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Dan Sandin

Inventor and practioner of the Image Processor (IP), Dan Sandin is a seminal figure in the technological development of the video medium. In 1973 Sandin successfully designed and built the first Image Processor (IP) as a modular, patch programmable, analog computer optimized for the manipulation of gray level information of input video signals. The IP allows artists to freely play with the color and composition of a video image. Trained in nuclear physics, Sandin first became interested in video in 1967 while helping organize student demonstrations on the University of Illinois campus. He considers his career has having three main thrusts: “the design of electronic instruments for visual performance and personal growth; the development of educational facilities and programs related to the use of electronic screens (electronic visualization); and the production and exhibition of visual works for personal expressive reasons.” 

“About creativity—my personal view of it is kind of like I’m a pipe or conduit. And all this stuff just happens to be flowing through me because I’ve chosen to position myself in that flow.  I have no problem with the word ‘creation’ as long as people don’t lay too much molasses on it.”
—Dan Sandin

Also see:

Dan Sandin: An Interview


Available Titles by Dan Sandin

Title Year Runtime Collection
Five-minute Romp through the IP 1973 00:06:34 Early Video Art, Single Titles
Spiral PTL 1980 00:07:00 Early Video Art, Single Titles
Triangle in Front of Square in Front of Circle in Front of Triangle 1973 00:01:40 Early Video Art, Single Titles
Wanda Wega Waters 1980 00:17:24 Early Video Art, Single Titles
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