Critical Writing Index

Wider Angle, Sharper Focus for Tape Show

by Steven Winn

San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 22, 1985

Stephen Agestein, the director of the San Francisco International Video Festival discusses the changes in the sixth annual festival. Agestein's changes in the structure of the festival are intended to nurture the audience of viewers. A wide selection of contemporary video work will feature artists such as Michael Klier's Der Riese, which functions as a critical commentary on the pervasive use of the surveillance camera.

ITEM 1985.110 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Der RieseMichael Klier

Why Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come on Petunia)Gary Hill

Le TrainFrancois Girard

EvolTony Oursler

PrisonersJonathan Borofsky and Gary Glassman