The Market is the Medium: Introduction: Ko Nakajima TAPE / John Sanborn DISC
Video Guide, Sept. 1986, v. 8, no. 38/3, pp. 18-19
Article discussing the current dilemma media artists are faced with; being caught in an uncomfortable relationship with both the staid art world and the crassness of mass media. The writing explores the challegnes for independent video producers working on the fringe of 20th century television, and the type of video works that are being created to both critique and emulate commercial television.
Paul Wong gives two examples to his introduction with Japanesse producter/director Ko Nakajima (TAPE) and New York producer/director John Sanborn (DISC). Wong not only describes Nakajima's involvement in video art but also the way in which his work is disseminated into (or for) the public. Sanborn is presented as an example of prolific collaboration and also as an artist functioning under methods of access and accessibility; meaning, that his work is distributed on many formats and seen in many venues (TV, cable, galleries, etc.)
ITEM 1986.134 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Television Delivers People – Richard Serra
Between The Frames – Muntadas
Mr. Fuji – Ko Nakajima
New Visual Artists's Series: John Sanborn – LaserDisc (Pioneer Group)
Sanborn Time Line – John Sanborn
Spray on Video – John Sanborn
Ear to the Ground – John Sanborn
The Lesson – John Sanborn
And Now This... – John Sanborn
Perfect Lives – John Sanborn
Big Electric Cat – John Sanborn
Renaissance – John Sanborn
Renaissance – Dean Winkler
Luminaire – John Sanborn
Luminaire – Dean Winkler
Ear/esponsibility – John Sanborn
Sister Suzie Cinema – John Sanborn