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The Videola

Date
1973

The Videola, designed by Don Hallock, was displayed at the San Francisco Museum of Art in September 1973.

The exhibition included videotape exhibition of works by Don Hallock, William Gwin (Irving Bridge, with original music by Warner Jepson) and others, and live performance with Stephen Beck on the Direct Video Synthesizer and sound by Don Hallock on the Buchla Electric Music Box.

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"The Videola." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/videola-0.

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The Videola, designed by Don Hallock, was displayed at the San Francisco Museum of Art in September 1973; the exhibition presented videotaped works by Don Hallock, William Gwin (Irving Bridge, with original music by Warner Jepson) and others. The program also included a live performance featuring Stephen Beck on the Direct Video Synthesizer and Don Hallock providing sound on the Buchla Electric Music Box.

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