Streamed live from a set of digital video machines in VFA’s studio… this video feedback is an artificial living flow of electronic light rays… It cannot be controlled… It’s more like surfing waves of light trying to find delicate balance points within the flow… left alone it changes and can wipe out… settings will be modified to allow new and different looks everyday.
“Video is a fugitive medium,” said Getty Research Institute’s Glenn R. Phillips, and he should know. As curator for “California Video,” running at the Getty through June 8, he enjoyed the luxury of a massive archive produced during the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. The challenge: Most of the tapes, recorded in obsolete formats, were crusted [...]