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    Video: The Distinctive Features of the Medium David Antin Vinee ant, Thea eno A puna It Eavesonen lsh questions and aks them anyway. Lthis an artform, 3 tre? An stoogy of vac actey conducted ina patie aa 1 pay a cathode ay tbe? The kind of video made by @ Special lass rin whoge works ae exlibed primary what called “the ar ARTISTS’ VIDEO? Aa inspection Sr dehames in the catalogue gives the eay and aot quite suiciene a Sa esti lot we are considering, ARTISTS’ VIDEO. Buti RSV pare Aruestave been making video pices for scarcely em aaeeee ar dieegand one of eve flimsy stado jobs and Nam Jue FEE S150 kamicase TV modiicatins—and video hasbeen 2 fact of ally for barely ve yours. Yer we've alway had groun exhib Ean panels sposia mapazine issues devoted to cis phenomena Piece tery pood reasons that more and more atts ae wing vi tor ne ite hex work being dove in the art worlds being done wag ado. Which awhy a discourses already arisen greet it. Ac cae ee ascourse. onc skin of encsistic welcoming prose Pe PRL Sis tagments of communication theory and Mel uhanesaue ree als the ber,» ather nervous atemp to at the *uniue eset of the mdm.” Dacouse 1 could be called "obersex PreSienooe 2, because enaagesthe ses that pass for formalin” Pepeee world, could be cll "the formals rap Though there sno ane telation bern ther hero discourses cersionally ce ae apr tny do nthe wordvat Prank Gillet, which offer acon sine sample: 18 woroeunme aap) 149 cto Pop, sn tht kind of wha dicsion wl have tw ‘even Cahiers du Cinéma has abandoned Hitchcock and Nicholas Ray fr Dag Verov and she European svan-gards on scopic, s- fecha ane to dpe an cy, owe, older enemy, who happens aso tobe yous ttl par. Gr witch ethno oe, en eighth alco as cu rte tisan | Thc igor of ein in thee St 5 wal now Com riven incon spon World Wt poenomenco, nde ‘loge enogh patterned on conmeril adi since con ch consist esentialy« government protected, private monop ly This uation determined mat of the fandamenial commanice | on characerntics of the new medium. The most asic ofthese ithe “toca relation beracen "sending and "recevig,” which sprofounaly ual and asyinmetial. Since the main potential roadeaster, the radio networks, were already deeply involved withthe eee Honiesindastry Uough complex ownership fibton, ad since they | leo consiuted the sing ages potential customer for the electronic fomponents af television, the components were develope entirely for “thai convenience and prot. While this may et sec surprising, he sult was thatthe facts of“ picrretaking” av “transsion” Were Imude enormously expensive Cameras and transmission sjotems Were signed and priced aut ofthe reach of anything but corporate oer Bip, Moreover, government reglations vet sandards on picture silty” and the tranwmision signal, which eecuively ensured that aking” and" anemisson” conse would tezain in te bands of the industry into which the federal government had already assigned the “Arwaves channel by channel. The receivers sone were price within > therange of indivual ownership This fundamental ordeting—esab Thing the relations heewcen the taker sender andthe receker had, a course, bexn worked ot for commercial ro. ‘Only ham tanssesion —also hemmed in yeverely by government | reglation—and special usslike ship shore, plot to-consro cower, _ tnd poice-band radio dealin the otherwose merely penta equalities | of wireless telephony. That this was not technically inevitable, but © merely an outcome ofthe aca rutin an the marketing steaegics | Sf the industry, is obvious There nothing necessary more complex _ Geren ti camer thn egies get | the presc expense of recever technology was detrayed by the mass fection of the ss, whose mkipliction mupied the dolar Exchange value of aniston time sold by the transmitter co his ad Di: The emergence of telatonsips between the cular oure in andthe parameters that allow you exprion are ed back through technology W'sthe ate ofthe st ecology within & aca cure hat ge shape to ex, D2: Wha Pm concioynvled n sing «way hati socal inulin, or cumple he mer fn Rac of eho oh ome i wth Jou lk withthe nrc ight Invent ies of fomnn eon "3 “Though tis nt entirely lar what “high clase technology has to do withthe ater pleasanl shabby echnctl stat of coemmporary vie an, or what the significance is to human being of the light source two adjacent representational media, statements of this type are cura ‘ert, and similar quotes could be mukiplied endless And if thee cong em omen ruts ice wi ope he ‘wotk at hand they otenshareakeindof anes of deta eventhough ‘is rarely clear what the deta explains ofthe larger patter of activi iy which thse artists ate involved. Infact, what scems most typi! of Both types of discourse js acetal ansicty, which maybe sen oat ceay na recent piece by Holi Frampton ‘Moreover it is doubly important cht we ty to say what video {sat present becaase we por for ita prvieged fra, Sige the» bith of video art rom the Jovian backside dare no yy brow) ‘of theOther Thing called television, [for one have flea more and ‘more pressing need for preci definitions of wha at yin Textend oft, a well the hope of «pve future I would be so much more convenient to develop the refined di cussion ofthe posible dlferencerberween fit and video if we eld eal fogs sh Ober Ts son, Yet television haunts lex bition of video at, though when actully present ition minal represented, with perhaps a few commercials or “the golden peor imances"of Erie Kovacs a telvison “ats”; otherwine presence is manifest mainlyin quotes, allusion, parody, and protest asin Tee thon’s TV Hivor, Douglas Davis's stallion piece with che TV se forced o face the wall, or Richard Sera’ Teleerson Delivers People No doubt, intime there wlan auteur theory television, which ill ‘do for Mion Berle and Sid Caesar what Sars and Faber snd Cabins ‘da Cinéma have done for John Ford and Nicholas Ray sod Hloward “Hashes Bat the poitice ofthe at world, for good reason, rathet 150 unpocurone verter. So the broadens undersote receiver deepen, Beri ey ttt dee vs spon cachange that pays forthe “expensive” echo Tor television abo there speial-ue domi educationl, in sista and now aie-where the elation between he cated recerer may be more ot es equalized. butts s because transmission Sot am sean the disrtion a he knages scene sec ‘The economic fact remains —tumuison i more expensive dah reception. This enspes «poe Har transi doings fecetion. And follows from this anny of power slats ht ‘he kee asic drinates watever communion aks pl, “hiss clearer when You consider the manners of tlphony. A would be ansneter ask for permission to ran sing thoneot § poem rece. I ke inginga doorbell Os would be rect fins thehome of penble miter ashi tons Tas formal sx of relations as become even moe etined withthe tou tion of te Answer and the answering serie, Which tits Brceshrigtnaongnesvagoo capmigtete ‘sponse requing the eller to ently himself and lenin ther {cier wilh chef whether oot eon Incepny ny are eterything, Wie in commercial elerion manners are nothing I Joule stexier you merely plugin to the possiblity of «al “hich may or mayne there and which ou canner molly excep tail one ei ox enc renin adecisve but ial manner by stig off Choke sin the hands these. se Nov while this yeti not inherent in the echnaog, ic hag become normative or the mednm tha orate perveavead inva bctground of lien, Ths may ot beso dranttcaly a ited in most awork veo, ut that's beause mot ntwer hare very equtocl relations fo the notion of communication and are, inky roe min Yt chose cc on ala tempts at neractve ideo, sich operates primary in enc ots ‘horn Tnthis sense the social rete of thet at hat Allies the formal properties ofthe mediums ki the pe Siilis ofa video communicuion gre-~and thse Lt thee be. ome the tng again which any rember of arts have ne th storks, What ele eoul Tra Scheider ave had in mind about he 1903 pec, Wipe Cyl, he dena wih Frank Cie ‘The most important thing was the notion of information presen tation, andthe notion a the integration ofthe aches ino the information. One sees oneself exiting Kom the elevator. I one poacam 151 sng ncn ep ir tine whine youre 8 score ag, sats yours other ielapes seat Ucertce esata oat | {eiSRoped to accomplish by neutralizing as much as possible the aces s bore ped ec sa ey felt om Son enh aie whch sens vob beh i ewe oe a emi coy toon nae Ap chara ny ein Eastham ane Hc ae Ketone a ka pe se 2 Sa ie i ee pen operas fe sey ot et ser peal oc SOIREE eaten kindle Frc yey iy a Fuel ia nn pe Bare as sm heise a ae olen peso, i igen i er eo fe ae ote nly epee oi ee a teal gegen ie Ye oy cen meney mt wh cat eS an doce en ssn wea x perro Sn ey ms pe Aeccn craig what tly comer the mw marked Tee mane cpa ft ' In principle, television seemed to combine the photographic repro, etl the motion tpi of io a se cama cnt ese Bo = Fo ety othe cer eet Tr stg 0 ob le Sparta Sega ning wh yo seen se cntng meu ean ei dh oe ny ym ey Te Feros unis eeepc rears 152 vvocurrne Inthe beginning clevison made widespreat use of ve broadest Soa x lng at nea te we Sapien ‘ome ofthe mow interesting vets recor by anc were the elt ete inpredcuby of tatoo tani Speke ot theindty never fad call acon ise arureof santaety tnd as lt 91968 standard baron for elev decom and production by Sash an Ber nan Resp hemos sins fncton of es ii ain show dlstane event st the owe wen dey ne taking place ‘The Kelner hearings wha clone up of dhe hands of png rank Corll the Aray-MeCarthy hearing, the complete oneraneof the orbital sho he presidental nominating con onthe Gree Det of Bi hee tana on urope and Japan via atlterhinin levis dng what bo cdber miemean do “eh rte me hank sins ou few ps ae habe crane ere ech eu SSisn cincnwan hogs oneal nyt erie Ean Cont romums onthe We Cone aspcat heehee sate cia i Lina nd ety ie See sees, REE pckancace Norse’ onaarne nee ihre Se nna scarier ean le Srosunmostn ems ae hy ear Snliaccik gules ms othr ll aussie he oy fr he ete eee UN pint a cine annem Cee ere es, neem, on nleefianc ate eee ‘tad wy wth gee mses ae ROMS Tetra he cme ey So (Metal dceSsisscetesnen My tenant shine re ona we ntl nay ain csr Secret em ea ener a eee enna meme Cig lune ene Sa ad a ate nica mc at ae [eee cee dulce a at SONS ied Ses ata eames See ‘oF less wellchestsed studio performances, thd urmaerey 153 ‘eoceby ponctuving or lacerting that grasp. The image f smoothness {Egendstheays upon the appearance afte unimpeded forward course ofthe producer's intention, of fact, which eneans that there must be fo dav in the viewers ni that what eransttedswhat che tans faite wants to transmit Ad the only ways (0 achieve this were = through (repeated preparation of the events, (b) very cael slec anol highiy pedicle cents oro den of unexpected and un see etfs hut stm aecrdc ern of ‘cert ide mn SG nates Ampex es the Dols Fone newscast mh tr, te Sage Desutations of Playin 90 Once ai, acon to Sahel ant Brae by 1957 a ney TV sevotion was under way. Unlistingish ‘bt Tom live TV on dhe home receiver, video eape quickly re Flaced the kin-recordig dane by the TV networks. Not only Ud the stations pot outa better picture, but dhe savings were tremendous. Live production, videotape recording of live production, kine recording and fl began co assume comple Teneary oles in dhe pater of TV production, Videotape r= “ovding by 10st sane s0 commonplace that the ere ive pro ‘Rucsion—seaching the home athe moment of origistion— ‘sary led rey pay and pect evet, Te ve reduction on videotape, though delayed in reaching tbe hore by a Js Bear fa da as eneraly acted ata ve ‘sin by the verge veer iy tai). hil or pl eer nth ane positon lich sna apd oe esq he Soma of Sor thes nse ey fo sn ey ements Fess Aas aba ct Sta yay hee cried ‘Spanish military historians of its authenticity, but that was back in 1897 inet pler peer gouges dpe a {Eoet pment Habra cer ators sere sede dm rae uso oot tnt nd son eve secon hese cs, The Stucco cei tn theo 1 A Dre gs on een dees “bones seem cig es eo

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