Rutt-Etra Restoration in NYC
VJ-U has posted a wonderful livecast on Operator 11 featuring the restoration of 3 Rutt-Etra raster analog video synthesizers. I was fortunate enough to be invited to check the machines out in person and have some time to try and help out. Mathew Schlanger and Benton C Bainbridge help explain ... read more.
The Vasulka Archives
Data Is Nature brings to our attention the Valsuka Archive, an incredible trove of early video art history, exhibitions, work, designs and circuit diagrams. Paul describes it better than I: The Vasulka Archive is massive repository of documents from the pioneering days of electronic, computer and video art. Containing a staggering ... read more.
Emergency Broadcast Network: 90s Video Artists, with Projection Vehicles and Missiles
Mashups. Sampling a President named Bush. Bah. In the early 90s, life was better. Multimedia collective Emergency Broadcast Network was sampling found footage in truly clever ways -- using VHS, artifacts and all. And driving around in massive projection assault vehicles with rotating satellite dishes. And building rockets into golf ... read more.
