Video History Project

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Videofreex

Date
1969
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
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