Title
The birth of American video
Subject
Video (Installation)
Hill, Chris
Description
Poster consists of black and white stripes with contrasting text on each stripe, with a large box with one star in the upper left corner.
"The UB Department of Media Study and Hallwalls Contemporary Art center in association with Chris Hill and Video Data Bank present a historic survey of American independent media."
A black and white graphic styled after the United States flag, with text-filled stripes and a single large star in the canton.
Promotional poster for a screening series titled 'The Birth of American Video' featuring a prominent white star and block text. The poster credits the UB Department of Media Study and Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in association with Chris Hill and Video Data Bank, and lists programs on Wed, Sept 4, Sept 11, and Sept 25 with running times and showings at the UB Center for the Arts, room 112. Headlines include phrases such as 'Commercial television delivers 20 million people per minute' and an excerpt from 'TELEVISION DELIVERS PEOPLE' by Richard Serra and Carlotta Fay Schoolman.
Source
Hallwalls (Museum)
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. Poetry Collection
Date
1996-09-04 to 1996-09-25
Contributor
Hallwalls (Museum)
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Contact the Poetry Collection for more information.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
en-US
Type
Still Image
Identifier
LIB-PC003_0146
Date Created
2/8/2016
Is Part Of
Hallwalls Collection
LIB-PC003
Hallwalls Poster Collection
Extent
1 image
Medium
Paper
Spatial Coverage
Buffalo, NY
State University of New York at Buffalo. Department of Media Study.
Hallwalls
Temporal Coverage
1990-1999
Original Format
Posters
Broadsides
Physical Dimensions
43x28cm
Collection
Citation
“The birth of American video,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed September 21, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/78039.
