Video is the defining medium of the 21st century, thanks to the rise of the internet. But its origins go back way further, to the late 1960s, when the first portable video devices emerged. It was a watershed moment in history—and our short documentary explains why.
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The rarefied history of video art is foreign to all but a niche group of academics and art-world types. When artists first got their hands on portable video equipment in the late 60’s, they made incredibly odd things. Most of those things remained in academic obscurity—until, of course, internet video hosting exploded. Now, the strange history of video art is at your fingertips.
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