The New Television, MIT Press 1977 First Edition Softback (Out of Print) eileen ryan 1 3/8" across at opening

1 3/8" across at opening and 2 3/4" across at base

I have a particular affection for this fellow

all done by the same person I believe

and perhaps especially the rendering of the seated cross-legged next to his campfire int he background

It had been completed just two years earlier

The New Television, MIT Press 1977 First Edition Softback (Out of Print) eileen ryan 1 3/8" across at openingThis one, a seminal text of early video art, is long out of print, and makes for interesting reading (and looking) now making me nostalgic for the early days of experimental video, but also speaking to issues inherent to shifts in modes of communication more generally. (I'm thinking a lot these days about the points in history where major technological advances spur periods of grappling with what that means for art making, and creation representation