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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. |
| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVTV_(video_collective) | + | ; Work, archives |
| + | * [https://mediaburn.org/collections/tvtv/ TVTV in Media Burn Archive] | ||
| + | * [https://guerrillatv.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ Preserving Guerilla Television: TVTV], BAMPFA, University of California. [https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/search?&sf=title&so=a&rm=&p=collection%3A%27Top%20Value%20Television%20papers%27&ln=en Digital collections]. | ||
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| + | ; Documentary film | ||
| + | * ''TVTV: Video Revolutionaries'', dir. Paul Goldsmith, 2018, 82 min. [https://www.tvtvfilm.com/ Film website]. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9150206/ IMDB]. | ||
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| + | ; Links | ||
| + | * https://www.tvtvnow.com/ | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVTV_(video_collective) Wikipedia] | ||
[[Category:Video]] | [[Category:Video]] | ||
[[Category:Video activism]] | [[Category:Video activism]] | ||
Revision as of 14:28, 21 May 2022
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.
- Work, archives
- TVTV in Media Burn Archive
- Preserving Guerilla Television: TVTV, BAMPFA, University of California. Digital collections.
- Documentary film
- TVTV: Video Revolutionaries, dir. Paul Goldsmith, 2018, 82 min. Film website. IMDB.
- Links
