Gusella, Ernest

A Statement on Video Bibliography

Ernest Gusella reports making three trips to Europe in the past year to show and lecture on his videotapes at museums, galleries, and art schools; he characterizes his art with an idiosyncratic quartering of influences and describes himself as an eclectic, neo-romantic artist. He argues that video is a new medium with its own aesthetic that obliges artists to transcend clichés; he defends reliance on machines in art and cites Marshall McLuhan. The statement is dated March 1, 1979.