Early Video Art
Early Video Art is a collection of over 200 titles that are central to an understanding of the historical development of video art. This collection includes, but is not limited to, many titles from the original Castelli-Sonnabend collection, the first and most prominent collection of video art assembled in the United States. All of the work in this collection was produced between 1968 and 1980. These works represent important examples of the first experiments in video art, and include conceptual and feminist performances recorded on video, experiments with the video signal, and "guerilla" documentaries representing a counter-cultural view of the historical events of the 1960s and 70s. Many of these tapes represent a desire for a radically redefined television experience that is centered on the innovative, the personal, the political and the non-commercial.
  This tape exemplifies Snyder’s early experiments with the image processor. Articulated patterns of alternating wavelength and amplitude of both sound and light are arranged to produce abstract compositions. Voltages processed by an Emu sound...
Collection: Early Video Art, Single Titles Tags: chicago art, music, video history |
Ten thousand women marched down New York's Fifth Avenue on August 26th, 1970, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The march was part of a "Women's Strike for Equality"...
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Early Video Art, Single Titles Tags: activism, documentation, feminism, film or videomaking, gender, history, labor |
This video, shot in March 1970, contains raw footage from a Women’s Liberation event and discussion that took place in an art space. The tape begins with shots of the crowd mingling while music and speeches are heard in the background. Speakers...
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Early Video Art, Single Titles Tags: activism, documentation, feminism, gender, health, history |
This video consists of raw footage from a Women’s Liberation Rally in New York City, shot on March 7th 1970, in celebration of International Women's Day. The first two thirds of the piece consist of footage of the crowd and speakers. Many...
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Early Video Art, Single Titles Tags: activism, documentation, feminism, gender, history |
Presenting a series of flashcards to the camera, Baldessari continues his exploration of visual semantics, defining the intersection of language and image. In this instance, each flashcard bears a picture that represents a letter of the alphabet...
Collection: Early Video Art, Single Titles Tags: conceptual art, language, performance, video history |
Perceptual concerns predominate in my videoworks. In Locating #2, Zeroing In, and Points of View, large outdoor spaces—as much as five miles in depth and one mile in width from fifteen floors up—are spanned on the video...
Collection: Early Video Art, Single Titles Tags: self-reflexive video, visual art |
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1995 | 8:27:11
This comprehensive package on the history of experimental and independent video is an essential tool for teachers, libraries, and researchers. Volumes 1 and 2 include over 16 hours of historic video on eight thematically curated programs,...
Collection: Curated Compilations, DVD Box Sets, Early Video Art Tags: activism, documentary, image processing, video history |
