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1969 EIAJ-1 1/2" Chronology
EIAJ-1 1/2" video recording standard for color
1969 Experimental Intermedia Foundation Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) supports multi-media experimentation, Elaine Summers Experimental Intermedia Foundation funded for projects at C.W. Post College
1969 Film and Television Program Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film Program becomes Film and Television Program
1969 Film and Television Program Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film and Television Program begins accepting applications for electronic media projects
1969 Film and Television Program Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film and Television Program expands support for production through schools and community workshops
1969 Global Village Chronology
Global Village, New York City, begins as video collective with information and screening center. Founded by John Reilly, Ira Schneider and Rudi Stern. Directors John Reilly and Julie Gustafson. Becomes media center devoted to independent video production with emphasis on video documentary
1969 Intel Chronology
Intel introduces 4 bit chip set. CPU is the 4004
1969 library workshop in Albany Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds youth projects, library workshop in Albany and programs in several other counties
1969 Loft Film and Theater Workshop established Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds youth projects, Loft Film and Theater Workshop established, Bronxville
1969 moon Chronology
Live television broadcast from the moon.
1969 National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET) Chronology
KQED-TV's Experimental Television Workshop in San Francisco was renamed the National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET); funding came from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); Paul Kaufman served as director. NCET published a series of reports with contributions by Stephen Beck, Paul Kaufman, Richard Moore, Brice Howard, Marvin Duckler, Richard Stephens, Don Hallock and Bill Gwin, including titles such as Video Feedback, Direct Video and Talking Faces, Eating Time and Electronic Catharsis.
1969 Raindance Corporation Chronology
Raindance Corporation: New York City collective formed for experimental production. Members: Frank Gillette, Michael Shamberg, Steve Salonis, Marco Vassi and Louis Jaffee; soon after Ira Schneider and Paul Ryan, and then Beryl Korot
1969 RCA Chronology
RCA announces Selectavision Holotape, a holographic videotape recorder
1969 "Subject to Change" Chronology
Subject to Change, an SQN Productions project for CBS in New York, was produced by Don West. The program comprised videotapes initiated by Don West with CBS and produced by Videofreex and other members of the video community; the tapes documented aspects of the counterculture including alternative schools, communes, radicals, Black Panthers, riots and demonstrations. The videotapes were never broadcast.
1969 Thais Latham Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) supports multi-media experimentation, Thais Latham funded to develop a multi-media music center in Brooklyn
1969 "The Medium is the Medium" Chronology
The Medium is the Medium was a thirty-minute WGBH-TV program produced by Fred Barzyk, Anne Gresser and Pat Marx; it presented works by Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Otto Piene, James Seawright, Thomas Tadlock and Aldo Tambellini. The program is described as the first presentation of works by independent video artists aired on television; it was broadcast by WGBH TV in Boston on March 23, 1969.
1969 TV as a Creative Medium Chronology
TV as a Creative Medium was presented at Howard Wise Gallery May 17–June 14, 1969; the exhibition included works by Serge Boutourline (Telediscretion), Frank Gillette and Ira Schneider (Wipe Cycle), Nam June Paik (Participation TV) and Nam June Paik with Charlotte Moorman (TV Bra for Living Sculpture), and works by Earl Reiback, Paul Ryan, John Seery, Eric Siegel, Thomas Tadlock, Aldo Tambellini and Joe Weintraub. Howard Wise, in the introduction to the program notes, cites the obsolescence of the machine and the overwhelming effects of TV on culture and society.
1969 Videofreex Chronology
Videofreex, New York, founded. Experimental video group, members included: Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, David Cort, Bart Friedman, Davidson Gigliotti, Chuck Kennedy, Curtis Ratcliff, Parry Teasdale, Carol Vontobel, Tunie Wall and Ann Woodward
1969 Young Filmakers Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds youth projects, Young Filmakers initiates distribution service for works produced under its auspices. One film, "The End," by Alfonso Sanchez Jr., screened at the Cannes Film Festival
1969 youth projects Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds youth projects, Aldo Tambellini works with students and teachers in Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Schenectady and New York City to experiment with creative potential of television
1970 ARPANET Chronology
From 1970-1979 development of protocols for host-to-host computing on ARPANET
1970 Artists' Television Workshop at WNET Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) commissions Jackie Cassen to develop Artists' Television Workshop at WNET (Channel 13), New York City
1970 "Body Works" Chronology
"Body Works," Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, first video exhibition on the west coast. Organized by Willoughby Sharp. Videotapes by Vito Acconci, Terry Fox, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Keith Sonnier and William Wegman.
1970 Collaborations in Art, Science and Technology Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Collaborations in Art, Science and Technology (CAST), Syracuse, under direction of Joseph Scala to explore the creative use of video.
1970 Community Center for Television Production Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Community Center for Television Production, Binghamton. Founded by Ralph Hocking. Precursor to Experimental Television Center.