by Sweeney, Skip; Farnsworth, Philo T; Electric Eye; Video Free America
VHS / 1970
Title[The Philo T. Farnsworth Video Obelisk
Item typeVHS
Author(s)
  • Sweeney, Skip
  • Farnsworth, Philo T
ImprintUnited States [Video Free America], 1970
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Original 1/2" open reel box and reel labels: Philo tape #2, 5/27
  • No title or credits on video; title taken from label on original box.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.
  • PFA 0550-01-13783. Restricted: Archival. Not for research or exhibition.
Physical description1 videoreel of 1 (62:00 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.

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Date text: 
1970
Author: 
Sweeney, SkipFarnsworth, Philo T
Publisher: 
[Video Free America]
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Millenium MARC Record: 
LEADER 00000ngmaa2200445Ka 4500 001 656394840 003 OCoLC 005 20100817110305.0 007 vr bzahou 008 100817s1970 xxu062 vleng d 035 (PFA-FILM)19911 040 CUY|beng|cCUY 245 04 [The Philo T. Farnsworth Video Obelisk.|nTape no. 2, Philo T. Farnsworth III interview]|h[videorecording] /|cElectric Eye ; produced by Skip Sweeney. 257 United States. 260 United States :|b[Video Free America],|c[1970]. 300 1 videoreel of 1 (62:00 min.) :|bsd., b&w ;|c1/2 in. 500 Original 1/2" open reel box and reel labels: Philo tape #2, 5/27 500 No title or credits on video; title taken from label on original box. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only.|5CBPF. 506 PFA 0550-01-13783. Restricted: Archival. Not for research or exhibition. 520 "The physical form of the piece was in the shape of an obelisk. We had a rolling cart that had three shelves. On the bottom were two rows of two 8-inch monitors. The next shelf had a 21-inch monitor. On top of that was an 18-inch monitor, and on tope of that was an 11-inch monitor. The obelisk played two channels of video... So it was, at least in San Francisco and probably even in California, the first multimonitor, multitrack, videotape performance work." Skip Sweeney interview, California video: artists and histories. This tape, which was part of the obelisk piece, is an interview with Philo T. Farnsworth's son, Philo T. Farnsworth, III who discusses his invention of the Yantra house. 541 0 PFA 0550-01-13783. D0395 600 10 Farnsworth, Philo T.,|d1929-1987. 650 0 Video art. 655 7 Personal/independent works.|2mim 655 7 Television.|2mim 655 7 Interviews.|2mim 655 7 Documentaries and factual works.|2mim 700 1 Sweeney, Skip,|edirection,|eproduction. 700 1 Farnsworth, Philo T.,|d1929-1987. 710 2 Electric Eye. 710 2 Video Free America. 941 0 PFA 0550-01-13783. D0395 donation 2000 946 PFA 0550-01-13783. INV record created 2009/06/25 by pjs; MIN record created 2010/08/16 by sw. 948 PFA 0550-01-13783. Restricted: Archival. Not for research or exhibition. 956 pfsw 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140309 994 C0|bCUY