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Experimental Television Center: A Brief History
The Experimental Television Center was founded in 1971 as an outgrowth of Ralph Hocking’s 1969 Student Experiments in Television program at Binghamton University; early SET tapes were broadcast on WNET and WGBH. The Center established Research and Residency programs offering analog and digital image-processing tools—including the Paik/Abe Video Synthesizer, Jones Colorizer and Amiga-based systems—and has hosted over 1500 artists whose works have been screened at museums, festivals and on cable and broadcast. Since 1989 the Center has awarded over one million dollars through Presentation Funds, Finishing Funds and a Media Arts Technical Assistance Fund and is supported by state and private foundations and distributors including Electronic Arts Intermix and Video Data Bank.
Video History Conference: Making Connections (1998)
Video History: Making Connections took place October 16–18, 1998 at Syracuse University alongside the Common Ground Conference, sponsored by the New York State Alliance for Arts Education; it paired 1970s media makers with contemporary new-media artists and drew over 250 attendees. Programming included a reception at the Everson, a keynote by David Ross (Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), the Ausprobieren performance, panels on video history and practice, Extended Play screenings by more than 20 organizations and an Open Screening; a Resource Room exhibited early analog and digital tools and continuous viewing of Pioneers of Electronic Art curated by Woody and Steina Vasulka (Ars Electronica, 1992).