Internet Art & Culture

“Hole-In-Space suddenly severed the distance between both cities and created an outrageous new context for a pedestrian intersection.”

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 Upon reading the following article, i was intrigued, not so much by the performative aspects of the exhibition, but at the fact that the “virtual space” could very well be Read more →

Hole in Space, 1980 by Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz

Collective Narrative

Artists’ intention:

We wanted to explore the aesthetics and sense of presence in a shared performance environment, where people don’t leave their indigenous environments. That way people from varied creative and cultural backgrounds could help create a new environment in which they could collaborate on an international scale.

In essence, Galloway’s Read more →

The Collective Body

The collective body project makes me see how different parts of our body gestures can show our personalities and how it interacts with the other person’s photo posted. It influences the way I would react when I see the photos of the class being put together. It made me think that the human figure in the digital age Read more →

John Dominis, Chuck Kennedy at his workbench, 1973, gelatin silver print, courtesy Parry Teasdale and Carol Vontobel (Videofreex)

The Videofreex has revolutionized television by bringing a sense of free expression that goes against the controlled, corporate, and mostly propaganda content that was broadcasted to the public at the time. With CBS dominating television back in the days, there were absolutely Read more →

Videofreex – Video freaks that challenged norms

My first impression of the videofreex was that they were different, super badass and also artists in their own right who saw the world differently. From the film, I could feel a sense of  “us versus them”. The “us” referred to the videofreex, a close-knit group that gravitated towards video as media Read more →

The Sony Portapak must have been such a game changer. At the start, when asked “Do you think you could act naturally, with this on”, it’s such an interesting moment. Unlike today, they wouldn’t have had much of an idea with a camera in such intimate space. The only points of reference would be from the existing large media companies Read more →

Are the Videofreex truly an independent media?

Discuss how you think they revolutionized television, and how they started a media movement that you are now enjoying today with your smart phone videos and social media. And how have they influenced our study of social broadcasting?

When I first watch this documentary, I felt like I was taken back only 5 years but Read more →

As an independent collective free from prejudiced reporting and rules, the Videofreex was an important media outlet for the people during the 1970s. When media is monopolised, the truth becomes warped and controlled by those in power.

A quote from Parry Teasdale in the documentary sums up the purpose what the Videofreex had set out to do – to create an Read more →

Looking at the group photo above, what are the thoughts that comes up to mind? Indie, hippies, maybe even musicians? Videofreex, known as a pioneer for social broadcasting, was essentially a group of like-minded youths driven by passion for video. The group was born during the wave of activism from the 1960s to the 70s, and tried to capture numbers Read more →

‘Breaking the manipulative television’ is what I would describe the Videofreex as. The crews became rebels as they covered mainstream America using the arrival of a new device which gave them the ability to play back videos immediately, the Portapak. They captured the displeasure and division of the country but what was the point of it when people could not Read more →