TV as Art as TV
Print, Jan. 1972, v. 26, no. 1, pp. 20-29
In this article, author Fred Barzyk discusses "the potential of television as an art form" (21). Barzyk is interested in particular with experimental television art in public tv stations across the U.S. He offers a review of artist-in-residency programs at broadcast stations in San Francisco, Boston and New York and speaks about some of the programs produced by these stations and their artists. Over the course of the article, Barzyk reflects on video and television as a developing artistic form and movement.
ITEM 1972.019 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Video Variations – Stan VanDerBeek, Tsai Wen-Ying, James Seawright and Mimi Garrard, Constantine Manos, Doug Davis, Jackie Cassen, Nam June Paik, and Russell Conner
The Medium is the Medium – Allan Kaprow, Otto Piene, Aldo Tambellini, Thomas Tadlock, Nam June Paik, and Jim Seawright
Zone – Harris Barron, Ros Barron, and Alan Finneran