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1970 Raindance Foundation Chronology
Raindance Foundation, New York, published Radical Software from 1970 to 1974 (vols. 1-2); co-editors were Phyllis Gershuny and Beryl Korot and publication was by Ira Schneider and Michael Shamberg. The magazine served as an alternative video magazine and information channel for distribution and exchange of video works; the complete set of issues is available online at http://www.radicalsoftware.org/.
1970 Russell Connor Chronology
Russell Connor, Director, Media Program, New York State Council on the Arts 1970-1973
1970 Stephen Beck Chronology
Stephen Beck, San Francisco, builds Direct Video Synthesizer 1, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
1970 Stephen Beck Chronology
Stephen Beck received a grant to develop the Direct Video Synthesizer for National Center for Experiments in Television at KQED-TV in San Francisco.
1970 Student Experiments in Television Chronology
With support from the New York State Council on the Arts, Ralph Hocking incorporated Student Experiments in Television as the Community Center for TV Production (Experimental Television Center), a non-profit media center and moved to a loft space in downtown Binghamton.
1970 Synapse Video Center Chronology
Synapse Video Center (formerly University Community Union Video), Syracuse, New York, founded; Directors and others include Lance Wisniewski, Henry Baker, Carl Geiger. Video and post-production center
1970 The Electronic Eye Chronology
The Electronic Eye, Santa Clara, California, video collective disbands
1970 "The First Gathering: Alternative Media Project" Chronology
"The First Gathering: Alternative Media Project," Godard College, Plainfield, Vermont, Media Conference
1970 The Jewish Museum Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds The Jewish Museum, in conjunction with the Harlem Cultural Council, for a Black Fim Festival, tours nationally
1970 Tower Playpen Videospace Troupe Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Shirley Clarke's Tower Playpen Videospace Troupe, New York City. First New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding to groups exploring the creative use of video.
1970 TV/Media Program Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), New York City, forms TV/Media Program. Directors and others associated with the program include: Peter Bradley, Paul Ryan, Russell Connor, Gilbert Konishi, Lydia Silman, Nancy Legge, John Giancola, Arthur Tsuchiya, Deborah Silverfine, Claude Myers
1970 Video Free America Chronology
Video Free America founded by Arthur Ginsberg and Skip Sweeney; Directors: Joanne Kelly and Skip Sweeney. Video production group with post-production and screening programs
1970 Videofreex Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Videofreex (working with the Rochester Museum and Science Center).
1970 Vidium Chronology
Final design and construction of the last Vidium by Bill Hearn. This device was loaned to the Exploratorium, San Francisco.
1970 "Violence Sonata" Chronology
"Violence Sonata" by Stan VanDerBeek, WGBH-TV, Boston does a live-broadcast performance with video-tape, film, and participation of studio and phone-in audience on the theme of violence
1970 "Vision and Television" Chronology
Vision and Television was exhibited at the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, from January 21 to February 22, 1970; the show was organized and its catalog foreword written by Russell Connor. The exhibition presented video and electronic works, including Frank Gillette (Amps, Volts and Watts), Nam June Paik with Charlotte Moorman (TV Bra for Living Sculpture) and Nam June Paik (The 9/23 Experiment, Still Life and Embryo for Wall to Wall TV). Other participants included Les Levine, Aldo Tambellini, USCO/Intermedia and Videofreex.
1971 8th Annual Avant Garde Festival Chronology
8th Annual Avant Garde Festival took place at the 69th Infantry Regiment Armory on November 19; it was organized by Charlotte Moorman. The Experimental Television Center presented an exhibition titled The Living Room with continuous videotape screening; the event included premieres of the Paik/Abe and Siegel synthesizers, Shirley Clarke's Video Ferris Wheel, the Vasulkas' Video Kinetic Environment, and videotapes by Douglas Davis, Ken Dominick, Ralph Hocking, Tambellini, and the Videofreex. The Avant Garde Festival was a project of Electronic Arts Intermix.
1971 "A Special Videotape Show" Chronology
A Special Videotape Show at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; part of the New American Filmmakers Series organized by David Bienstock. The program presented videotapes by Isaac Abrams, Shridhar Bapat, Stephen Beck, John Randolph Carter, Douglas Davis, Dimitri Devyatkiin, Ed Emshwiller, Richard Felciano, Carol Herzer, Joanne Kyger, Richard Lowenberg, Alwin Nikolais, Nam June Paik with Charlotte Moorman, Charles Phillips, Terry Riley, Eric Siegel, Skip Sweeney, Aldo Tambellini, Steina and Woody Vasulka, WGBH-TV and Robert Zagone.
1971 Alternative Media Center Chronology
Alternative Media Center, School of the Arts, New York University, New York City, founded by Red Burns and George Stoney; director, Red Burns. Funded by the John and Mary Markle Foundation to explore the uses of broadcast telecommunications
1971 Artists' Television Workshop Chronology
Artists' Television Workshop, WNET-TV, New York, established through the efforts of Jackie Cassen, Russell Connor, Nam June Paik, with initial grant from New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support experimental projects by independents
1971 "Carousel" Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) TV/Media program works with seven public television stations to develop the Carousel series; NYSCA funds WNET-TV in New York City for artists in residence Nam June Paik and for the Carousel program. Nam June Paik produced a portion of the Carousel program at the Experimental Television Center, using the Paik/Abe Synthesizer.
1971 "Carousel" series Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) TV/Media program works with seven public television stations to develop Carousel, a 13-part television series of cultural programs originating in different parts of the state; participating stations are WNET (NYC), WCNY (Syracuse), WLIC (Long Island), WHMT (Schenectady), WXXI (Rochester), WSKG (Binghamton) and WNED (Buffalo).
1971 Challenge for Change Chronology
Conference Challenge for Change at NYU convened November 21–23, 1971; 50 participants from NYS met with the Challenge for Change unit of the National Film Board of Canada. The NYU Media Coop gathered tapes and print materials and co-sponsored the event with the Alternate Media Center at NYU; listed participants include Bonnie Klein (Media Equipment Pool, Rochester), Lynn McVeigh (Hunter College), Red Burns, Len Chatwin, George Stoney, Beryl Korot, Skip Blumberg, Videofreex, Gay Activists' Video Alliance, and Michael Goldberg (Video Exchange Directory in Vancouver).
1971 Creative Artists Public Service Program Chronology
Creative Artists Public Service Program Video Fellowships for 1970-71. Lee Ferguson, Beryl Korot, Phyllis Gershuny, Juan Garcia, Elliot Glass, Ken Marsh, Woody Vasulka. Panelists: Raphael Abramowitz, George Stoney, Howard Wise.
1971 "Eighth New York Avant-Garde Festival" Chronology
"Eighth New York Avant-Garde Festival," 69th Regiment Armory, New York; Director, Charlotte Moorman. Individual video projects by Shirley Clarke, Douglas Davis, Ken Dominck, Ralph Hocking, Nam June Paik, Eric Siegel, Steina and Woody Vasulka, Videofreex