McDonald, Laurie

The Electron Movers: Research in the Electronic Arts, Inc Groups

Electron Movers, Research in the Electronic Arts, Inc., was a Providence, Rhode Island video-artist collective established in 1974 and active through 1979; core members were Laurie McDonald, Robert and Dorothy Jungels, Alan Powell, and Dennis Hlynsky, with Larry Heyl, Philip Palombo, and Ed Tannenbaum joining later. The group experimented with electronically generated and processed images and multi-channel installations, used equipment such as Larry Templeton’s video quantizer, and spent six weeks at KQED’s National Center for Experiments in Television in San Francisco. Members received NEA and AFI/NEA fellowships, exhibited at venues including The Kitchen, the Everson Museum, and Artpark, and held ties to RISD and the Experimental TV Center.