Allegory of oblivion [videorecording] / Ken Feingold. [1981]

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Allegory of oblivion [videorecording] / Ken Feingold. [1981]

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Composed almost entirely of television news footage that Ken Feingold recorded nightly from Nov. 1980 to May 1981, Allegory of oblivion deconstructs media information. The visual sequences are structured chronologically and separated by a solid red video field. Without sound or the context of a news program, the flow of sensational, often lurid media images is revealed as spectacle.

3 videocassettes of 3 (U-Matic) (169 min.) : si., col. ; 3/4 in. original.1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (169 min.) : si., col. ; 4 3/4 in. use copy.

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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...