During the 1970s and 1980s, the independent community media and various youth movements across Europe inspired and
abetted each other. The young activists discovered the video tape as a medium and as a means to express their protesting
mood and concerns. The easily produced moving images in videos soon also became also a weapon in the political and
communication fights for the autonomous culture spaces the movement demanded in many countries. Videos were participative
productions, done almost in real time and fast.
This appropriation of video technology as means of two-way communication between sender and recipient also proved a
key step towards the digital age. Today, consumers, citizens, and professionals not only receive moving images and audio
documents. Anyone almost anywhere can produce and broadcast such pieces at no expense. The young activist-directors of
the 1970s and 1980s went beyond dreaming of such a development. They explored it and experimented within small networks.
'Rebel Video' portrays protagonists of this activist movement in London, Basel, Berne, Lausanne, and Zurich. It documents what
topics and concerns these creative rowdies picked-up and the lasting effect their work has until today. Richly illustrated and
completed with brief essays by expert authors on specific aspects of film documentary and video art, the book demonstrates
and illuminates the significance and manifold facets of the community media movement.
- ISBN13 9783858818010
- Publish Date 25 October 2017
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CH
- Imprint Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
- Format Paperback
- Pages 396
- Language English