- Survival Arts Media Chronology
Survival Arts Media, New York, founded; members included Gail Edwards, Howard Gudstadt, Molly Hughes, Ben Levine, Danny Bucciano and Richard Malone. Video collective emphasizing community education and health programs, programs on artists and artistic practices and multimedia shows
- Public Access Celebration: July 6,7,8, 1972 Report on Public Access in New York Groups
Survival Arts Media was formed in 1972 in Jamestown, NY, founded by Howie Gutstadt; members included Gail Edwards, Howard Gutstadt, Molly Hughes, Ben Levine, Danny Bucciano and Richard Malone. The collective produced community education and health programming, multimedia shows and regional videotapes; it participated in the Public Access Celebration in New York City (July 6–8, 1972) and released a report in January 1973. Howard Gutstadt documented the Jamestown studio development (1977), describing equipment such as Sony 8400 portapaks, Super 8, a Kodak VPX transfer system and an Electronic Associates of Berkeley Videolab; the group co-released the Artists and Craftsmen Anthology with the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System, funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.
- Astral Projections: A Polyfusion of Media Chronology
Astral Projections: A Polyfusion of Media, catalog of exhibition produced by Howard Gutstadt and Mollie Hughes of Survival Arts Media and published by Visual Studies Workshop. Catalog undated. Fri& Sat. 9/20 & 21, 1974. Participants of event: Survival Arts Media (Howard Gutstadt, Mollie Hughes, Dann…
- 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).
- Preserving the Immaterial: A Conference on Variable Media Chronology
Preserving the Immaterial: A Conference on variable Media convened at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on March 30–31, 2001; it focused on the museum's Variable Media Initiative and examined case studies of artworks in ephemeral media, including photo collages, film performances, video installations and Web sites. Artists, curators, conservators and media experts debated strategies for safeguarding works against deterioration, technological obsolescence and cultural amnesia. The program was organized by John G. Hanhardt, Senior Curator, and Jon Ippolito, Assistant Curator, Film and Media Arts Program; studied artists included Jan Dibbets, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ken Jacobs, Robert Morris, Mark Napier, Nam June Paik and Meg Webster.
- Video Preservation: Securing the Future of the Past Preservation
Media Alliance launched a video preservation initiative in 1991 and, in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts, convened a symposium at the Museum of Modern Art on June 14, 1991; over 60 participants from as far as San Francisco and Toronto attended and MoMA sponsored an evening screening organized by Barbara London and Sally Berger. Presenters included Elizabeth Scheines, Leanne Mella, Mark Schubin, David Shulman and Deborah Silverfine; topics covered collection assessment, cataloging (MARC and NAMID), conservation technology, cleaning methods, formats and remastering costs. Media Alliance surveyed over 200 people and solicited funding support from NYSCA, NEA, NAMAC, CCUMC, the Benton Foundation and BAVC; Deirdre Boyle authored the report and Mary Esbjornson served as Executive Director and Project Director of the Video Preservation Initiative.