Just found the archive for the Getty Museum in LA. My old boss, Skip Sweeney, a video artist and documentary filmmaker from San Francisco has some work in this exhibition from 2008. Check out his clip in the show as it's completely ahead of it's time in showing early split screen video. Besides that, his site is revolutionary as he provides live streaming feedback, 24/7 at http://videofreeamerica.com/site/
There is a lot to build on in knowing about our video past. I learned a tremendous amount from watching Skip at work. Besides his talent for capturing San Francisco current events from the 1970's like drug busts in Golden Gate Park to following heroin addicted Carel and Ferd (which I caught at MOMA this winter), Skip was there with a camera on his shoulder (it was so big back then.....). His feedback is mesmerizing and it's always nice to take a break and just relax.
Besides Skip, the archive is extremely engaging. Look at Jay McCafferty's self portrait while shaving. Fascinating.
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