Hands Across the Border 1978
Hands Across The Border was a seven city slow scan collaboration. With participation from Paul Wong, Sharon Levett & Daryl Lacey, Video Inn, Vancouver;Randall Lyon & Gus Nelson, Televista Projects, Memphis; Sharon Grace, Video Free America, Berkeley Art Museum, U.C.; Peggy Cady, Bill Bartlett, Chas Leckie. Open Space, Victoria; Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal & Willoughby Sharp, General Idea, Toronto; Liza Bear & Robin Winters, Center for New Art Activities, NY.; et al. Slow-scan television equipment used a computerised memory to sample a picture from a television camera every few seconds, “freeze” it and send it down a telephone line as an audio signal. The machines could only be used between two points at a time. At the receiving end, the signal was decoded and slowly scanned out a still frame on a television monitor.
- Title: Hands Across the Border
- Year: 1978
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- Country: Canada, United States of America
- Studio: Video Inn Vancouver, Televista Projects, Video Free America, Open Space Films, General Idea, Center for New Art Activities
- Director: Paul Wong, Sharon Levett, Daryl Lacey, Randall Lyon, Gus Nelson, Sharon Grace, Peggy Cady, Bill Bartlett, Chas Leckie, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal, Willoughby Sharp, Liza Bear, Robin Winters
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- Crew: Paul Wong (Director), Sharon Levett (Director), Daryl Lacey (Director), Randall Lyon (Director), Gus Nelson (Director), Sharon Grace (Director)
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- Release: Jan 01, 1978
- Runtime: 92 minutes
- IMDb: 0.00 / 10 by 0 users
- Popularity: 3
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
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