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In the 1970s and 80s, the Department of Media Study (DMS) at the State University of New York at Buffalo became one of the most influential schools for media studies in the United States. The Department of Media Study was founded by Gerald O’Grady and often associated with artists instructors like [[Tony Conrad]], [[Steina and Woody Vasulka]], [[Hollis Frampton]], [[Paul Sharits]], documentary filmmaker [[James Blue]], and [[Peter Weibel]].
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Founded in 1972, the Center for Media Study, since 1982 the '''Department of Media Study''' (DMS), at the State University of New York at Buffalo became one of the most influential schools for media studies in the United States. The Department was founded by [[Gerald O'Grady]], and artist instructors included [[Tony Conrad]], [[Steina and Woody Vasulka]], [[Hollis Frampton]], [[Paul Sharits]], documentary filmmaker [[James Blue]], and [[Peter Weibel]].
  
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== Staff ==
[https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/media-study.html Department of Media Study's website]
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1972-1990 [[Gerald O'Grady]], director
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1973-1984 [[Hollis Frampton]], Associate Professor for Film and Film History
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1973-1992 [[Paul Sharits]], Associate Professor for Film History and Analysis of Film
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1973-1979 [[Woody Vasulka]], Associate Professor for Video
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1977-1979 [[Steina]], Adjunct Professor for Video
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1977-1980 James Blue, Associate Professor for Documentary Film
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1976- [[Tony Conrad]], Associate Professor for Video Production and Analysis
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1984-1989 [[Peter Weibel]], Associate Professor for Video and Digital Arts
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==Publications==
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* Karen Mooney, [http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/gerald-ogrady-perspective-buffalo "Gerald O'Grady: The Perspective from Buffalo"], ''Videoscope'' 1:2, 1977.
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* Keiko Sei, [https://www.springerin.at/2000/3/malcolm-x-mcluhan-media-study/ "Malcolm X, McLuhan, Media Study. Interview mit dem Medientheoretiker Gerald O'Grady"], ''Springerin'' 3, Vienna, 2000. [https://www.springerin.at/en/2000/3/] {{de}}
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* ''Buffalo Heads: Media Study, Media Practice, Media Pioneers, 1973-1990'', eds. Woody Vasulka and Peter Weibel, Karlsruhe: ZKM, and MIT Press, 2008, 837 pp. Exh. held 16 Dec 2006-25 Mar 2007. [http://web.archive.org/web/20101106014041/http://hosting.zkm.de/mindframes_e/ Exhibition]. [https://zkm.de/en/event/2006/12/mindframes-media-study-at-buffalo Exhibition]. [https://zkm.de/en/chronology Chronology]. [https://d-nb.info/991455819/04 TOC]. [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/buffalo-heads Publisher]. [https://zkm.de/en/publication/buffalo-heads-media-study-media-practice-media-pioneers Publisher]. Reviews: [https://www.academia.edu/7754670/ Zics] (Leonardo), [https://online.ucpress.edu/afterimage/article/36/5/30/19322/ Yu] (Afterimage), [https://sci-hub.st/10.1111/j.1542-734X.2009.00699_3.x Browne] (J Am Cult). Exh. review: [https://online.ucpress.edu/fq/article/61/2/56/93167/ Minkowsky] (Film Quarterly).
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* Lenka Dolanová, [[Media:Dolanova Lenka 2011 Buffalo 1973-1979.pdf|"Buffalo: 1973-1979"]], in Dolanová, ''Dialog s démony nástrojů. Steina a Woody Vasulkovi'', Prague: Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění, and Jihlava: Mezinárodní festival dokumentárních filmů Jihlava, 2011, pp 111-130. {{cz}}
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* ''Wish You Were Here: The Buffalo Avant-Garde in the 1970s'', ed. Heather Pesanti, Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2012, 208 pp. Catalogue. [https://www.albrightknox.org/art/publications/wish-you-were-here-buffalo-avant-garde-1970s]. [https://www.albrightknox.org/art/exhibitions/wish-you-were-here-buffalo-avant-garde-1970s Exhibition].
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==Links==
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* [https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/media-study.html Department of Media Study's website]
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[[Series:Media art academy programs]]

Latest revision as of 09:16, 12 November 2023

Founded in 1972, the Center for Media Study, since 1982 the Department of Media Study (DMS), at the State University of New York at Buffalo became one of the most influential schools for media studies in the United States. The Department was founded by Gerald O'Grady, and artist instructors included Tony Conrad, Steina and Woody Vasulka, Hollis Frampton, Paul Sharits, documentary filmmaker James Blue, and Peter Weibel.

Staff[edit]

1972-1990 Gerald O'Grady, director

1973-1984 Hollis Frampton, Associate Professor for Film and Film History

1973-1992 Paul Sharits, Associate Professor for Film History and Analysis of Film

1973-1979 Woody Vasulka, Associate Professor for Video

1977-1979 Steina, Adjunct Professor for Video

1977-1980 James Blue, Associate Professor for Documentary Film

1976- Tony Conrad, Associate Professor for Video Production and Analysis

1984-1989 Peter Weibel, Associate Professor for Video and Digital Arts

Publications[edit]

  • Lenka Dolanová, "Buffalo: 1973-1979", in Dolanová, Dialog s démony nástrojů. Steina a Woody Vasulkovi, Prague: Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění, and Jihlava: Mezinárodní festival dokumentárních filmů Jihlava, 2011, pp 111-130. (Czech)
  • Wish You Were Here: The Buffalo Avant-Garde in the 1970s, ed. Heather Pesanti, Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2012, 208 pp. Catalogue. [2]. Exhibition.

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