Film
and Video Documentation
The exhibition TV as a Creative Medium, (1969) was documented
by various individuals who were actively involved in the emerging
video art scene of the late 1960s. Jud
Yalkut, a filmmaker, video artist, and frequent collaborator of
Nam
June Paik, and Ira
Schneider, a video artist and exhibition participant, were among
them. This page contains excerpts from films and videos that document
individual works included in this landmark exhibition. They may be
viewed either by clicking on the "View Video" link. A complete
copy of Schneider's video TV
as a Creative Medium 1969-84 is available through the EAI
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TV Bra for Living Sculpture, Nam June Paik and Charlotte
Moorman.
TV Bra for Living Sculpture was both an apparatus to be
worn and a live performance. In this collaboration, Moorman manipulates
the images displayed on the two miniature television screens of
the bra Paik designed, with the sound of her playing the cello.
The following excerpt is from Jud Yalkut's Television as a Creative
Medium, 1969-72, 16mm, color, silent, 6 min.
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Participation
TV, Nam June Paik.
In Participation TV, gallery visitors could see themselves
reproduced and transformed in multiple colors in real time. The
following excerpt is from Ira Schneider's TV as a Creative Medium
1969-84, video, b&w, sound, 12:08 min.
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Wipe
Cycle, Ira Schneider and Frank Gillette.
An installation of nine television screens, Wipe Cycle
combined live images of gallery visitors, found footage from commercial
television, and shots from pre-recorded tapes. The material was
alternated from one monitor to the next in an elaborate choreography.
The following excerpt is from Ira Schneider's TV as a Creative
Medium 1969-84, video, b&w, sound, 12:08 min.
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Wipe Cycle, Ira Schneider and Frank Gillette, 1969.
(Detail)
Howard Wise documents himself interacting with Wipe Cycle.
Live images of gallery visitors were presented at varying intervals
on the work's nine screens. The following excerpt is from the Howard
Wise Gallery Archives, Super 8mm, color, silent.
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The Archetron, Thomas Tadlock.
Tadlock combines images from three live television broadcasts to generate fluctuating, kaleidoscopic images. Editing the footage in real time with an electronic console, he reproduces a triangular section of a televised image and replicates it around a symmetrical axis with the use of mirrors and color filters. The following excerpt is from the Howard Wise Gallery Archives, Super 8mm, color, silent.
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Everyman's Moebius Strip, Paul Ryan.
In this work, gallery visitors were invited to walk into a private
room and follow pre-recorded audio tape instructions. Participants
could then watch a videotape of themselves performing these actions
before the information was erased with the next recording. The following
excerpt is from Jud Yalkut's Television as a Creative Medium,
1969-72, 16mm, color, silent, 6 min.
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