| Pioneering
Video Artist/Engineers & Electronic Imaging Technology: 1968-78
During the period between
1965 and 1975, which could be considered as the defining period
of video art, there was significant research activity principally
amongst American, but also including several British artists working
with video to develop, modify or invent video imaging instruments
or synthesizers. This first generation of video artist/engineers
include Eric Siegal, Stephen Beck, Dan Sandin, Richard Monkhouse
and Peter Donebauer, as well as the well-documented collaborative
work of Nam June Paik and Shuya Abe and Steina and Woody Vasulka.
The work of these pioneers is significant to the history of video
art because they developed a range of relatively accessible and
inexpensive image manipulation devices specifically for 'alternative'
video practice.
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