Skip Blumberg Artist

Skip Blumberg is one of the original camcorder-for-broadcast TV producers, and among the first wave of video artists in the 1970s. His early work reflects the era's emphasis on guerrilla tactics and medium-specific graphics, but his more recent work takes on more global issues. His work has screened widely on television and at museums. His video Pick Up Your Feet: The Double Dutch Show (1981) is considered a classic documentary video and was included in the Museum of Television and Radio's exhibition TV Critics' All-time Favorite Shows. His cultural documentaries and performance videos have been broadcast on PBS, National Geographic TV, Showtime, Bravo, Nickelodeon, among others.He was a part of the early video collective Videofreex.He is currently producing works for myhero.com and Sesame Street along with various independent productions.

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Birth place
New York
Nationality
United States

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Artist

Field of work
Video art
New media art

Skip Blumberg on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.eai.org/eai/artistTitles.htm?id=303
  2. http://www.skipblumberg.com
  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrzLiC4LuHY