists.
1980 Athens Video Festival Chronology
Athens Video Festival, a project of the Athens Center for Film and Video, presented awards to numerous individuals and organizations. Listed recipients include Norman Pollack (QUBE CHoice Award); Julie Harrison and Neil Zusman (The Colorado Video Award); Alan Barkley and Ed Geis (Special Merit Awards); DN Rodowick, Jim Mulligan and John DeGraaf, Mark Lowrey, DCVT and Tom Adair (Merit Awards); Stefan Moore and Claude Beller and UWGB Center (3M Award); and Erik Nelson and Joe Dea and John Caldwell (Midwest Corporation Award), with Thomas Musca, Sol Korine and Blaine Dunlap also named.
1980 Carl Geiger Chronology
Carl Geiger, a photography exhibition at Experimental Television Center. 2/7-25/80
1980 Creative Artists Public Service Program Video Fellowships Chronology
Creative Artists Public Service Program awarded Video Fellowships for 1979-80 to Mark Brady, Barbara Buckner, Maxi Cohen, Tom DeWitt, Ernest Gusella, Sara Hornbacher, Les Levine, Tony Ramos, Ira Schneider, Vibeke Sorensen, Arthur Tsuchiya and Edin Velez; the selection panel consisted of John Minkowsky, John Camelio, DOris Chase, Juan Downey, Gunilla Mallory Jones, Joan Logue and ANtonio Muntades. The Video Festival was exhibited in 18 locations around New York State.
1980 CSNET Chronology
Funded by the National Science Foundation, CSNET provided networking for university, industry and government computer science research groups; it used the Phonenet MMDF protocol for telephone-based electronic mail relaying and pioneered TCP/IP over X.25 on commercial public data networks. The CSNET name server provided an early white pages directory service whose software remains in use at numerous sites; at its peak CSNET included approximately 200 participating sites and had international connections to approximately fifteen countries.
1980 Electronic Arts Intermix Chronology
Electronic Arts Intermix receives one of the first grants from the New York State Council on the Arts for preservation activities.
1980 Everson Video Revue Chronology
Everson Video Revue was curated by Richard Simmons for the Everson Museum of Art in 1979-1980; the exhibition was shown at the Everson Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the University Art Gallery, Berkeley, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla. The presentation lists works by numerous artists and video groups, among them Gregory Battcock, Nam June Paik, Skip Blumberg, Bill Viola and Lawrence Weiner.
1980 Film Department Chronology
Mary Lea Bandy becomes Director of the Film Department at the Museum of Modern Art and Bill Sloan named librarian and head of the circulating film library.
1980 Film preservation Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film Program establishes a separate category for film preservation
1980 German Video and Performance Chronology
German Video and Performance exhibition. Curator: Ulrike Rosenbach. Artists: Ulrike Rosenbach; Klaus vom Bruch; Jochen Gerz; Marcel Odenbach. Catalog essay by Wulf Herzogenrath
1980 Harvestworks Chronology
Harvestworks, New York City, under direction of Gerald Lindahl, is funded to provide audio equipment services
1980 Hewlett-Packard Chronology
Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-85 microcomputer
1980 Media Alliance Chronology
Media Alliance, New York City, receives funding to organize a professional network of video artists and media arts organizations
1980 Microsoft Chronology
Microsoft introduces XENIX OS a portable and commercial version of UNIX operating system
1980 National Endowment for the Arts Chronology
During the 1980s, the National Endowment for the Arts assists preservation efforts in several disciplines, including media arts, folk arts and dance
1980 Preservation activities Chronology
In the 1980s, under the leadership of Debby Silverfine, Director of the Electronic Media and Film Program at The New York State Council on the Arts, a support category for preservation activities is established
1980 Radio Shack Chronology
Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer $400 and a Pocket Computer for $230
1980 Seagate Technology Chronology
Seagate Technology introduces first 5.25" hard drive holding 5 MB costs $600
1980 Sixth Ithaca Video Festival Chronology
Sixth Ithaca Video Festival received 372 entries and selected 19 tapes; there was no entry fee and selected tapes were paid. Panelists included Pat Faust (WXXI), Ann Volkes (Anthology Film Archives and Electronic Arts Intermix), Phil Jones (Ithaca Video Project) and Gunilla Mallory Jones (Ithaca Video Project). Artists shown included Anita Thacher, Mimi Martin, Juan Downey, Barbara Sykes, Tom DeFanti, Collectivision, Steina, Alan Powell and Connie Coleman, and Bill Viola; exhibition sites included the Contemporary Arts Center, MIT Video Resources and libraries and museums in 13 other cities and across NYS, with support from the NYSCA and NEA.
1980 Synapse Video Center Chronology
Synapse Video Center (formerly University Community Union Video), Syracuse, New York, closes
1980 The Electronic Gallery Chronology
The Electronic Gallery exhibition at the University Art Gallery, Binghamton, was curated by Maureen Turim. It presented a tape exhibition of works from the Experimental TV Center by Ralph Hocking and Sherry Miller; Hank Rudolph; Henry Linhart; Shalom Gorewitz; Peer Bode; Meryl Blackman; Reynold Weidenaar; Barbara Buckner; Neil Zusman and Julie Harrison; and Gary Hill; an accompanying essay was by Maureen Turim and Donna Cesan.
1980 The Film Fund Chronology
The Film Fund, New York City, receives New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds to administer grants program for independent film and video production, under direction of Jennifer Lawson. Grant money from individual donors and small foundations.
1980 The Kitchen Center Chronology
Developing a Critical Language for Video Image Processing, panel at The Kitchen Center; Barbara Buckner, participant.
1980 The National Alliance of Media Arts Centers Chronology
The National Alliance of Media Arts Centers (NAMAC) is established; later renamed National Alliance of Media Art and Culture