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Article: Video art in San Francisco ... screenings, classes.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- June 1, 1985
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It's not TV, it's art. Video art--a new electronic medium using video tape and state-of-the-art electronic equipment--can take the form of a documentary, an intellectual montage, or the electronic equivalent of a poem or painting.
Three San Francisco galleries now have regular video screenings, and one also offers workshops. The city's Museum of Modern Art currently has a video installation (a continuous showing on monitors) by New York artist Bill Viola.
Using video in art began in the early 1960s, but it took until the 1980s to enter the mainstream. Part of its intrigue is its flexibility. Color manipulation and electronic editing set it apart from ...