- Video History: Making Connections Chronology
Video History: Making Connections convened October 16-18, 1998 at Syracuse University in conjunction with the Common Ground Conference; it brought together over 250 media makers active in the 70s and artists working in new media and interactive technologies. The conference was sponsored by the New York State Alliance for Arts Education; funding and support came from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts Technology Planning Grant Program, public funds from the Statewide Challenge Grant Program and the New York State Council on the Arts, the Everson Museum of Art, the Media Action Grant Program of Media Alliance, corporate donors Dave Jones Design and VidiPax, and individual contributors.
- 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).
- ETC History 1997 - 1999
From 1997 to 1999 the Experimental Television Center hosted residency programs and international and student residencies, supporting a total of 48 resident artists from the US, Canada, Finland and Switzerland and awarding Finishing Funds (18 awards in 1998; 17 projects supported) and Presentation Funds to dozens of organizations across New York State. Works were screened at festivals and institutions including AFI, MIX, MoMA, the Whitney and international venues, with distribution via Electronic Arts Intermix, Filmmakers Coop and others. The Center led the Video History Project and organized the Video History: Making Connections conference (Oct 16–18, 1998) at Syracuse University; partners and funders included Alfred University Institute for Electronic Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation, NYFA, NYSCA and the Rockefeller Foundation.
- Video History: Making Connections - Seminars
Video Rewind: A Seminar on Early Video History (October 16, 1998) was a day-long seminar introducing curators, critics, librarians, archivists, funders, artists and students to independent video in America (1965–1980); it offered screenings, lectures and discussions on video art, documentary tapes and topics such as portapaks, closed-circuit video, collectives and cable TV. Seminar leader Deirdre Boyle (The New School) presented alongside Barbara London (Curator of Video, MoMA), Paul Ryan (McLuhan fellow) and Parry Teasdale (Videofreex). A full-day Video Preservation session, co-sponsored and organized by Media Alliance and Mona Jimenez, gathered representatives to report on preservation initiatives and funding trends.
- Report on the 1979 National Conference of Media Arts Centers Bibliography
Conference at Lake Minnewaska, NY, April 25-27, 1979 concerning condition of media arts centers in US. NYS participants included Synapse; MOMA, Educational Film Library Association; Institute of New Cinema Artists; Millenium Film Workshop; NYSCA; Foundation for Indepdent Video and Film; Global Villa…
- Signals in Syracuse - Video History: Making Connections conference Bibliography
Video History: Making Connections examined three decades of independent video since the late 1960s and opened with Video Rewind, organized by Deirdre Boyle; panels included Paul Ryan, Barbara London (MOMA video curator) and Parry Teasdale, with screenings such as Proto Media Primer (1970) and Calligrams (1970). A concurrent Video Preservation meeting, involving Mona Jimenez and referencing MOMA’s 1991 preservation meeting, addressed cataloging, funding and technical support; David Ross delivered a keynote at Henriks Chapel on Net Art and video’s institutional absorption. Pamela Hawkins organized a Resource Room displaying early analog and digital recording and playback equipment, processors and period publications, and panels treated writing and teaching video history.
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