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| − | TVTV (short for Top Value Television) was a [[San Francisco]]-based pioneering video collective founded in [[1972]] by Allen Rucker, Michael Shamberg, Tom Weinberg, Hudson Marquez and Megan Williams. Shamberg was author of the 1971 "do-it-yourself" video production manual ''Guerrilla Television''. Over the years, more than thirty "guerrilla video" makers were participants in TVTV productions. They included members of the [[Ant Farm]]: Chip Lord, Doug Michels, Hudson Marquez and Curtis Schreier; the [[Videofreex]], Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, Chuck Kennedy, and Parry Teasdale. TVTV pioneered the use of independent video based on wanting to change society and have a good time inventing new and then-revolutionary media, ½" Sony Portapak video equipment, and later embracing the ¾" video format. | + | TVTV (short for Top Value Television) was a [[San Francisco]]-based pioneering video collective founded in [[1972]] by Allen Rucker, Michael Shamberg, Tom Weinberg, Hudson Marquez and Megan Williams. Shamberg was author of the 1971 "do-it-yourself" video production manual ''Guerrilla Television''. Over the years, more than thirty "guerrilla video" makers were participants in TVTV productions. They included members of the [[Ant Farm]]: Chip Lord, Doug Michels, Hudson Marquez and Curtis Schreier; the [[Videofreex]], [[Skip Blumberg]], Nancy Cain, Chuck Kennedy, and Parry Teasdale. TVTV pioneered the use of independent video based on wanting to change society and have a good time inventing new and then-revolutionary media, ½" Sony Portapak video equipment, and later embracing the ¾" video format. |
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Revision as of 09:46, 1 September 2013
TVTV (short for Top Value Television) was a San Francisco-based pioneering video collective founded in 1972 by Allen Rucker, Michael Shamberg, Tom Weinberg, Hudson Marquez and Megan Williams. Shamberg was author of the 1971 "do-it-yourself" video production manual Guerrilla Television. Over the years, more than thirty "guerrilla video" makers were participants in TVTV productions. They included members of the Ant Farm: Chip Lord, Doug Michels, Hudson Marquez and Curtis Schreier; the Videofreex, Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, Chuck Kennedy, and Parry Teasdale. TVTV pioneered the use of independent video based on wanting to change society and have a good time inventing new and then-revolutionary media, ½" Sony Portapak video equipment, and later embracing the ¾" video format.
