This three-part screening, curated by the nonprofit media arts organization EAI (Electronic Arts Intermix) investigates the correspondence between the pioneering works of artists experimenting with video in Japan and America.

PROGRAM II—Open Television
The increasing accessibility to video in the mid-tolate 1960s, and the novelty of the new medium, stoked widespread interest among artists, activists, grassroots organizations and the commercial industry alike as both meditation and provocation. This program features works by individual artists and collectives such as Chris Burden, Allan Kaprow, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Saburo Muraoka, Nam June Paik & Jud Yakult, TVTV (Top Value Television), Keiji Uematsu, Video Information Center, Ko Nakajima, Shirley Clarke, Video Earth Tokyo, Fujiko Nakaya, Toshio Matsumoto.

Bing Theater | Tickets required: $7 general admission, $5 museum members, seniors 62+ and students with valid ID-to purchase tickets call (323) 857-6010.

Please visit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art site for more info:
http://www.lacma.org/programs/Lectures.aspx#1252081889258