At Arm's Length: (Taking a Good Hard Look at) Artists' Video

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PREFACEWhen my mom wanted to get a good look at me as a kid she'd take me by bothshoulders and hold me at arm's length. Most of the time I averted my eyes not entirely sureI'd weather her scrutiny. Usually I squirmed, got defensive, felt misunderstood.That's basically what I had in mind for AT ARM'S LENGTH. It was an attempt toappraise video art, to understand how it fit into the bigger picture of culture and politicaleconomy. These essays could have been called trying-to-situate-video-art-in-the-realworld.Because even if art isn't supposed to fit into our day to day life, I'd still be troubled by itscontemporary irrelevance. Art can be powerful, much more powerful than it is
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POLITICAL VIDEO IN THEUNITED STATES
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To this sociological obstacle must
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To come to the immediate question o
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Is it really a meaningful exercise
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did not represent a total capitulat
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hick's unfashionable pants, or the
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ashing", toxic agents silently inva
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Furthermore, "television" is capabl
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IllustrationsSlaying The Dragon (De
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Through Strength And Struggle (Asia
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Maka 0 Ka Aina (Joan Lauder and Puh
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intercut with video shots of bulldo
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un and is picked up. One of the fil
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dramatic piece about the quarantini
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ConclusionsIn brief conclusion, the
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ReferencesAntin, David (1976). "Vid
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Morley, David (1986). Family Televi
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THE POWER OF THE PURSE:PUBLIC FUNDI
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It should be noted that one factor
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most directly affects aesthetics, p
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facilitated the rapid expansion of
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udget had been growing gradually, f
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sometimes competing promises for ne
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years (with concurrent shifts in fu
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Realistically, the open access mode
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Simply by looking at gross figures,
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supported studios. Thus, unlike vid
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After he left, the Council increasi
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audiences at comparatively low cost
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Whether the program will get on TV
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In the earliest days of video, ther
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directly stated, the inference of s
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For all this, however, Giving Birth
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inflation, have actually declined.
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field was chaotic, but that never s
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Nonetheless, the public funders now
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of local video and film makers orga
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esult of the likely expansion of vi
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Stern, Gerd (1977). "Support of Tel
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