Events by Year

1972

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Women's Interart Center, New York City, for an equipment pool and workshop program organized by Ronnie Geist

1972

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Woodstock Community Television for a cable project

1972

Woodstock Community Video, Woodstock, New York, founded by Ken marsh; members include Barbara Buckner, Bob Dacy, Gary Hill, Steven Kolpan and Elaine Milosh. Production center and resource for community video; initiates local cable programming; begins Artists' TV Lab

1972

Work from the Experimental Television Center at Everson Museum of Art September 19-October 2, 1972. Catalog introduction by James Harithas. Catalog essay by David Ross. Charlotte Moorman performance; Nam June Paik performance; Shigeko Kubota performance. Other performances: "TV Bed", a collaborative work by Ralph Hocking, Sherry Miller, Nam June Paik, Charlotte Moorman. "Video Construction", a nine channel view of the museum; "Three Channel Video Performance", Shigeko Kubota; "Minimal Piano Performance", Nam June Paik; "Jazz Concert", live music with Paik Abe video synthesizer. Continuous 4 channels of videotape screening of works produced at the Center.

1972

Xerox begins project Alto to build personal computer for research

1971

"A Special Videotape Show," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; New American Filmmakers Series; organized by David Bienstock. Videotapes by Isaac Abrams, Shridhar Bapat, Stephen Beck, John Randolph Carter, Douglas Davis, Dimitri Devyatkiin, Ed Emshwiller, Richard Felciano, Carol Herzer, Joanne Kyger, Richard Lowenberg, Alwin Nikolais, Nam June Paik with Charlotte Moorman, Charles Phillips, Terry Riley, Eric Siegel, Skip Sweeney, Aldo Tambellini, Steina and Woody Vasulka, WGBH-TV and Robert Zagone

1971

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) TV/Media program works with seven public television stations to develop "Carousel" series . New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) TV/Media program funds WNET-TV in NYC for artists in residence Nam June Paik and for "Carousel" program. Paik produces portion of Carosel program at Experimental Television Center using the Paik/Abe Synthezizer there.

1971

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) TV/Media program works with seven public television stations to develop "Carousel" series . "Carousel" is a 13-part television series of cultural programs originating in different parts of the state. WNET (NYC), WCNY (Syracuse), WLIC (Long Island), WHMT (Schenectady), WXXI (Rochester), WSKG (Binghamton), WNED (Buffalo).

1971

"Eighth New York Avant-Garde Festival," 69th Regiment Armory, New York; Director, Charlotte Moorman. Individual video projects by Shirley Clarke, Douglas Davis, Ken Dominck, Ralph Hocking, Nam June Paik, Eric Siegel, Steina and Woody Vasulka, Videofreex

1971

"Electronic Art III" by Nam June Paik and Shuya Abe with Charlotte Moorman, Galeria Bonino, New York. Exhibition with Paik-Abe synthesizer. Technical assistance by the Experimental Television Center.

1971

"Electronic Hokkadim 1" by Douglas Davis, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and WTOP-TV, Washington, D.C.. Live broadcast piece with two-way communications via telephone

1971

"Projects: Keith Sonnier," The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City; beginning of "Projects" exhibition program. Environmental video installation

1971

"Ten Video Performances," Finch College Museum of Contemporary Art; organized by Elayne Varian. Works by Vito Acconci, Peter Campus, Douglas Davis, Dan Graham, Alex Hay, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Steve Reich, Eric Siegel and Simone Whitman

1971

"The Television Environment," University Art Museum, Berkeley, produced by William Adler and John Margolies for Telethon. Circulates through American Federation of Arts

1971

Woody Vasulka and Steina Vasulka presentation "Transmitted Environment", at the Experimental Television Center

1971

Woody Vasulka and Steina Vasulka presentation "Transmitted Environment", at the Experimental Television Center

1971

"Video Variations," WGBH-TV, Boston, prodcued by Fred Barzyk; collaborations between Boston Symphony Orchestra and artists. Artists include: Jackie Cassen, Russell Connor, Douglas Davis, Constantine Manos, Nam June Paik, James Seawright, Stan VanDerBeek and Tsai WenYing

1971

8th Annual Avant Garde Festival at the 69th Infantry Regiment Armory. Organized by Charlotte Moorman. November 19. Experimental Television Center exhibition "The Living Room", with continuous videotape screening. Included were premieres of the Paik/Abe and Siegel synthesizers, Video Ferris Wheel, by Shirley Clarke, Video Kinetic Environment, by the Vasulkas, and videotapes by Douglas Davis, Ken Dominick, Ralph Hocking, Tambellini, and the Videofreex. The AVant Garde Festival was a project of Electronic Arts Intermix.

1971

Alternative Media Center, School of the Arts, New York University, New York City, founded by Red Burns and George Stoney; director, Red Burns. Funded by the John and Mary Markle Foundation to explore the uses of broadcast telecommunications

1971

Artists' Television Workshop, WNET-TV, New York, established through the efforts of Jackie Cassen, Russell Connor, Nam June Paik, with initial grant from New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support experimental projects by independents

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