Witness [videorecording] : Butthole Surfers / Jem Cohen. [1986]

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Witness [videorecording] : Butthole Surfers / Jem Cohen. [1986]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123502567

Documentation of the rock band Butthole Surfers shot in San Francisco, at the Danceteria in New York, and at the band's house in Austin, Texas.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (13 min.) : sd. ; 3/4 in. original.

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Butthole Surfers (Musical group)

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Cohen, Jem

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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...