The Medium Is the Medium

Produced by WGBH-TV in Boston, the Medium Is the Medium is one of the earliest and most prescient examples of the collaboration between public television and the emerging field of video art in the U.S. WGBH commissioned artists — Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Otto Piene, James Seawright, Thomas Tadlock and Aldo Tambellini — to create original works for broadcast television. Their works explored the parameters of the new medium, from image processing and interactivity to video dance and sculpture.

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Gloria Mundi

Gloria Mundi

1976

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

1977

The Comb

The Comb

1991

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

1984

Final Flesh

Final Flesh

2009

Street of Crocodiles

Street of Crocodiles

1986

Helicopter String Quartet

Helicopter String Quartet

1996

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

1973

In Absentia

In Absentia

2000

Dialogue 20-40-60

Dialogue 20-40-60

1968

The Memories of Angels

The Memories of Angels

2008

A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea

A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea

1991

Cassis

Cassis

1966

Strokkur

Strokkur

2011

Dawn

1979

Aggression

Aggression

1968

The Pink Auto

The Pink Auto

1964

Canadian Pacific I

1974

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

1993

The Calligrapher

The Calligrapher

1991