Paul Allen and Bill Gates license BASIC first used on the Altair, Microsoft founded.
Events by Year
1975
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) receives National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) matching funds for the "Bicentennial Film Project," providing funds for films on the arts and cultural life of New York State. Projects included Ken Burns's "Brooklyn Bridge," Barbara Kopple's "Harlan County, U.S.A.," and Claudia Weill's "Girlfriends."
1975
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Camera News, New York City, for independent film productions and a Third World film series
1975
Dr. Don McArthur, Walter Wright, Paul Davis, Ralph Hocking, David Jones propose the use of a computer as image generator and control system.
1975
Creative Artists Public Service Program Video Fellowships for 1974-75. Wendy Apel, Jeff Byrd and Jacque Cook, Ned Bobkoff, Stephen DeVita, Bill Gwin, Joan Jonas, Lewis Lusardi, Stefan Moore, Edin Velez, Jaime Davidovich. Panel: Peter Campus, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Sami Klein, Susan Milano, Phillip Mallory Jones.
1975
Jones Grey Level Keyers, Oscillator Bank and Multi Input Sequencer are available through the Artist in Residence Program at the Experimental Television Center. Devices designed by David Jones; construction and documentation by Rich Brewster.
1975
Everson Video 75. Curated for the Everson Museum of Art by Richard Simmons. Catalog edited by Judson Rosebush. Works by Ant Farm, CAST, David Cort, Dance Media, Dimitri Devyatkin, Dieter Frose, Electron Movers, Beryl Korot, Shigeko Kubota, Andy Mann, Paul Ott and Fred Kessler, Peter Van Riper and Bill Viola.
1975
Exprmntl 5: Fifth International Experimental Film Competition. Catalog and program. Video environments by Walter Wright (Experimental Television Center); Woody and Steina Vasulka ( University of Buffalo); David Cort; Tom DeWitt, Tony Conrad. Catalog essay by Seth Feldman; catalog prepared by Media Study/Buffalo.
1975
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Foundation for Independent Video and Film (FIVF), New York City, for screenings, workshops and publication of a newsletter, Ed Lunch, first director
1975
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Intermedia Art Center (IMAC), Bayville, under direction of Michael Rothbard, for a media equipment center. Others associated: Norman Pollack
1975
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds first International Festival of Women's Films, New York City. Funds for film exhibition.
1975
Land Truth Circus, San Francisco, experimental video collective renamed Truthco in 1972 becomes T.R. Uthco
1975
Luminous Realities 1975. Exhibition included David Cort; Tony Conrad; Douglas Davis; Anthony McCall; Nam June Paik; Paul Sharits; Jud Yalkut.
1975
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City, for "Cineprobe" film exhibition series. Funds are for filmmakers to screen and discuss their work.
1975
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds New Community Cinema, Huntington, for year-round international film screenings; under direction of Charlotte Sky and Victor Skolnick
1975
Nuts and Volts conference 5/5-5/7/75. . sponsored by Media Study/Buffalo and the Center for Media Study at University of Buffalo. presentations by Ton Constanten; Harald Bode; Steve Rutt; Steina Vasulka and Woody Vasulka; Arnold Dreyblatt; Robert Moog; Lajaren Hiller and John Myhill. Concerts by Joel Chadabe; Judith Martin; Freida Schrott; and the Buffalo String Quartet; Pat Feldballe and Walter Gajewski; Martin Kalve and Friends. Video presentations by Ralph Hocking; Walter Wright; Don McArthur; Jean- Pierre Boyer
1975
Nuts and Volts conference 5/5-5/7/75. Sponsored by Media Study/Buffalo and the Center for Media Study at U of Buffalo. presentations by Ton Constanten; Harald Bode; Steve Rutt; Steina Vasulka and Woody Vasulka; Arnold Dreyblatt; Robert Moog; Lajaren Hiller and John Myhill. Concerts by Joel Chadabe; Judith Martin; Freida Schrott; and the Buffalo String Quartet; Pat Feldballe and Walter Gajewski; Martin Kalve and Friends. Video presentations by Ralph Hocking; Walter Wright; Don McArthur; Jean- Pierre Boyer
1975
Pacifica Radio/WBAI, New York City, funded by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for experimental audio programming
1975
Siegel Video Systems Processing Chrominence Synthesizer is available and distributed by Siegel-Ferraro Electronics.