Hands Across the Border

Hands Across the Border

1978
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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Video Inn Vancouver Televista Projects Video Free America Open Space Films General Idea Center for New Art Activities
Production Countries
Canada United States of America

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 1978
Status Released
Language EN
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Cast

Key Crew

Sharon Levett
Director
Sharon Grace
Director
Randall Lyon
Director
Paul Wong
Director
Daryl Lacey
Director
Gus Nelson
Director
Jorge Zontal
Director
Robin Winters
Director

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