Magic Mountain beauty contest [videorecording] / Markar Melkonian. [1979]

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Magic Mountain beauty contest [videorecording] / Markar Melkonian. [1979]

Described on the label as a slide sequence, this video probably documents a beauty pageant at Magic Mountain, an amusement park near Los Angeles.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (2 min.) ; 3/4 in. original.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7438658

Getty Research Institute

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Melkonian, Markar.

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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...