Video Gets a One
Video Art: An Anthology, 1976, pp. 164-171
New York; London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976
Connor discusses his role in writing and hosting a twenty-two-week video art series --VTR: Video and Television Review -- for WNET, public TV New York, in the spring of 1975. He mentions a concern going in about whether such popular exposure might "kill" the video art movement, recalling for instance historical precedent in the Op Art movement's sudden, arguably damaging rise to fame. The VTR series ended up garnering a "One" Nielson rating (1% of viewing public), and generally enthusiastic viewer response. Included in the remainder of the article are annotations on some VTR programmes dedicated to documentary, community, formalist, and conceptual video, etc., as well as some amusing opinion letters from viewers.
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Gerald Ford's America – TVTV
Transcending – Ian Hugo
Crossings and Meetings – Ed Emshwiller
Scape-Mates – Ed Emshwiller
The Irish Tapes – John Reilly and Stefan Moore
Illuminatin' Skip Sweeney – Skip Sweeney
All Across Boston – Andy Mann
Three Transitions – Peter Campus
Set of Coincidence – Peter Campus
Downtown Community Television – Keiko Tsuno, Jon Alpert, and Yoko Maruyama
Global Groove – Nam June Paik
The Wit of William Wegman – William Wegman
Carel and Ferd – Carel Rowe and Ferd Egan
Cathode Ray Theatre – Tom DeWitt
Ama L'uomo Tuo (Always Love Your Man) – Cara Devito
Art Herstory – Hermine Freed
The Advent of the Advent – David Silver
Video is Child's Play – Joe Goldman and Teri Mack
Lanesville TV – Media Bus
Hodge Podge – Douglas Davis
Quidditas – Frank Gillette
The Tube and the Eye – Peter Crown and Bill Etra