Inca [videorecording] / Juan Downey. [1976]

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Inca [videorecording] / Juan Downey. [1976]

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This two-channel video is composed of footage of the people and landscapes of Ollantaytambo and Pisac in the Urubamba Valley, Peru, also known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Although the editing is rapid with no discernable pattern, the interplay of images between the two monitors creates a rhythm as they move in and out of sync. The soundtrack combines environmental noises and music composed by Anna Lockwood.

2 videocassettes of 2 (U-Matic) (23 min.) ; 3/4 in. original.1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (23 min.) ; 1/2 in. archival master.1 videocassette of 1 (Digital Betacam) (23 min.) ; 1/2 in. copy master.1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (23 min.) ; 4 3/4 in. use copy.

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Downey, Juan

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Long Beach museum of art

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The Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA) was among the first to focus on video as an artistic medium, spurring similar efforts throughout the United States. Beginning in 1974 the museum began collecting and exhibiting video art, later also actively encouraging the development of video art by co-producing projects and offering editing facilities to artists in its Video Annex. The museum's innovative approaches to the display of video art included several experiments with broadcast and cable television...

Lockwood, Annea

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