This Side of the Channel

Synopsis: A UK electronic image retrospective, comprising four programmes of a selection of video art, computer animation and creative work for broadcast television.
1: Highlights major trends in British video art practice over a period of 15 years. Features work by Stephen Partridge, David Hall, Graham Young, Catherine Elwes, George Barber and Mona Hatoum.
2: A selection of video art from Steve Hawley, Sera Furneaux, Jo Pearson, Michael Curran and Simon Pummell.
3: Some early experimental forays into the world of computer-animated images dating from the late 1960s-1994, ending with some of the most spectacular and sophisticated products of the latest technology. Includes work by William Latham, Darrell Viner, Richard Wright and Paul Vester.
4: A selection of works of British television art, featuring experimental made-for-television pieces and extracts from creative arts documentaries, cut together with examples of some of the most striking and inventive titles sequences, trailers, etc. Includes Peter Greenaway and Tom Phillips’ A TV DANTE, and work from John Maybury, Richard Kwietniowski and the Black Audio Film Collective.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 100, 60, 60, 60 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: out of distribution
Documentation: Accompanying notes and publicity materials.
Subjects: Media studies
Keywords: computer animation; experimental film & video; video art

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