- VIDEO HISTORY B + W OPEN REEL TAPES FROM THE 70''S PROGRAM III Chronology
Program VIDEO HISTORY B + W OPEN REEL TAPES FROM THE 70''S PROGRAM III was presented November 30, 1990 at Downtown Community TV Center. The program comprises SHOESHINE PHILOSOPHER (Ken Marsh, 7 min., 1970); ACTIONS (Antonio Muntadas, excerpt, 1972/3); KANDACE'S GRANDMOTHER: WORK INJURIES (Barbara Rosenthal, 10 min., 1976); CRIPPLE (Bill Creston, 9 min., 1972); DOCUMENTARY WITH CALVIN HAMPTON AT CALGARY CHURCH (Doris Chase, 15 min., 1973); THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Bob Wiegand, 20 min., 1976); IRISH TAPES (John Reilly and Julie Gustafson, excerpt, 1971/3); and TBA Juan Downey.
- Amazing Grace Media: Overview from the Dumping Place (c. 1973) Groups
Bearsville group producing video, film and graphics; members met through the April Video Conference in New Jersey and at Republican and Democratic conventions covered by TVTV and the Women's Video News Service. Tapes listed include Clear Light (colorized video feedback), TVTV - Four More Years, Women's Video News Service - Another Look - The Democratic Convention, Dance Therapy (Lijan Espanak), The Maine Tapes, Barge Tapes (life on the Hudson River), Viet Nam Veterans Against the War and the Gainesville Conspiracy, Ex Attica Conversations (Al Cruz and James Boyde), tapes from Japan and Formosa, University Settlement Workshop material, and Miss USA Pageant '72. Excerpts appear in Dumping Place, Vol. 2, published by April Video.
- From Portapak To Camcorder: A Brief History Of Guerrilla Television Bibliography
Chronological essay tracing independent video practice in the United States from Sony's 1965 Portapak through the 1970s cable era to 1980s–90s activist media; describes technological shifts (half-inch Portapak, AV format in 1970, 3/4-inch U-matic in 1972, color portapaks, time base correctors, Betacam) and funding by the New York State Council on the Arts. Documents collectives and institutions (Videofreex, Raindance, Global Village, TVTV, DCTV, Broadside TV, University Community Video, NOVAC, Paper Tiger Television), key works (Four More Years, The Police Tapes, Cuba, The People, Tongues Untied), and publications (Radical Software, the 1971 Guerrilla Television manifesto).
- Recent British Video Bibliography
Tapes in distribution by London Video Arts
- Video History: Making Connections - Seminars
Video Rewind: A Seminar on Early Video History (October 16, 1998) was a day-long seminar introducing curators, critics, librarians, archivists, funders, artists and students to independent video in America (1965–1980); it offered screenings, lectures and discussions on video art, documentary tapes and topics such as portapaks, closed-circuit video, collectives and cable TV. Seminar leader Deirdre Boyle (The New School) presented alongside Barbara London (Curator of Video, MoMA), Paul Ryan (McLuhan fellow) and Parry Teasdale (Videofreex). A full-day Video Preservation session, co-sponsored and organized by Media Alliance and Mona Jimenez, gathered representatives to report on preservation initiatives and funding trends.
- Video Art Review: Tapes from the National Center for Experimental Television (NCET), San Francisco, December 1980 Bibliography
Video Art Review: Tapes from the National Center for Experimental Television (NCET), San Francisco, December 1980. Program notes by Daryl Chin discusses the following tapes: Illuminated Music II & III (Steven Beck, 1973)- 30 minutes, Good Time Charlie Mars (Don Hallock 1973)- 15 minutes, See is Neve…