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Rough edits : popular image video : works 1977-1980

by Dara Birnbaum, Benjamin Buchloh

This volume examines the intersection of video art and television, analysing mass media conventions through appropriated television imagery. It features documentation of key video installations, transcripts of interviews, and an essay on audience culture.

Accession 2164 ISBN 0919616291 Publisher Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
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