Events by Year

1991

Second International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Groningen, Holland

1991

Shigeko Kubota: Video Sculpture exhibition at the American Museum of the Moving Image. Curated by Joan Hanley. Catalog articles by Mary Jane Jacob; Brooks Adams; Moira Roth; JoAnn Hanley; Teresa Valasquez

1991

Symposium on Video Preservation is hosted by the Museum of Modern Art and organized by Media Alliance, under the leadership of Mary Esbjornson, and by the New York State Council on the Arts.

1991

The Andy Warhol Foundation begins the preservation of its media collection under the leadership of Mirra Banks Brockman, work later completed by Dara Meyers-Kingsley.

1991

The Independent, published by the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, publishes an article by Stephen Vitiello and Leanne Mella, "Facilities for Cleaning, Restoring, and Remastering Videotape" in October 1991

1991

The Independent Television Service (ITVS), a national production fund, is established with Federal funding

1991

Video: A Catalogue of the Artists' Videotapes published by Distribution Service of Electronic Arts Intermix. Texts by Lori Zippay, Robert Beck, Nicola Smith, Marita Sturken. Tapes available for distribution with descriptions, videographies, bibliography.

1991

Wide Area Information Servers WAIS released commercially

1991

World Wide Web released by CERN

1990

University of the Arts, Philadelphia 10th Annual Small Computers in the Arts Conference

1990

Amiga 3000 computer announced $4100

1990

ARPANET ends

1990

Ars Electronica 1990: Digital Dreams - Virtual Worlds

1990

First commercial provider of Internet dial-up access

1990

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) merges Media and Film Programs into Electronic Media and Film Program. Debby Silverfine, Director.

1990

Finishing Funds is a grants program of the Experimental Television Center, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. Awards for 1990 were made to: Merrill Aldighieri and Joe Tripician Metaphoria Mara Alper Silent Echoes Cat Ashworth Glass Wall Robert Attanasio No Illusions Maria Beatty Spinxes without Secrets Peer Bode Invisible Landscape Abigail Child Swamp Kate Doyle Living with the Bases Bradley Eros and Jeanne Liotta Open Sesame Carl Geiger Rubble Tumble installation Barbara Hammer Thanatos Kathy High Underexposed: The Temple of the Fetus Mona Jimenez October Sketch Joel Katz Corporation with a Movie Camera Deans Kepple Vision Quest John Knecht Mutter and Fodder installation Barbara Kristaponis Sound Shadows Elodie Lauten The Soundless Sound Terry McCoy The Public Life of Art: The Museum Daniel Minahan Package Pam Payne Brief Undermode Grai St. Clair Rice Ransom for Memory Stephanie Rowden Cabinet of Rhymes & Riddles installation Matthew Schlanger Blowgun John Sturgeon Inside Out Jo Wright Whitten China's Children Neil Zusman Ephemeris Panel: Raymond Ghirardo and Arthur Tsuchiya

1990

From Receiver to Remote Control: The TV Set exhibition at The New Museum of Contemporary Art 9/14/90 - 11/25/90. Catalog editor: Matthew Geller. Articles by Marcia Tucker, Lynn Spigel, Serafina Bathrick, Andrew Behar, Sarah Sackner, Joshua Meyrowitz, Jane Root, Ehrick Long, William Bird, Maud Lavin, Ed Bowes, Les Brown, John Handhardt, Alice Yang, David Tafler, Margaret Morse

1990

Kjell Bjorgeengen: Video Road at Porin taidemuseo; Randers Kunstmuseum; Museet for samtidskunst. Essay by Peer Bode

1990

NewTek ships the Video Toaster a hardware/software video effects tool for the Commodore Amiga 2000 $1600

1990

Rockefeller Foundation awarded Film/Video Multimedia Fellowships to Shu Lea Cheang, Juan Downey, Joan Jonas, Edward Tim Lewis, Danny Lyon, Louis Massiah, Ross McElwee, Jonas Mekas, Susanna Munoz, Gunvor Nelson, Jon Schwartz, Renee Tajima-Pena, Peter Hunt Thompson, Steina Vasulka

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