Seattle. Washington. Winter, 1982. Among the first tapes made in Seattle with the then-new portable VHS system was this visit to the Stone Press Gallery and printing shop. Kent Lovelace, artist, printer, and teacher, is interested in better understanding of lithography, so he lets Bill Ritchie hang around with camera and VCR going. Scenes of drawing on the lithograph stone and lithograph plate are the main subjects of this recording. 24 Min.
U.S., HONOLULU, HI. This Professor of Art History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa was interviewed in his office. He begins immediately to give his views on the materiality of art and the challenge of the electronic age to this standard fact. He recounts his own experiments in the use of computers. There is no "-ism" (as in "cubism") one can now identify in the style or movements in art today; rather, the arts are moving into more interrelationships. He laments the reluctance of the universities and colleges to provide for studies of the changes that are occurring. "Intention identifies art," he says, "and space has been transformed into expression of time." 20 Min.
In the "provinces" of the world - those areas which are the greatest distance from the art-world "centers" - there is interest in the electronic age which can bring vitality to the artistic communities. The changes being brought about by the electronic age are being felt by everyone. Educators who live in the more "remote" areas are predicting a great change will come about; no longer do they feel the need to move toward "centers". The students today can benefit if their schools are taking advantage of the possibilities of computer and video technologies.
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