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Time Machine: Pioneering Efforts in Time Shifting

by Francis Dougherty, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division
June 17, 2013

Portable video, the development of machines smaller than a kitchen range and affordable on an institutional if not a personal scale, ignited a revolution in consumer and institutional video. Before the ubiquitous half inch EIAJ open reel VTR, ca.1970, early adopters employed non standard VTRs such as the Sony CV skip field recorder, circa 1965. André Eglevsky had a CV outfit that included a monitor receiver. André Eglevsky was a pioneer in time shifting, in addition to documenting rehearsals and performances of the Eglevsky Company he made early (atavistic) off air recordings of broadcast television. The screen shots below are from the Dance Division video tape *MGZIC 

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The Time Machine of Moving Image Collections

by Francis Dougherty, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division
June 3, 2013

Time Machine: if you could see what I have seen with these eyes.

Time travel is possible within the narrow bounds of my studio. It is remarkable that this can be accomplished with such primitive accessories. Wires and cables are sometimes strewn about reminding me of the Chris Marker film La Jetée. I have had the privilege of moving through time with many artists, through their early choreographies and refining rehearsals. I have watched the curtain open on their stage performances.

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