Pax Americanus [videorecording] / by John Caldwell. [1981]

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Pax Americanus [videorecording] / by John Caldwell. [1981]

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"Pax Americanus is the video reflection of a cross-cultural dilemma. Behavior modification methodology, employed in the selling of birth control in Nepal, is a specific reference to Western aid practices in developing countries in general. Pax Americanus does not reduce the situation to any single thesis, nor does it attempt to provide a solution. Rather, the formal structure of the tape itself, combining narrative, documentary, and experimental forms, suggests the complexity of the situation"--John Caldwell, Long Beach Museum of Art catalogue information sheet, 1981.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. original.

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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...

Caldwell, John Thornton, 1954-

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