Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, established for artists to explore art and technology. Founded by Gyorgy Kepes, directed by Otto Piene
Events by Year
1969
EIAJ standards for 1/2" recording help stabilize the consumer and educational markets, allowing for compatibility among devices
1969
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) supports multi-media experimentation, Elaine Summers Experimental Intermedia Foundation funded for projects at C.W. Post College
1969
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film Program becomes Film and Television Program
1969
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film and Television Program begins accepting applications for electronic media projects
1969
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film and Television Program expands support for production through schools and community workshops
1969
Global Village, New York City, begins as video collective with information and screening center. Founded by John Reilly, Ira Schneider and Rudi Stern. Directors John Reilly and Julie Gustafson. Becomes media center devoted to independent video production with emphasis on video documentary
1969
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds youth projects, library workshop in Albany and programs in several other counties
1969
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds youth projects, Loft Film and Theater Workshop established, Bronxville
1969
KQED-TV, San Francisco, Experimental Television Workshop renamed National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET), funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Paul Kaufman, Director. NCET published a series of reports: Video Feedback, Direct Video (Stephen Beck); Reflections on Values in Public Television (Paul Kaufman); Communication, Organizations and John Sturat Mill (Richard Moore); About Television Reality and Performance (Brice Howard); Television and Reality (Paul Kaufman); Talking Faces, Eating Time and Electronic Catharsis (Marvin Duckler); Suggestions Toward a Small Video Facility (Richard Stephens and Don Hallock); Reflections on Two Media (Bill Gwin); An Ancient Gift (Brice Howard).
1969
Raindance Corporation: New York City collective formed for experimental production.
Members: Frank Gillette, Michael Shamberg, Steve Salonis, Marco Vassi and Louis Jaffee; soon after Ira Schneider and Paul Ryan, and then Beryl Korot
1969
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) supports multi-media experimentation, Thais Latham funded to develop a multi-media music center in Brooklyn
1969
TV as a Creative Medium exhibition at Howard Wise Gallery May 17 - June 14, 1969 . Serge Boutourline (Telediscretion); Frank Gillette and Ira Schneider Wipe Cycle); Nam June Paik (Participation TV); Nam June Paik and Charlotte Moorman (TV Bra for Living Sculpture); Earl Reiback (Three Experiments within the TV Tube); Paul Ryan (Everyman's Moebius Strip); John Seery (TV Time Capsule); Eric Siegel (Psychedelevision in Color); Thomas Tadlock (The Archetron); Aldo Tambellini (Black Spiral); Joe Weintraub (AC/TV - Audio Controlled Television). Howard Wise is the introduction to program notes cites the obsolensence of the machine and the overwhelming effects of TV on culture and society.
1969
Videofreex, New York, founded. Experimental video group, members included: Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, David Cort, Bart Friedman, Davidson Gigliotti, Chuck Kennedy, Curtis Ratcliff, Parry Teasdale, Carol Vontobel, Tunie Wall and Ann Woodward
1969
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds youth projects, Young Filmakers initiates distribution service for works produced under its auspices. One film, "The End," by Alfonso Sanchez Jr., screened at the Cannes Film Festival