New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds youth projects, Aldo Tambellini works with students and teachers in Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Schenectady and New York City to experiment with creative potential of television
Events by Year
1968
"Cybernetic Serendipity: The Computer and the Arts" exhibition at The Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. Exhibition organized at Institute of Contemporary Art, London; American showing augmented by work selected by James Harithas. Includes video work by Nam June Paik. Travels to Palace of Art and Science, San Francisco. Director of exhibition, Jasia Reichardt.
1968
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds experimental media artists as part of "Intermedia 68," a theater workshop at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Projects include environmental video performances, film projections and videotapes by Aldo Tambellini, Nam June Paik, Les Levine, Carolee Schneemann, Terry Riley, Dick Higgins, Ken Dewey, USCO and others.
1968
"Sorcery" by Loren Sears and Robert Zagone, live-broadcast program using special-effects imagery, Experimental Television Workshop, KQED-TV, San Francisco, California
1968
"The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). Director of exhibition Pontus HultÈn. Exhibition includes video art, particularly Nam June Paik's "Nixon Tapes," "McLuhan Caged" and "Lindsay Tape" on unique tape-loop device
1968
"Black: Video" by Aldo Tambellini in "Some More Beginnings," Brooklyn Museum, New York, organized by Experiments in Art and Technology
1968
Ant Farm, San Francisco, an artists' media/architecture group, founded by Chip Lord and Doug Michels; joined by Curtis Schreier in 1971. Other members include Kelly Gloger, Joe Hall, Hudson Marquez, Allen Rucker and Michael Wright
1968
Black Gate Theater, for electronic events, and Gate Theater, for experimental independent cinema, New York City, founded by Aldo Tambellini
1968
Commediation video group, New York City. Original members: David Cort, Frank Gillette, Howard Gudstadt, Ken Marsh and Harvey Simon
1968
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) works with Rodger Larson and Lynne Hofer to expand Film Club's workshops, working with organizations around the state through the Young Filmakers' Foundation
1968
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film Program, international short film exhibition at the NY State Fair in Syracuse
1968
Land Truth Circus, San Francisco, experimental video collective founded by Doug Hall, Diane Hall and Jody Proctor
1968
Stanford Research Institute demonstrates keyboard, keypad, mouse, for word processing
1968
Ralph Hocking began the Student Experiments in Television project on the campus of Binghamton University. Along with students, community members were introduced to portable video production tools and techniques.
1968
The American Film Institute (AFI) begins funding independent film and video production
1968
The Electronic Eye, Santa Clara, California, video collective founded by Tim Barger, Jim Mandis, Jim Murphy, Michelle Newman and Skip Sweeney
1968
Young Filmmakers/Video Arts, New York City founded, director, Roger Larson. Educational organization with training services, workshops and production facilities
1967
"What's Happening Mr. Silver?" television production at WGBH-TV, Boston, hosted by David Silver . Experimental collage/information series in which several dozen inputs are mixed live and at random