30 Second Spot Reconsidered
1988 | 00:12:05 | United States | English | Color
Collection: Single Titles
Made at the time of the 1988 presidential election, this piece is about media power and market censorship. It is based on a true story about the adventures of the artist buying network time for a TV spot – an ad for counter-bicentennial activities in l976, confronting the system of invisible, corporate censorship which runs broadcast television. 30 Second Spot Reconsidered puts a lie to the idea that only ’free’ markets regulate freedom of expression in the USA.
Prizes + Awards
Winner- *Grand Prize*, Video Zone, 1989 Zone Art Center; Springfield
Winner- *Second Prize*, Daniel Wadsworth National Video Festival, 1990
Premiere
New England Film/Video FestivalBoston
1990
Exhibitions + Festivals
IMAGE WORLD; Whitney Museum
Anti-Censorship Show, NYC
Median Operativ Festival, Berlin
Berlin Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
New American Makers, San Francisco SHOW THE RIGHT THING Conference New York Univ., NYC
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Australian Film Festival
Real Artways, Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut
Majestic Theater, Boston
Colgate University
Utica College
Hampshire College
University of Glasgow
Bennington College
S.U.N.Y. Purchase
University of Calif., Berkeley
London Institute of Art
