Everson Museum 1974 - Video Art Conference

Yes this film screams "student film" - I made this while a student at Syracuse University. I was both a TV-major and involved in the Synapse program.

The following c/o The Experimental Television Center's Video History Project web site.

Video and the Art Museum 
April 4th, 5th and 6th, 1974 the Everson held a three-day workshop/seminar entitled "Video and the Art Museum". The event was supported by gratns from The New York State Council on the Arts and The Rockefeller Foundation. Introductory Remarks were given under the titles, "Video and the Art Museum," The Museum as Producer of Educational Programming," Cabel T.V. and the Prospect for Museum Interaction," "The Range of Creative Expression in Video," and "Funding for Video in the Museum: The Policies as they now exist." Workshops included "Portapak Workshop and Training," "Funding," "Museum as Producer of Educational Programming," Cable T.V. and the Museum," "Aesthetics of Video: A Critical Overview and Discussion," "Video and the Art Museum: A Discussion of the Potential of a Museum Video Network." Frank Gillette gave a lecture and discussion and William Wegman presented an audiotape lecture entitled "Pathetic Readings." Walter Wright demonstrated the Paik/Abe Video Sunthesizer from the Experimental Television Center, Binghamton. Synapse Studio held a "Studio Production Seminar" at their facility. A Phill Niblock "Film Retrospective" screening and "Film Environment" were shown. Juan Downey and Carmen Beuchat gave their video/dance performance, "Video Trans Americas De-Briefing Pyramid." Black and White videotapes were on view by Andy Mann, Ira Schneider and Peter Campus. Installation exhibitions "Closed Circuit Video" by Peter Campus; "Video Matrix" by Andy Mann; "Manhattan is an Island" by Ira Schneider; "T.V. Garden" and "Video Buddha" by Nam June Paik; and "Paintings from Within: Work by the Artists in Auburn Prison," a selection of works by artists involved in the Everson's Prison Workshop Program at the Auburn Correctional Facility were on view at the Everson. A self-service viewing environment featured 62 tapes included in the traveling exhibition "Circuit: A Video Invitational," as well as other tapes from the Everson's collection.

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